According to the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions scenario, unabated gas-fired generation must start to decline in the late-2020s. Governments, multilateral and private financial institutions must step up to phase out financing, especially for overseas gas.
The states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island stand to see $12.7 billion dollars in net societal benefits, improved health and air quality, and increased investments over the next 30 years through adoption of Clean Truck Programs in their states.
With yields of biodiversity and a more climate-resilient food supply, a movement is sprouting in BIPOC communities across North America to save heirloom seeds and preserve culture.
By today’s deadline, seafood-exporting nations worldwide must have adopted regulations to reduce entanglements of whales, dolphins and seals in fishing gear or face a U.S. import ban.
Today the North Carolina General Assembly has passed HB220, which, if signed by Governor Cooper, will take away the rights of counties and cities to pass performance standards that cut carbon emissions from new buildings by using electrification.
NRDC interviewed more than 100 farmers and ranchers who are building healthy soil and growing climate-resilient communities across the country. This guide incorporates much of what we learned.
The Department of Interior (DOI) today released its long-awaited report on reforming the federal oil and gas leasing program, as directed in President Biden’s January 27 Executive Order that placed a pause on future leasing.
The federal government's new adaptation plans are an important milestone in the administration’s efforts to deal with the climate crisis. Here's how they could be even better.
Our generation will be among the most impacted by the decisions made in Glasgow. But there are 353 days out of the year that aren’t COP—and how we choose to seize them will be the true mark of success for…
While it may not have grabbed headlines, nestled inside the 2,000+ pages of the $1T bipartisan infrastructure bill President Biden signed into law last week are two programs that will boost bee and butterfly populations across all 50 states.
In an op-ed calling for the nuclear power plant’s operating license to be extended past 2025, Steven Chu and Ernest Moniz acknowledge that the process would be “complex.” It wouldn’t just be complex; it would be hugely expensive and wrong.
California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed a new Public Utility Commission President today. The Governor announced that current California Public Utilities Commission President Marybel Batjer will be retiring effective December 30, 2021 and named Senior Advisor to the Governor for Energy…
The House just passed legislation that takes an all-of-government approach to the interconnected crises of climate change, rising inequality, crumbling infrastructure, and ongoing racial injustice.
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