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This legislative session, Colorado once again solidified its place as a climate leader by taking on new and innovative approaches to reduce emissions and protect the environment.

Senate Bill 218 passes to ensure Colorado’s utilities meet growing customer demand for electric cars, trucks, homes, and appliances.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland commemorate the completion of South Fork Wind.

This past year saw continued climate action, with important policies that will reduce carbon emissions and air pollution while improving quality of life.

The fight against environmental harm, economic dependence, and negative health impacts from fossil fuel development on Indigenous land is a centuries-long tale.

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

This World Soil Day, let's acknowledge the effects that neonic pesticides can have on soil health and biodiversity, and the farms that depend on them.

Leading voices call for global accountability on protecting the world's climate-critical forests in NRDC's Climate Week panel event. 

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

The Biden administration and other states should take note and follow suit.

A suite of important, yet heavily negotiated, environmental bills are making their way to Governor Polis’s desk.

NRDC is working with stakeholders to safeguard consumer interests and environmental protections as utilities from California to the Great Plains weigh proposals to share energy resources through an organized market.

NRDC is preparing for the New York State legislative session in 2023, where we'll fight hard alongside our allies and partners for important bills that will protect our state and our planet from the worst effects of climate change.

Read our recap of the environmental wins that passed in New York State's 2022 legislative session. With the tools to prevent climate catastrophe being dismantled at the federal level, this kind of bold action at the state level is more…

A new wind project offshore New York will include added protections for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.