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California Sets New Precedent for Demand Flexibility

October 12, 2022 Expert BlogCaliforniaSylvie Ashford

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved new Load Management Standards today that will make electricity cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable statewide. This first-in-the-nation move will also reduce air pollution and spur innovation of new electric technologies to help California reduce…

Clean Electricity Tax Credits in the Inflation Reduction Act Will Reduce Emissions, Grow Jobs, and Lower Bills

October 12, 2022 Issue BriefUnited StatesAmanda Levin, Jacqueline Ennis

The Inflation Reduction Act provides $369 billion in strategic investment to promote clean energy and climate justice, including more than $100 billion in clean electricity tax incentives.

NRDC Analysis Shows Climate Bill’s Benefits to Jobs, Economy, Health & Communities

October 12, 2022 Press ReleaseUnited States

The clean electricity tax investments in the Inflation Reduction Act (climate bill) are poised to drive a major clean energy shift that delivers strong and positive economic, climate and health benefits across the country, a new analysis released today by…

EPA Grants NRDC’s Petition to Remove Neurotoxin in All Pet Flea Collars

October 12, 2022 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is banning all pet flea collars containing the pesticide tetrachlorvinphos (TCVP), a member of the class of organophosphates that damages the developing brains and nervous systems of young children, toddlers and fetuses. The Agency is…

NOAA Begins to Unpack Equity and Justice Issues in Fisheries

October 11, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesAnupa Asokan

But much more work remains to meaningfully address inequities in U.S. fishery management.

Ian and Congressional Failure to Reform Flood Insurance

October 11, 2022 Expert BlogFloridaRob Moore

Hurricane Ian has cost the lives of at least 120 people as of this writing, displaced tens of thousands of people from their homes, and impacted over a million more people due to flooding, loss of power, water, or sewer…

Mallinckrodt Case Documents

October 11, 2022 Legal Filings

A 22-Year Court Battle Ends with Justice for the Penobscot River

October 11, 2022 NRDC in ActionMaineNicole Greenfield

After more than a half century of toxic mercury contamination, Maine’s longest river is finally getting cleaned up—a major win for the public interest over corporate polluters.

Groups Sue to Halt Beltway Toll Lane Project

October 11, 2022 Press ReleaseMaryland

Public advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit today to halt the Beltway and I-270 toll-lane project because of an insufficient and error-filled environmental review.

Judge Approves Multi-Million Dollar Clean-Up for Penobscot River

October 11, 2022 Press ReleaseMaine

Today, a Federal District Court in Maine approved a settlement that requires Mallinckrodt US LLC to pay for mercury remediation in the Penobscot River Estuary, concluding a more than two decade long legal fight led by Maine People’s Alliance and…

End the Threat to Bristol Bay This Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 10, 2022 Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day we honor and celebrate the culture and resilience of Native peoples throughout the United States.

California’s Orphan Well Problem Needs More Than Money

October 7, 2022 Expert BlogCaliforniaAnn Alexander

If money were the answer to every problem, then by all accounts solving California’s idle and orphan oil well problem ought to be going swimmingly.

David Malpass Is a Climate and Development Failure

October 6, 2022 Expert BlogInternationalJoe Thwaites

Under the leadership of David Malpass, the World Bank has been dragging its feet on climate action at a time when we need it to run. It is time for him to go.

The Case Against New Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing

October 6, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesLauren Kubiak

The best way to meet our national energy needs is by fully implementing policies already developed—and switching to sources of clean, renewable, justly sourced energy.

Mutual Aid and Disaster Justice: “We Keep Us Safe”

October 6, 2022 ExplainerUnited States, Puerto Rico, Louisiana, Mississippi, FloridaNicole Greenfield

As climate-fueled disasters become more frequent—from Mississippi to Puerto Rico and beyond—relief efforts by communities, for communities, could become increasingly critical.