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A Year of Betrayal: EPA Under Lee Zeldin

January 28, 2026 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesJustin Bar

Administrator Zeldin has put the agency to work for polluters, putting our health and that of our children at risk.

The Trump Administration Wants to Sell Off Our Ocean Under New Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Plan

January 28, 2026 BackgrounderUnited StatesRebecca Loomis, Valerie Cleland

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

Customer-Facing Resources Could Mitigate Data Center Grid Impacts: Kansas Shows Us How

January 26, 2026 BackgrounderKansasMcKenna Beck

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

5 Facts About the Endangerment Finding

January 21, 2026 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesMeredith Hankins

If the EPA scraps the endangerment finding, this would fundamentally undermine the nation’s safety, health, and economic well-being.

Taking Stock of the Trump Administration's Assault on the Environment at One Year

December 19, 2025 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAlexandra Adams

Our nation's environment, energy security, and public health is suffering, and the United States has become a drag on the energy revolution it was poised to lead.

The EPA Now Says There Aren’t 9 Million Lead Pipes—There Are 4 Million. Be Skeptical.

December 18, 2025 BackgrounderUnited StatesErik D. Olson

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.

California Transportation Leaders Recommend Increasing State Transit Investments

December 11, 2025 BackgrounderCalifornia

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

California’s Major Wins and Losses for Climate, Clean Air, Toxics and Health

December 3, 2025 BackgrounderCaliforniaVictoria Rome

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

Hitting a Moving Target: Planning for Grid Investments Driven by Load Growth

December 2, 2025 BackgrounderCaliforniaJordan Brinn, Mohit Chhabra

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

What Chris Wright Gets Wrong

November 21, 2025 BackgrounderUnited StatesJustin Bar

The Energy Department secretary uses cherry-picked data, outdated assumptions, and misleading framing to justify policies that prop up dirty fossil fuels.

Delivering Forest Ambition: The Need for Harmonized, Equitable Accountability

November 10, 2025 BackgrounderInternationalJennifer Skene

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

U.S. Workers and Families Will Pay the Price for Trump’s Climate Denial

November 7, 2025 Ed Board MemoInternational, United StatesManish Bapna

As country leaders gather for COP30, the world must keep climate progress moving and invest in the health, safety, and prosperity of people across the planet.

No Need for Gas from NESE, Will Bring Higher Bills and Air Pollution  

October 31, 2025 BackgrounderNew YorkSamantha Wilt

Proposed pipeline will leave New Yorkers on the hook.

Strong Energy Efficiency Programs Won for Illinois Consumers  

October 10, 2025 BackgrounderIllinoisKari Ross

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.

History of PFAS Contamination in North Carolina

October 7, 2025 BackgrounderNorth CarolinaDr. Anna Reade, Angela Guyadeen, Dr. Katie Pelch

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

New York State Working Group Releases Embodied Carbon Recommendations 

September 23, 2025 BackgrounderNew YorkMikhail Haramati, Dharma Santos-Santiago

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.

California Moves to Phase Out Unnecessary Uses of “Forever Chemicals”

September 18, 2025 BackgrounderCaliforniaAvinash Kar

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

Voluntary Is Not Enough: States Need to Intervene to Address Nitrogen Pollution

September 12, 2025 BackgrounderMinnesotaMaya Korb, J.P. Rose

It's critical that we grow food in a way that doesn’t poison drinking water, kill wildlife, and degrade ecosystems.

Why Cutting Solar for All Hurts All Georgians 

September 8, 2025 Ed Board MemoGeorgiaPatrick King II

20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned and the Dismantling of Disaster Response

August 14, 2025 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesJoel Scata, Anna Weber, Rob Moore