Expert Blogs

Drax’s Canada pivot is a red herring masking destructive logging practices worldwide.

NRDC and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy are suing the state to stop harmful, unnecessary pesticide pollution.

Tribal Nations protect and manage millions of acres of wetlands, which help improve water quality, curb the risk of floods, recharge groundwater, and store large amounts of carbon.

The legislature has a crucial opportunity to pass bills to protect people and pollinators from needless pesticide use.

This International Day of Forests, we can celebrate the increasingly widespread recognition that the biomass industry is a bad bet for our forests and our communities. 

The decision will give Drax £2 billion—about $2.5 billion—more in subsidies while limiting its generation to 50 percent.

The United Kingdom doesn’t need bioenergy, plain and simple.

A new report documents widespread “neonic” pesticide contamination in Minnesota waters, with dire implications for aquatic life.

A deep dive into Tribal clean transportation with the executive director of Electric Nation, Bob Blake.

Drax has joined forces with GSNR to bring its forest-destroying practices to California. After signing an MOU in February 2024, it is transparent that GSNR’s aims are solely profit-driven.

Pathways Initiative approves two-step approach to create independent governance for a west-wide electricity market.

Twenty-three environmental organizations stress that the U.K. government funding the incineration of imported Canadian wood pellets threatens climate progress.

Forest biomass with BECCS captures only a fraction of total emissions, yet the wood pellet industry continues to deceive the public and decisionmakers.

Midwest states are already leading on clean energy, but achieving their goals depends on the power grid's readiness. We need the electricity system to catch up.

With broad bi-partisan support, Nevada enacted legislation to make it the third state to ban outdoor, non-agricultural uses of neurotoxic neonic pesticides.

In a historic 2023 session, Minnesota reined in pesticide use, increased pollinator habitat, and built momentum toward additional protections. 

NRDC is working with stakeholders to safeguard consumer interests and environmental protections as utilities from California to the Great Plains weigh proposals to share energy resources through an organized market.