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EPA Greenlights More Toxic Tailpipe Pollution

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed delaying new standards that would limit toxic tailpipe pollution that cause soot and smog.
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The Cost of the United States’ Dependence on Oil

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAlexandra Adams
The country's entire economy is more vulnerable to oil price and supply shocks. In a global market, that means there’s one solution: Reduce dependence on oil.

Trump Administration Repeals Landmark Public Lands Rule

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Department of the Interior repealed the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, eliminating the regulatory requirement that conservation be weighed alongside mining, drilling, timber, and grazing across 245 million acres of public lands.

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A Costly Move: EPA Abandons Endangerment Finding

Press ReleaseUnited States, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia
The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will rescind a 2009 finding that climate change is a threat to public health and welfare.

Georgia Power Bill Payers Left in the Dark

BackgrounderGeorgiaPatrick King II

The 2025 Georgia Power Integrated Resource Plan's few positive steps are overshadowed by continued dependence on fossil fuels, weak renewable energy targets, and a lack of transparency and accountability in long-term energy planning.

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.

A Good Transmission Line Is Hard to Find

BackgrounderGeorgiaJossie Steinberg, Patrick King II

The 2025 Georgia Power Integrated Resource Plan: It’s not about peanuts, but a different kind of crop. 

Coal Plants Earned $1 Billion For Knocking Cheaper Midwest Wind Offline

Press ReleaseIndiana
CARMEL, IN – New analysis commissioned by the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) shows that customers throughout the central United States paid more than $1 billion in excess energy costs and lost out on nearly 400 megawatts of wind capacity…

NRDC Analysis: Georgia to See 3,000+ Jobs from Build Back Better Act

Press ReleaseGeorgia
A new NRDC analysis shows that the Build Back Better Act, as it currently stands, has the potential to significantly accelerate clean energy investment, economic activity, and job growth in Georgia. The Senate’s passage of the Build Back Better Act…

NRDC Launches Regional Food Matters Project to Reduce Food Waste in 5 Southeastern Cities

Press ReleaseTennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) announced the expansion of the Food Matters Project in the Southeast region with the goal of furthering larger-scale change related to food waste throughout the region. Building on five years of partnership on the project, Nashville will…

Transforming Transportation in Mid-Atlantic & Northeast Gets Underway

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia
Twelve eastern states and the District of Columbia today announced a major advance in creating a regional clean transportation policy that will improve public transportation, reduce pollution and improve the quality of life of tens of millions of Americans.

NRDC Unveils Regional Roadmap to Fix Transportation, Cut Pollution, Build Livable Communities

Press ReleaseConnecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, D.C.
The Natural Resources Defense Council today unveiled a roadmap for fixing a broken transportation system in the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic region that is contributing to climate change, air pollution, overcrowded highways, deteriorating public transit systems, lost economic opportunities, rural…