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IPCC Report Leaves No More Room for Climate Denial in Logging

March 21, 2023 Expert BlogCanada, United States, InternationalJennifer Skene

Industrial logging is a significant driver of global climate change. Ignoring its emissions is a dangerous new form of climate denial.

The Lower Klamath River Will Soon Flow Freely Again

March 21, 2023 DispatchCalifornia, WestNicole Greenfield

Sparking hope for the West’s rivers and beyond, a decades-long battle leads to the world’s biggest dam removal project.

EPA Starts the Roll Out of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

February 14, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesAdam Kent, Sarah Dougherty, Douglass Sims

This is a huge step with the potential to not only improve lives, but transform ‘green’ investments into ‘mainstream’ investments.

New York Is Exposing the Fashion Industry for What It Is: a Climate Nightmare

February 13, 2023 DispatchNew York, New York City, InternationalNicole Greenfield

The state’s Fashion Act seeks to set a new trend of holding big brands accountable for their exploitation of workers and the environment.

Six Colorado Basin States Lay Down a Marker for California

January 31, 2023 Expert BlogArizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, WestEd Osann

The "Consensus Based Modeling Alternative" is a positive development in addressing the current water emergency. It’s unfortunate that California did not join in this recommendation.

Proponents of CA Water Infrastructure Cause Permit Delays

January 31, 2023 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

The permitting process isn’t broken. What’s most lacking is good faith by proponents of new infrastructure projects.

Fighting a Flood of Misinformation about CA Water

January 26, 2023 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

For more than a decade, the science has been clear that we need to reduce diversions from the Bay-Delta in average and drier years.

Earth to EPA: “End the Threat,” Protect Bristol Bay Now

January 12, 2023 Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Broad-based coalition calls on EPA to finalize its recommended Clean Water Act veto of the Pebble Mine.

The World Bank Needs to Get Serious About Reform

January 9, 2023 Expert BlogInternationalJake Schmidt, Joe Thwaites

The World Bank needs to seriously up its game to help tackle the multiple crises the world is facing.

RGGI Pays Climate Costs, but Youngkin Sticks It to Taxpayers

December 21, 2022 Expert BlogVirginiaWalton Shepherd

Virginia's RGGI law just made polluters cough up $78 million, in Q4 alone, to pay down climate costs, while Governor Youngkin's budget would make taxpayers pay instead.

US International Climate Finance Fails Again to Meet Moment

December 21, 2022 Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalJoe Thwaites, Jake Schmidt, Brendan Guy

Congress and the Biden administration must put their money where their mouth is if they want the country to lead in addressing the climate crisis.

How Do States Distribute Federal Clean Water Grant Funds?

December 13, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesBecky Hammer

States take a wide variety of approaches to deciding which communities should have access to funds that support needed wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades.

DWR's Unsustainable Initial Water Supply Allocation for 2023

December 12, 2022 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

Instead of gutting environmental protections, maybe this is the year that California finally reforms these unreasonable water supply contracts.

How Green Banks Are Financing the Fight Against Climate Change

December 12, 2022 ExplainerUnited States, InternationalJeff Turrentine

Investing is risky business, but these institutions know that failing to fund clean energy is even riskier.

Spotlight on Climate Friendly Cooling in India

December 9, 2022 Expert BlogIndiaPrima Madan

Finance and investment in technology are critical in mainstreaming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) transitions in India, as NRDC and partners discussed at the Montreal Protocol meeting (MOP34) last month.

How to Implement the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund with Equity and Justice at the Center

December 7, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesMikyla Reta

The Strong, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC) offers valuable lessons learned for EPA's implementation of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

Pebble Mine Veto: China Laughing?! It’s Pebble Weeping!

December 5, 2022 Expert BlogAlaska, United StatesJoel Reynolds

Replying to EPA’s recommended veto of destructive Bristol Bay mine, desperate Canadian owner argues yet again, against law and science, that the proposed agency decision after 12 years of federal review remains “peremptory,” based on “wildly speculative” assumptions, and an…

Protection for Bristol Bay Is Within Reach

December 1, 2022 Expert BlogAlaska, United StatesTaryn Kiekow Heimer

EPA just released a recommendation under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act that would prohibit the Pebble Mine—a giant gold and copper mine proposed at the headwaters of the world’s greatest wild salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska. This…

Colorado River Basin Tribes Address a Historic Drought—and Their Water Rights—Head-On

November 14, 2022 DispatchColoradoTim Vanderpool

Their growing inclusion in the region’s water management will likely prove priceless.

The Good, the Bad and the Urgent: MDB Climate Finance in '21

November 11, 2022 Expert BlogInternationalJoe Thwaites

A look at the key findings from the multilateral development banks' joint report on their climate finance in 2021