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States Will Begin Tracking Transportation Emissions

December 5, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesShruti Vaidyanathan

U.S. DOT’s new rule will require states to set declining emissions targets for the transportation sector.

How Management Affects Carbon Stored in Forest Soils

December 5, 2023 Expert BlogWashington, D.C.Dr. Daniel Rath, Carolyn Ramírez

This World Soil Day, let’s take a minute to appreciate how forests, and specifically forest soils, store carbon.

Enviro GASSA Letter

December 5, 2023 Press ReleaseUnited States

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…

If You Care About Climate Change, Then You Care About the Farm Bill

December 5, 2023 ExplainerUnited StatesNicole Greenfield

With the reauthorization of the farm bill next year, we have a chance to shift the U.S. agricultural system from a climate problem to a climate solution.

Compost Is a Climate Solution

December 5, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesDarby Hoover, Dr. Daniel Rath

Reducing food waste is no. 1 on the list of most impactful interventions to mitigate climate change.

The Cool Way to Heat: CA Is Poised to Encourage “Smart” AC Units

December 4, 2023 Expert BlogCaliforniaMerrian Borgeson

Proposed regs encourage new AC installs to be heat pumps, enabling customers to access heating and cooling in one clean appliance.

NRDC Analysis: Clean Energy Trumps Liquefied Natural Gas

December 4, 2023 Expert BlogInternational, United StatesAde Samuel, Shruti Shukla

Clean alternatives to LNG-fired power are competitive today and must be front and center in energy transition discussions at COP28 and beyond.

Power Shift: Renewables Beat LNG for Climate and Competitiveness

December 4, 2023 Issue BriefUnited States, InternationalShruti Shukla, Ade Samuel

Flood Protection Standard Is Key Climate Adaptation Tool

December 4, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesJoel Scata

The flood-related impacts of climate change are happening now. We cannot afford to wait. 

Risky Realities—Recognizing the Harms of Global LNG Expansion

December 4, 2023 Expert BlogInternational, United States, Africa, MexicoJamie Lee, Mima Holt

Liquefied natural gas should be phased out in tandem with other fossil fuels, paving the way for renewable energy to meet international climate and sustainable development goals.

What Is the Justice40 Initiative?

December 4, 2023 ExplainerUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

This Biden administration directive is the historic effort to ensure that federal climate, clean energy, and infrastructure investments reach the communities who need them most.

A Wake-Up Call to Political and Financial Enablers of Global LNG Expansion

December 4, 2023 Expert BlogInternational, United States, ChinaJamie Lee, Mima Holt

Instead of enabling the dirty fuels of the past through fossil LNG expansion, it is time to enable a just energy transition through renewable energy.

US Announces Over $1 Billion for Global Methane Reduction

December 2, 2023 Press ReleaseInternational

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…

Biden Renews Pledge to Green Climate Fund

December 2, 2023 Press ReleaseInternational

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…

United States Makes Major Coal Announcement at COP28

December 2, 2023 Press ReleaseInternational

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.