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Groups Call on Federal Regulators to Urge Banks to Assess Climate Risks

September 29, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

Federal regulators should immediately add climate risk to their oversight of the nation’s banks and urge banks to begin addressing climate-related risks of damage resulting from wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and the transition away from industries relying on fossil fuels, according…

Madison Commits to Food Waste Reduction

September 29, 2021 Expert BlogWisconsin, MadisonMadeline Keating

A new resolution passed by the Madison, WI Common Council sets a food waste diversion goal of 50% from the landfill by 2030 and commits to establishing metrics for measuring and tracking progress.

The Black List, NRDC, The Redford Center, and The CAA Foundation Announce 2021 Climate Storytelling Fellowship Recipients

September 29, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Black List, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), The Redford Center and the CAA Foundation are thrilled to announce the three recipients of the inaugural Climate Storytelling Fellowship, which aims to encourage more varied climate stories that reflect the reality…

PJM Reverses Policy Designed to Stymie Clean Energy

September 29, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

In a significant victory for clean energy and customers’ pocketbooks, PJM’s proposal to minimize the controversial Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR), which artificially raises prices on state-supported energy resources, went into effect today. The revised rates represent a significant victory…

Report: Unions Essential in Equitably Addressing Climate Crisis, Bolstering Bold Federal Climate Action

September 29, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

A new report from NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) demonstrates that union jobs should be essential in the fight against climate change, and that with strong labor standards the shift to a clean energy economy can produce better outcomes for…

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Opposes Climate Action That Corporate America Claims to Back

September 29, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesJohn Bowman

If slogans could fix the climate crisis, the Chamber would be all in. Instead, it’s saying one thing in public and something else on Capitol Hill.

United: Union Jobs Improve the Clean Energy Economy

September 28, 2021 ReportUnited StatesMarc Boom

Growing numbers of union members are on the front lines of the clean energy and energy efficiency sectors, helping to reduce pollution and health hazards for millions of Americans.

Through a Solar Transformation, a Former Landfill Is Poised to Become a Community Lifeline

September 28, 2021 DispatchHoustonMaudlyne Ihejirika

In Sunnyside, Houston—a neighborhood that recently registered the city’s highest unemployment rate—residents are preparing for an influx of jobs to come from the Sunnyside Energy Community Solar project.

BlueConduit and Google.org Announce Coalition to Help Communities Quantify and Locate Dangerous Lead Service Lines

September 28, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

BlueConduit will create machine learning tools to map service lines and inform communities of risks with $3 million grant from Google.org and support from WE ACT and NRDC

Every Offshore Drilling Disaster Started with a Lease Sale

September 28, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesLauren Kubiak, Valerie Cleland

The Biden Administration recently began to move forward with an offshore lease sale that will hand millions of acres of public ocean over to the oil and gas industry, allowing them to make investments that will lock in our use…

A Step Toward Breaking the Logjam on Nuclear Waste

September 28, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesGeoffrey H. Fettus

Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Mike Levin have introduced legislation that would establish a task force and help set new approaches for handling nuclear waste.

NRDC Delivers Comments to EPA Urging Strong Car Standards

September 28, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

NRDC President Manish Bapna and leaders from other public interest groups met with EPA Administrator Michael Regan today to deliver tens of thousands of public comments urging the agency to enact strong clean car standards.

Legislation Offers Path Forward on Nuclear Waste

September 28, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) introduced legislation today that could end a 60-year impasse over our nation’s nuclear waste.

USDA Equity Commission: A Giant Leap Forward

September 27, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesJohn Bowman, Arohi Sharma, Allison Johnson, Bianca Oden

Today, the USDA took an important step to dismantle generational discriminatory practices by formally establishing the Equity Commission Advisory Committee and Equity Commission Subcommittee on Agriculture.

House Passes Important New Protections for Whales

September 27, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesRegan Nelson

New protections include measures to reduce vessel collisions with large whales and new programs aimed at reducing chronic underwater noise from vessels. If enacted, they would amount to the most substantial new legislative measures for marine mammals in years.