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Community Science Is Changing How People Can Fight Pollution

PerspectivesHouston, Texas, St. Louis, Missouri, Chicago, IllinoisCourtney Lindwall
Grassroots groups are collecting their own pollution data to increase accountability and demand environmental justice.

Shared Knowledge Is Power in the Northern Mariana Islands

DispatchInternationalShelia Hu
As Indigenous groups seek to comanage the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, elders help the next generation find opportunity on the islands in science and conservation.
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A Climate Strategy for India Scales Up

NRDC in ActionIndiaJeff Turrentine
With the formation of its affiliate in New Delhi, NRDC rises to meet the sustainability challenges of the world's fastest-growing economy.

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Fight Fascists & Save Money: Go Electric

Expert BlogUnited StatesMax Baumhefner

Gas prices remain volatile as a result of Russia's war on Ukraine and other events beyond our control, but electricity provides reliable cost savings that do not fuel petro-dictators.

Nevada Aims to Plug Vehicles into Renewable Energy

Expert BlogNevadaMax Baumhefner, Dylan Sullivan

Nevada's legislature has passed a bill that would help the state drive on cleaner, cheaper electricity. If signed into law, the policy would speed the approval of transmission lines needed to move low-cost, renewable electricity across the region and would…

Nevada Could Reap $21 Billion Driving on Electricity

Expert BlogMax Baumhefner
A new report from MJ Bradley & Associates estimates Nevada could realize $21 billion in avoided expenditures on gasoline and maintenance, reduced utility bills, and environmental benefits by 2050 by driving electric vehicles (EVs).

Colorado Approves $110M Transportation Electrification Plan

Expert BlogMiles Muller, Max Baumhefner
Xcel Energy will deploy approximately 20,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at residential, commercial, and public sites across Colorado, under a $110 million plan formally approved by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission this week. The plan is the first full-scale…

Newsom Signs Law to Clean Air Inside and Out of School

Expert BlogMerrian Borgeson, Max Baumhefner
Governor Newsom just signed a bill that will to make the air safer to breathe and the water safer to drink in public schools, while reducing energy bills. It also accelerates the installation of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles needed…

Electric Vehicles Are Driving Rates Down

Expert BlogUnited StatesMax Baumhefner
Real-world data demonstrates that EV drivers are contributing more to body of utility customers than associated costs, putting downward pressure on electric rates to the benefit of all utility customers.

We All Can Benefit from More Electric Vehicles

Expert BlogMax Baumhefner
Electrifying our nation’s cars, trucks, and buses can benefit everyone, and that the transition must benefit communities most in need of relief from pain at the pump and from toxic, vehicular air pollution.

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