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Any long‑term strategy to stabilize the insurance system must include reducing climate pollution and slowing the rate at which physical risks worsen.

A House floor vote is expected as soon as next week on legislation to gut core protections for endangered species—and potentially make the recent “God Squad” decision the new normal.

Learn about how these tiny—sometimes microscopic—particles of plastic affect your health and the environment.

The cost of doing nothing is far higher than the cost of fixing the problem now.

The administration's proposal offers 34 new lease sales for oil and gas drilling offshore California, Alaska, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

The state is proving that collaboration and innovation can create solutions that protect affordability, reliability, and our climate.

NRDC analyzes the available information on how the agency reached this radically different number—and we raise questions about whether the new estimate is reliable.

To properly serve its millions of riders, California needs to expand and improve transit service.

Despite some setbacks, NRDC and our partners successfully advanced numerous bills to address the climate crisis, foster clean energy, address electricity affordability, and more.

NRDC analysis shows how to cost-effectively prepare the grid for the electrification of vehicles and buildings. 

COP30 offers a critical moment to align countries on how to keep each other accountable in forest protection.

Proposed pipeline will leave New Yorkers on the hook.

The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved 2026–29 electric and gas energy efficiency portfolios, settled between utilities and advocates, which will invest nearly $2.79 billion to facilitate record energy and utility bill savings.

State leaders have considered several proposals to protect drinking water from PFAS pollution, but none have been successfully implemented.

The state's embodied carbon action plan charts a course for a construction sector that is not only sustainable but also economically vibrant and socially beneficial.

As the federal administration takes steps to weaken protections against PFAS, also known as toxic “forever chemicals,” California moves to add protections.