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UN General Assembly Reinforces Accountability for Climate Polluters

Press ReleaseNew York, International
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution yesterday affirming the International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have an obligation to reduce carbon pollution within their borders and are legally responsible to live up to climate pledges, while reducing…
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How Solar Will Keep the ACs Humming This Summer: Key Takeaways from NERC’s Summer Assessment

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesChristy Walsh, Dr. Yamit Lavi
New, clean energy is critical to keeping the lights on and air conditioners humming.
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States Can Act Now to Create Workplace Heat Standards

BackgrounderUnited StatesJuanita Constible
There are several pathways to heat standards, which vary by the different buckets of state plan states and territories.

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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…

EPA Signals It Will Protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Press ReleaseAlaska
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will ask a federal court to allow the agency to vacate its own prior decision to lift safeguards against Pebble Mine, the massive open-pit gold and copper mine proposed for…

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…

NC DEQ Nominee’s Record Should be Focus

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
The nomination of Dionne Delli-Gatti to lead the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) was rejected by a state Senate committee today. Governor Roy Cooper appointed Delli-Gatti as head of the DEQ in February 2021 after Michael Regan was named…

Trump Administration Opens Alaska Rainforest to Loggers

Press ReleaseAlaska
The Department of Agriculture today announced that it will open vast swaths of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska to logging and development, a move that tramples Indigenous rights, and threatens one of our biggest carbon sinks, which is vital…

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…

In Major Reversal, Trump Administration Stalls Pebble Mine

Press ReleaseAlaska
The Army Corps of Engineers today said the Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska, would inflict “unavoidable adverse impacts” and lead to “significant degradation” to water and marine life. The agency gave its backers 90 days to come up…

Trump Administration Rubber Stamps Pebble Mine Review

Press ReleaseAlaska
The Army Corps of Engineers today issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) that will pave the way for Pebble Mine, a colossal proposed gold and copper mine that would threaten the world’s greatest wild salmon fishery and the tribal…

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.

Governor Cooper Must Veto NC Farm Act

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
The North Carolina General Assembly today voted to approve the Farm Act, which creates a loophole in a decades-old law that prevents industrial hog facilities in the state from making big changes to their facilities if those changes fail to…

Pioneering Study Tallies Huge Hidden Health Costs from Climate Change

Press ReleaseColorado, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin
Climate change is taking a huge toll on Americans’ health, so much so that it could constitute a public health crisis, a new study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the University of California, San Francisco, suggests.

N.C. House Majority Overrides Governor Cooper’s Budget Veto

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
After explicitly proclaiming there would be no votes this week – and with only half of the General Assembly present – the North Carolina House majority voted to override Governor Roy Cooper’s budget veto today. Under the majority-backed budget, approved…

Trump Administration Reneges on Protections for Alaska’s Salmon Fishery

Press ReleaseAlaska
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today withdrew protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska from the Pebble Mine – a colossal, widely condemned gold and copper mine that poses a threat to the area’s famous salmon runs. The agency’s action signals that…