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Reconnecting Communities: Cities Use New Funding to Repair Transportation Injustices

April 26, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesDeron Lovaas

A new program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps reconnect communities torn apart by destructive highway and bridge projects.

Zero Food Waste Coalition to Accelerate Policy Action

April 26, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesAndrea Collins, Yvette Cabrera, Nina Sevilla

The Zero Food Waste Coalition has formed to accelerate action to meet our national goal to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030.   

Failing to Meet Our Climate Goals Is Not an Option

April 26, 2023 ExplainerUnited StatesNicole Greenfield

There’s more than one way the United States can nullify its climate emissions by 2050, but these strategies would make the journey a lot easier. 

Clean Energy Now for a Safer Climate Future

April 26, 2023 ReportUnited StatesJacqueline Ennis, Amanda Levin

Should the United States fail to reduce emissions in the near term, it will need to rely on riskier and more expensive technologies in later decades to rush to the net zero target.

NRDC Report: U.S. Climate Action Delivers Economic Gains

April 26, 2023 Press ReleaseUnited States

A new report released today shows that a handful of key strategies can put the United States on the way to its climate goals while delivering billions of dollars in cost savings over the coming decades. These five pillars –…

NRDC Analysis Charts Pathways to U.S. Climate Goals

April 26, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesJacqueline Ennis

NRDC modeling finds that, by deploying five decarbonization strategies, the United States can affordably and feasibly achieve a net zero economy by 2050.

How Efficiency Will Help Get Us to Net Zero by 2050

April 26, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesLauren Urbanek, Luke Tonachel, Jackie Wong

Efficiency will make our transition to a clean energy future cheaper and more cost-effective—and more comfortable, too.

DWR’s Latest Misinformation About the Delta Conveyance Project

April 25, 2023 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

Delta Tunnel Project Would Not Have Increased Water Supply in 2023

Hungry for Local Action in New Climate Law? Start Here

April 25, 2023 Expert BlogUnited States, PhiladelphiaIrene Nielson

Cities can tap into millions but may not know about it yet.

IRA Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit: Debunking Five Myths

April 24, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesPete Budden, Rachel Fakhry

New evidence is in: The case for the three pillars is ironclad.

Department of Transportation Denies Special Permit for LNG Project

April 24, 2023 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., Pennsylvania, New Jersey

According to the Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Transportation has denied Energy Transfer Partners a special permit to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail from Wyalusing, PA to Gibbstown, NJ.

The Bill That Could Connect California to Sun, Wind, and Savings Across the West

April 21, 2023 Expert BlogUnited States, CaliforniaKelsie Gomanie

A bill making its way through the California State Legislature would start the process of fully integrating the western electricity grid.

Earth Day Should Be Every Day!

April 21, 2023 Expert BlogChicago, United StatesChakena D. Sims

Four Chicago students share why clean water and air are human rights.

Canada Must Intervene to Protect Caribou in Ontario

April 21, 2023 Expert BlogCanadaDr. Julee Boan

In 2022, environmental groups called out the caribou conservation agreement between Canada and Ontario as being the weakest in the country - with no measurable targets to protect critical habitat. Now, a year later, the federal Environment Minister has stated his…

Our Nation—and Its National Parks—Has a Smog Problem

April 21, 2023 ExplainerUnited StatesJason Bittel

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new rules to address air pollution. But experts worry it’s not enough.