Pausing the sale of new federal oil and gas leases gives us a chance to reconsider and fix our broken system of leasing on public lands and federal waters.
A new case study underscores the importance of pairing energy services with capacity development services to ensure that communities in India can utilize electricity to improve their livelihoods.
North Carolina concluded its climate and clean energy planning with the release of a long-awaited report, "Power Sector Carbon Reduction: An Evaluation of Policies for North Carolina." Now is the time to implement solutions.
A constitutional amendment on this November’s ballot will allow New Yorkers to vote on amending the state’s constitution to include a right to clean air and water, stating, “Each person shall have a right to clean air and water, and…
Advancing long-term community stewardship support tenants and helps to maintain local control of homes and businesses by supporting small landlords, small business owners in targeted neighborhoods and homeowners. It also can provide pathways to increase climate resilience and healthy housing.
A new report quantified the economic benefits of Bristol Bay’s wild salmon, which generate $2.2 billion in value, support 15,000 American jobs, and supply 57 percent of the world’s sockeye salmon. Bristol Bay’s wild salmon are also the lifeblood of…
NRDC and hundreds of other organizations around the world have just submitted a letter calling on the Biden Administration to immediately end all US public financing for fossil fuels, including “natural” gas.
The U.S. power sector in 2020 made big strides in wind and solar, accompanied by a decrease in retail electricity usage due to COVID-19 and a decrease in overall emissions— but we still have work to do.
As the violence against Asians continues to rise across America, it is crucial that our community be seen and heard—including in the environmental space.
Expert BlogUnited StatesAllison Johnson, Amy Brown
Agriculture leaders in Congress have taken a meaningful step toward redressing generations of systemic discrimination that have stripped Black farmers of land, capital, and markets.
Expert BlogCaliforniaMohit Chhabra, Julia de Lamare
Through this blog we explain NEM, why California’s current policy needs to evolve, and share NRDC’s proposal in the California Public Utilities Commission’s NEM 3.0 proceeding. Our proposal is intended to support sustainable growth in the solar industry while increasing…
India’s largest floating solar power project is expected to be commissioned in May 2021 in Telangana. Other states are also developing floating solar projects. A new case study examines the direct employment potential across the floating solar project development cycle.
The coronavirus pandemic has underscored for us all how inextricably linked the human and wildlife worlds are—we are, in fact, sharing one global ecosystem. So ending the ruthless exploitation of wildlife is not only about saving individual creatures; it’s about…
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