News & Commentary

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

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

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 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.

It wasn’t easy, but the U.S. power grid defied record-breaking heatwaves and doomsday warnings to survive the summer without major service interruptions.

In a month that has seen Texas sizzle under record-breaking heat, solar, and wind power have been key to helping keeping the lights on—and air conditioners humming.

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…

Blaming any one power source is a mistake. We can’t make any one source of power foolproof, but we can make a grid that’s nimble, resilient, and reliable.

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

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has approved Xcel’s plan to accelerate the end of coal in the state.