The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to advance Steve Pearce's nomination to be the next director of the Bureau of Land Management, moving a nominee with a documented record of supporting the sale and transfer of federal public…
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) concluded its competitive bidding process today, awarding contracts for 355 megawatts of grid-scale battery storage and 24 megawatts of grid-scale solar to project developers.
Today Judge Lewis J. Liman of Federal District Court in Manhattan ruled that the Trump administration’s attempt to end New York’s congestion pricing toll was illegal.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that it is considering “deregulatory action” to undo federal vessel-speed protections that protect endangered North Atlantic right whales
From mercury to taconite to ethylene oxide, President Trump has been exempting toxic chemical plants from pollution regulations that reduce cancer risks.
Expert BlogIowa, United StatesKit Kennedy, Dr. Matthew McKinzie
The planned reopening of a nuclear reactor in Iowa highlights the challenges around meeting rapid electricity demand growth without falling back on dirty fossil fuels.
WASHINGTON, DC - A federal court has approved a binding settlement requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture to turn over key climate risk datasets and records on mature and old-growth (MOG) forests—concluding a lawsuit brought after the agency purged thousands…
As the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts continues to get attacked, NRDC and our partners have moved yet again to intervene to defend the monument’s legality.
One-sided accountability has hindered global forest protection for decades. A pathway to delivering by the world’s 2030 deadline depends on accountability measures for all countries, not just those in the tropics.
EPA data shows that sulfur dioxide pollution from coal plants increased 18 percent in 2025, with the plants that were given presidential exemptions leading the way.
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