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London Climate Week Falls Amid Increased Urgency to Ramp Up Speed and Scale of Action

June 17, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited Kingdom

As leaders of governments, financial institutions, private companies, industry and civil society prepare to gather for London Climate Action Week in the run up to COP31 this fall, urgency around climate and clean energy action is increasing.

Trump’s War on Wind Energy Intensifies

June 17, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The Department of Interior announced a third taxpayer-funded payoff to a company so that it will not produce much-needed offshore wind energy.

Turning Adaptation Ambition into Investment at Scale

June 17, 2026 OverviewInternationalYamide Dagnet, Doug Sims

How FINI is forging the link between climate resilience finance and implementation.

Amicus Brief: Athletics v. California Department of Toxic Substances Control

June 17, 2026 Court CaseCaliforniaClosed

California has failed to fully implement hazardous waste laws at metal shredding facilities like Schnitzer Steel—and communities are suffering for it.

The Trump Administration Wants Your Car to Pollute More

June 16, 2026 Expert BlogUnited StatesAtid Kimelman

Yet again, the EPA is willfully ignoring health benefits and putting polluters over people.

Understanding and Abating Nitrous Oxide and Methane Emissions from Wastewater

June 16, 2026 Issue PaperInternationalCaroline Kim

Reducing these climate super pollutants from the global wastewater sector is crucial for addressing climate change.

Communities for a Better Environment v. Corteva Inc. et al.

June 16, 2026 Court CaseCaliforniaActive

NRDC is working with a top environmental justice watchdog to clean up a chemical plant in California.

Stop data centers from polluting your air

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For nearly 50 years under the Clean Air Act, major polluters have had to prove their facilities won't harm the air you breathe—before they break ground. Trump's EPA wants to illegally end that requirement for data centers, power plants, and…

Lactation Interrupted: Impact of PFAS on Breastfeeding

June 15, 2026 Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Anna Reade, Dr. Katie Pelch

New commentary highlights the need to stop ignoring the potential for PFAS to disrupt breastfeeding.

The Hollowing of the Forest Service

June 12, 2026 BackgrounderUnited StatesGarett Rose

This administration has accelerated its efforts to fundamentally break national forest management.

Effort to Repeal Grand Staircase-Escalante Management Plan Fails in Congress

June 12, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

Effort to Repeal Grand Staircase-Escalante Management Plan Fails in Congress

Trump Administration Dismantles Marine National Monuments System

June 11, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

Trump Administration Dismantles Marine National Monuments System

Community Groups Seek Legal Action on Flesh-Dissolving Chemical at Oil Refineries

June 10, 2026 Press ReleaseLos Angeles

A federal judge in Los Angeles heard arguments today in a lawsuit seeking to force the EPA to regulate hydrogen fluoride (HF), a chemical used by at least 40 oil refineries nationwide and whose release could send a lethal cloud…

AI Should Pull Its Own (Electric) Weight, and a Little Bit of Yours

June 10, 2026 BackgrounderUnited StatesMohit Chhabra

Claims about whether data centers are raising rates or not are as much a matter of perspective as math. Regulators should do what they can to set data center tariffs that put downward pressure on rates for all other customers.

What Wright Gets Wrong About Dirty, Ugly Coal

June 10, 2026 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAmanda Levin

Lawmakers need to challenge the misleading and outright false statements that Energy Secretary Chris Wright has made about the coal industry and its place in a rapidly changing electricity system.