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Puerto Rico Communities Charge Forward with Solar Power

April 5, 2022 Expert BlogPuerto RicoLuis Martinez

Environmental groups, including NRDC, work to help strengthen the archipelago’s climate resilience with community solar projects.

Managing Climate Risks to Protect the Financial System

March 30, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesAlfonso Pating

Federal regulators have responded to the call from NGOs and senators alike to consider climate risk in bank oversight. This is good news for investors, banks’ stability, and our economy.

President Biden’s Budget Provides Climate Vision

March 29, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesAlexandra Adams

We encourage Congress to meet the ambition of this vision to tackle the energy and climate crises—and improve lives while doing so.

Biden’s Budget Elevates Heat Protections for Workers

March 29, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesJuanita Constible

Budget constraints have imperiled OSHA’s mission “to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers” throughout its 50-year history and the president’s proposed budget starts to correct this.

Biden Budget Meets the Moment on Global Climate Investments

March 28, 2022 Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalJake Schmidt, Brendan Guy

Congress should rally to realize this blueprint, including to rebuild confidence after its recently approved budget with anemic international climate investments.

NRDC Testifies on Banking and Climate Risks

March 23, 2022 Expert BlogNew York, United StatesRich Schrader

NRDC testifies about the unique and impactful role that the banking and financial services sector can play in combatting the global climate crisis.

How Regenerative Agriculture Can Mitigate Drought

March 22, 2022 Expert BlogCaliforniaArohi Sharma

This is how we can help California farms and ranches be part of a drought mitigation strategy.

Drought Shows that CA’s Water Rights System Is Bankrupt

March 21, 2022 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

The only way out of this cycle of destruction—other than praying for rain, which is not a strategy—is to reduce water deliveries and diversions in order to maintain adequate carryover storage in Shasta and upstream reservoirs this year.

US International Climate Finance Fails to Rise to the Moment

March 16, 2022 Expert BlogInternational, United StatesJake Schmidt

The final funding allocation falls pitifully short of what is needed to make a real difference in mobilizing necessary climate action and supporting the most vulnerable countries. This short-changed investment leaves the U.S. severely lacking the leadership the world needs…

Learning about CA's Water Rights is the First Step to Reform

March 8, 2022 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

There is a growing recognition of the need to reform California’s water rights system, which is deeply inequitable, unsustainable, and all but broken.

Climate Report Confirms Housing Is Essential to Adaptation

March 4, 2022 Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalSam Whillans

The latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms what housing advocates and activists have long known: healthy, decent, affordable, sustainable housing must be at the core of the climate transition.

Will the Supreme Court Protect the Clean Air Act?

March 1, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesLissa Lynch

The court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA could roll back decades of progress at a time when we can least afford it.

A Century of Change in 30 Years

February 28, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesAnna Weber

Climate change is not off in some distant future: 2050 is less than 30 years away, and the tides are rising now.

IPCC Report Underscores Need for Federal Flood Reform

February 28, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesJoel Scata

The Biden administration has two actions it could undertake soon in the face of growing twin threats of sea-level rise and extreme flooding.

IPCC: We Cannot Look Away—Climate Risks Are Cascading

February 28, 2022 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The U.N. panel’s latest report paints a picture of the grim effects of global warming—and underscores the need for urgent, transformative adaptation.

We Can and Must Adapt to Climate Impacts Now

February 28, 2022 Expert BlogInternational, United StatesJuanita Constible

Climate impacts are here and getting worse—so we can and must adapt starting now.

IPCC: Sea Level Rise Adaptation Is Essential, Not Optional

February 28, 2022 Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalRob Moore

Climate change has already locked in almost a foot of sea level rise by 2050 and more in the decades beyond. All levels of government in the United States need to recognize the peril they face and act accordingly.

Clearing the Air: Climate and Air Quality Solutions

February 18, 2022 Expert BlogIndia, United States, InternationalAnjali Jaiswal

Cutting tailpipe emissions and moving to zero emission vehicles can eliminate the diesel fumes causing childhood asthma, emergency room visits, and loss of life.

The Texas Storm That Proved the Need for Grid Investments

February 9, 2022 Expert BlogTexas, United StatesChristy Walsh

It has been a year since Winter Storm Uri left millions of people without power. The United States cannot wait any longer to invest in its aging transmission system.

Get Ready for Climate Whiplash from DWR’s February Forecast

January 31, 2022 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation hasn’t and DWR need to reconsider the water supply allocations announced to date and limit water allocations to human health and safety until there is more certainty about how much water there will be this…