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California advocacy and California climate change policy, natural climate solutions

Jesús Canchola Sánchez

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Midwestern regional issues

Emily Deanne

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Energy efficiency and decarbonization, buildings, food and agriculture, industrial policy and hydrogen

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Power sector, transportation and vehicles, renewable energy, nuclear power, energy transmission, RTOs, and siting

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Southeastern regional issues

Janet Fang

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China-based climate, energy and wildlife

Margie Kelly

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Water, Canada, toxics

Ivan Moreno

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Environmental justice and Chicago-based environmental issues

Ben Schaefer

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Emerging climate and energy policy

Andrew Scibetta

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Lands, oceans, wildlife, liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Rita Yelda

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Eastern regional issues

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10 States Complete Review of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Press ReleaseMaine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, East
The states have announced the next phase of the program through 2037, which includes a power plant carbon emissions reduction trajectory to keep states in the region moving toward their climate goals.

D.C. Circuit Hears Arguments on FERC’s MVP Southgate Pipeline Approval 

Press ReleaseVirginia, North Carolina
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s decision to extend the construction deadline for the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate project through Virginia and North Carolina.

NRDC Launches Ads to Support Climate Standards

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan
These proposed EPA standards target the two largest sources of carbon emissions—and build on the historic investments passed by Congress last year that will support clean energy and cleaner vehicles.

NC Energy and Equity Executive Order

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
Governor Roy Cooper released his climate and equity executive order today, laying out how the state of North Carolina will address some of the most pressing energy and environment issues facing the state.

Gas Industry Backed HB 220 Takes Rights Away from NC Communities

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
Today the North Carolina General Assembly has passed HB220, which, if signed by Governor Cooper, will take away the rights of counties and cities to pass performance standards that cut carbon emissions from new buildings by using electrification.

Governor Cooper Must Sign Revised Energy Bill

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
The North Carolina General Assembly has passed HB951, a bill that was previously a give-away to Duke Energy and the fracked gas industry, but has since undergone intense revisions. If signed, the bill would codify parts of Governor Cooper’s Clean…

NRDC Reacts to Secret Duke Energy Bill in North Carolina

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
A bill drafted by Duke Energy behind closed doors with legislators was unveiled on Tuesday. The bill would mandate the construction of new natural gas plants, locking North Carolina into dirty energy generation for decades. The bill also decreases utility…

With Atlantic Coast Pipeline Canceled, Time to Pivot to Clean Energy

Press ReleaseWest Virginia, North Carolina, Virginia
Faced with rising costs and opposition, the builders of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline reportedly are canceling the project that would have traveled 600 miles from West Virginia through Virginia into North Carolina.