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CO Xcel Can Cut Emissions 90%, Accelerate Just Transition

Expert BlogColoradoSam Gilchrist, Noah Long

As the Colorado Public Utilities Commission looks to approve a new resource plan for the state’s largest electric utility, Xcel Energy, Colorado has an opportunity to boost community assistance and allow coal communities and workers to properly plan for the…

FEMA Moves to Update Flooding Rules for Homes

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Federal Emergency Management Agency took an important step toward updating building requirements for homes in flood zones, which would help protect homeowners and reduce repeated flood damages for houses facing increased risk of flooding.

COP15: China Announces Steps to Help Address the Biodiversity and Climate Crises

Press ReleaseChina
During global biodiversity talks at COP15 in Kunming, China, on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a new international fund to support biodiversity protection in developing countries, and stronger protections within China’s national park system, which provides habitat for 30…

Colorado Energy Office Report a Green Light for Clean Trucks

Press ReleaseColorado
The Colorado Energy Office released a report prepared by MJ Bradley & Associates showing that adopting two new policies to get clean trucks on the road can save Coloradans up to $20.4 billion over the next 30 years. The Advanced…

California’s Wildly Inequitable Water Rights System

Expert BlogCaliforniaKate Poole

It's time to put the interests of the community above the interests of the ancestors of a handful of white settlers who staked their claim to our public resources over a century ago.

Climate-Friendlier A/Cs and Other Products Are on the Way

Expert BlogUnited StatesChristina Theodoridi

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it’s moving forward with proposals to speed the transition away from super-pollutant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in refrigeration, air conditioners, heat pumps, insulation, and aerosols where climate-friendlier alternatives are available.

Our Ocean Is Stressed Enough: Give It a Break from Drilling

Expert BlogInternationalLauren Kubiak

To mitigate and increase our resilience to climate change, we need to stop leasing our public waters to oil and gas companies, reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and highly and fully protect at least 30 percent of our ocean…

Will Countries Commit to Reverse the Destruction of Nature?

Expert BlogInternationalZak Smith

Government officials from around the globe will convene virtually October 11-15 to kick off one of the most consequential international meetings that will ever take place: the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on…

P&G Investors Should Oppose Angela Braly to P&G Board

Expert BlogUnited StatesShelley Vinyard

Days before Procter & Gamble (P&G) holds its annual shareholder meeting, NRDC issued a new brief outlining why investors should oppose the re-election of one of P&G's board members, Angela Braly.

EPA Moves to Usher in Safer Consumer Products Free from Super-polluting HFCs

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will issue rules to speed the transition away from super-pollutant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in refrigeration, air conditioners, heat pumps, insulation and aerosols where climate-friendlier alternatives are available.