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As Flooding from Climate Change Worsens, Groups Seek to Change Outdated Federal Rules for Building Homes and Infrastructure

January 6, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

With millions of people at risk due to worsening flooding and costs of flood recovery rising as the climate continues to warm, groups petitioned the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today to update its rules for construction and land-use in…

Congress Set to Pass Omnibus Bill With Key Energy Provisions

December 21, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

Congress is poised to pass an omnibus spending and pandemic relief package today that will have broad impact on people and the economy. The bill includes an agreement to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons and provide new government support…

New Report Backs Bold NV Climate Strategy

December 3, 2020 Press ReleaseNevada

The State of Nevada Climate Initiative released a State Climate Strategy today. The release of the Climate Strategy follows a broad and inclusive stakeholder process and comes a few weeks after the release of a separate report published by Evolved…

New York States Moves 70 x 30 Climate Goal Forward

October 15, 2020 Press ReleaseNew York

The New York State Public Service Commission today issued an order that implements a key component of the nation-leading Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLPA) – obtaining 70 percent of New York’s electricity from clean energy sources like wind…

Two New CO Studies Call for Rapid Clean Energy Transformation

September 30, 2020 Press ReleaseColorado

After two climate modeling reports released this week highlighted the need to rapidly transition all sectors to clean energy, NRDC and Sierra Club are calling on the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC), Colorado Department of Public Health (CDPHE), and…

New Report: Equitable Pathways to Meet Colorado's Climate Goals

September 28, 2020 Press ReleaseColorado

A new report released today shows how Colorado can reach its ambitious climate goals in a way that cuts dangerous pollution, particularly in communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution. The findings highlight the need for swiftly powering the electric sector…

House Energy Bill Is an Important Step Forward on Innovation

September 24, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The House of Representatives is poised to pass an energy package today, a first step on a path toward more comprehensive climate action in the coming years. The House bill includes measures to boost energy efficiency programs and funding, solar…

Gov. Whitmer Issues Most Ambitious Action on Climate in the Midwest, Advocates Call for Additional Community Centered Climate Solutions

September 23, 2020 Press ReleaseMichigan

Gov. Whitmer issued an executive order today that commits Michigan to the most ambitious path to combat the climate crisis in the Midwest to date. The order sets a goal of dramatically cutting carbon pollution and achieving carbon-neutrality across the…

Governor Newsom Announces a Suite of Climate Actions

September 23, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the State of California will ensure 100 percent electric passenger vehicles by 2035, as well as a host of additional actions.

Climate Benefits from GE Dropping New Coal Plant Projects

September 22, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

General Electric, one of the world's largest builders of coal-fired power plants, announced today that it will stop building new coal plants, a course of action long recommended by NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council), other groups and investors as…

Rising Waters Revealed: Public Access to Decades of Hidden FEMA Data on Repeatedly Flooded Properties Now Available On NRDC’s Website

September 15, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

Search by state or county to find properties at risk from climate-driven flooding

Trump Administration Disregards California’s Climate Crisis

September 10, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

While millions of Californians suffer from the effects of massive wildfires that have blotted out the sun and rained ash on communities across the state, the Trump administration late last night blithely dismissed any compelling need for the state to…

Groups Will Sue Unless DOE Updates 26 Overdue Energy Efficiency Standards

August 10, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

Six environmental and consumer groups warned the U.S. Department of Energy today that they will sue the agency if it does not meet its legal responsibility to review and update overdue energy efficiency standards for an unprecedented 26 consumer and…

Ohio Needs a New Energy Vision

July 24, 2020 Press ReleaseOhio

In response to an alleged bribery scandal, Governor Mike DeWine has joined a chorus of bi-partisan Ohio legislators in calling for the repeal of the controversial House Bill 6 that bails out the state’s nuclear fleet, funnels money to a pair…

YOUGOV POLL: Just 23% of Britons Believe Burning Wood for Electricity Should be Classified as ‘Renewable Energy’

July 21, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited Kingdom

A new online YouGov poll has found fewer than one in four Britons (23%) think electricity generated by burning wood from forests should be classified as ‘renewable energy,’. Additionally, 55% also disagreed with the Government’s continued subsidies for this dirty…

National Crises Point to Climate Solutions Addressing Racial, Economic and Environmental Justice

July 21, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

This year’s global pandemic, recession and national uprising against racist police violence highlight the stark need for the country to address climate change with broad solutions that put racial, economic, and environmental justice at their core, the co-authors of the…

Chairman Metcalfe Stages (Another) Sham Hearing on RGGI

July 21, 2020 Press ReleasePennsylvania

The Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee today held a second hearing to receive testimony from critics of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

FERC Tries to Undercut Renewable Energy – Again

July 16, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted today on a series of changes that threaten to undercut small wind, solar and other clean energy sources. The decision could lead to more pollution by propping up fossil fuel power plants.

Keystone XL Faces New Legal Challenge Over Faulty Review by BLM

July 14, 2020 Press ReleaseMontana

Conservation and landowner groups filed a new lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to be constructed on federal lands.

New Analysis Shows Momentum Building to Decarbonize the Power Sector

July 8, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

Before the pandemic, power sector emissions fell eight percent as the economy grew. Coal generation continued to decline as renewable energy expanded and more corporations committed to net-zero carbon emission goals.