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Time for South Korea to Deliver Bold Climate Action: 50% Cut

Expert BlogInternationalJake Schmidt

When he meets with President Biden this week, South Korea President Moon Jae-in has a golden opportunity to show his country means business when it comes to tackling climate change and doing its part to protect the world from a…

DOE Takes Steps on Overdue Efficiency Standards for Light Bulbs

Press ReleaseUnited States
The U.S. Department of Energy issued a Request for Information (RFI) notice today re-evaluating its prior determination that the Secretary of Energy was not required to implement the statutory backstop requirement for general service lamps (GSLs).

Floating Offshore Wind Brings Challenges and Opportunities

Expert BlogUnited StatesRebecca Loomis, Dr. Francine Kershaw

After a decade of dreaming, the prospect of commercial-scale floating offshore wind developments here in the United States is becoming a reality. Floating turbines will make renewable wind energy accessible to parts of the United States where it was previously…

Hearings Question Oil and Gas Leasing in Federal Waters

Expert BlogUnited StatesValerie Cleland, Lauren Kubiak

Recent House and Senate hearings on the future of offshore oil and gas leasing raised questions about how best to phase out leasing of our federal waters to oil and gas companies.

NRDC’s Shahyd Testifies on Clean Energy Tax Policy

Press ReleaseUnited States
The devastating conditions in Jackson, Miss., Flint, Mich., and other cities demonstrate the need for changes in federal tax policy to bring about a fairer, more equitable and cleaner nation, an NRDC expert is telling lawmakers today.

Modeling a More Hopeful Climate Future

Expert BlogUnited StatesJosh Axelrod

Ending new federal leasing now and using existing, undeveloped leases as a runway to transition and support fossil-dependent economies presents a far more durable, forward-looking economic path to a clean energy future than taking industry’s advice and burying our heads…

Solutions for Extreme Heat as India Battles Covid

Expert BlogIndiaSameer Kwatra, Prima Madan

India, currently battling a severe second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, is facing multiple climate stressors simultaneously. Fueled by climate change, heatwaves and other extreme weather events are longer, more frequent, and more intense.