News & Commentary

The first U.S. utility-scale offshore wind project turns on the lights—and was built with strong protections in place for endangered whales.

California is facing an electric rate crisis. A more progressive rate structure will help fairly pay for system costs while also enabling electrification.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an NRDC-sponsored bill to limit certain non-agricultural neonic uses while paving the way for additional restrictions. 

AB 1373 includes important tools to bring new and diverse energy resources online and keep California’s energy transition on track.  

By passing a bill to rein in non-agricultural uses of bee-killing neonics, California can build on a good year for pollinator protections. 

Colorado and New Mexico can take advantage of Energy Community tax credits to build renewable energy and jumpstart an equitable workforce transition.

Beavers and their habitat increase ecosystem health and help people and wildlife adapt to a warmer planet.

It's time for a New Mexico utility to invest in clean energy over dirty coal and gas.

California has made strides in reducing emissions, spurred by the increasingly devastating impacts of climate disruption communities across the globe.

Help our West Coast marine life and ask the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to require stronger management measures.

No fossil fuels, no problem? Texas investments in wind and solar pay off, generating record-breaking renewable power to meet all-time high electricity demand during nearly 10-day heat dome—despite fossil fuel plant failures.

The New York legislature passed a first-in-the-nation bill to dramatically curb the pesticides that decimate pollinators and threaten New Yorkers’ health.

With broad bi-partisan support, Nevada enacted legislation to make it the third state to ban outdoor, non-agricultural uses of neurotoxic neonic pesticides.

The California Assembly  passed two bills that would help address widespread contamination of the state’s environment with pesticides like neurotoxic neonics.