Congress is considering legislation that will help the Department of the Interior responsibly meet its 25-gigawatt renewable energy siting goal, with as little environmental harm as possible.
There is a critical bill awaiting action in the New York State Legislature that will significantly reduce energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for decades to come, and save New Yorkers billions of dollars on their utility bills.
On the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, NRDC senior policy advisor Khalil Shahyd recalls his own harrowing encounter with law enforcement—and how it informed his community organizing.
Department of Interior advances leasing for offshore wind energy development in California offshore waters, ending years-long impasse with the Department of Defense.
Casitas Lofts—the proposed luxury housing development along the Los Angeles River—is still alive and poised to exacerbate LA’s housing crisis while cutting off access to nature for low-income neighborhoods along the L.A. River
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unveiled its highway bill this weekend. While in some ways this is a historic piece of legislation given its climate provisions, over all it fails to meet the moment.
Senior attorney Kimberly Ong is taking on the dirty fossil fuel industry in a state that has the eyes of the nation: “Where New York goes, other states have the chutzpah to follow.”
Expert BlogUnited States, ColoradoJessica Carey-Webb, David Wallinga, MD
As an industry, meatpackers seem to operate according to their own set of rules, often reprehensible and sometimes deadly. Among its global peers JBS, the world’s largest meatpacking company, is exceptional. The extent and documentation of its corporate irresponsibility is…
Newly constructed homes that comply with the most recent energy codes will save more than 9 percent in savings compared to those built to previous versions of the codes, according to new analysis by the Department of Energy.
Governor Gavin Newsom and the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced plans to advance offshore wind development in ocean waters off of California’s coast to address the state’s need for clean energy. The…
Michigan lawmakers are considering a bill (HB 4575) that would prohibit the state’s local governments from making choices about the continued use of fossil gas in homes and buildings, limiting their options to meet their residents’ health, energy, and economic…
With all the cleaner alternatives available, the only benefit of new pipelines is to increase the corporate profits of pipeline owners. Yet while the potential for harm is well known, government agencies keep rubber-stamping permits.
Frontline Indigenous youth, who have been standing up against destructive oil pipelines for years, are imploring President Biden to join them in protecting their water, lands, and cultures.
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