WASHINGTON – Christy Goldfuss has been named Executive Director of NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), where she will strengthen the organization’s advocacy, manage internal operations and help guide a new generation of executive leadership at a pivotal moment in environmental stewardship.
WASHINGTON — Global climate talks concluded in Dubai with an agreement to triple renewable energy, double the pace of energy-efficiency gains, phase-out fossil fuels, and end deforestation and forest degradation as part of a larger long-term strategy to steadily reduce…
As New York leaders develop rules for a cap-and-invest program to slash climate pollution, climate and clean energy organizations issued a statement to Governor Kathy Hochul.
Today a group of environmental advocacy groups including the Center for American Progress, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters, and National Wildlife Federation sent a letter to President Biden and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai…
The proposed Southern California International Gateway would increase toxic air pollution, fuel the climate crisis, and increase traffic and noise in a low-income community of color already disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards.
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency released new rules to cut methane leaks from the oil and gas sector, a necessary and cost-effective way to curb the pollution causing climate change and to protect public health.
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry announced today that the United States, the European Union, and other entities have mobilized over $1 billion in new grant funding for methane action. The grants are focused on lower income countries…
DUBAI (December 2, 2023)—The United States announced that it would be joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) at COP28 today, committing to a moratorium on new unabated coal plants and to phasing out existing unabated coal power generation.
The Biden administration announced today at COP28 that the U.S. is renewing its commitment to supplement the Green Climate Fund as a part of its international climate finance efforts to support developing nations, especially low income and vulnerable countries, in…
