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NRDC Energy Report: Slow & Steady Won’t Win the Climate Race

December 2, 2020 Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalAmanda Levin, Sophia Ptacek

NRDC’s Eighth Annual Energy Report digs into U.S. energy trends over the last two years to understand how our energy system has changed since our last report, where we may be headed, and what it all means for the worsening…

San Jose Takes Nearly All New Buildings All-Electric

December 2, 2020 Expert BlogSan Jose (California)Elizabeth Stampe, Olivia Walker

San Jose becomes the largest U.S. city to take new buildings all-electric.

Happy 50th Birthday, EPA

December 2, 2020 PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

We’ve seen you at your best and, currently, at your absolute worst. But things are looking up for you again—just when we need you the most.

Montreal Protocol Convenes, Agrees $268m in Holdover Funding

December 2, 2020 Expert BlogInternationalAlex Hillbrand

Despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the treaty is showing it’s still got what it takes to be the world’s most successful environmental accord.

COVID-19 Shows How No One Is Immune from Converging Health Crises

December 2, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

Each year, the Lancet Countdown tracks more than 40 indicators on links between health and climate change and this year presents the most worrying outlook to date as key trends worsen. However, the latest report finds that with climate action…

NRDC's Annual Energy Reports

December 2, 2020 ReportUnited StatesRalph Cavanagh, Amanda Levin, Sophia Ptacek

NRDC each year reviews the most recent data to present an overall picture of the U.S. energy sector, which is undergoing a major shift toward increasing amounts of renewable energy and cost-effective energy efficiency. However, America still must do more…

Feds Say Climate is Killing Whitebark Pine Trees

December 1, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

Fish & Wildlife Service ESA listing decision agrees iconic high elevation Whitebark Pine trees under assault due to climate change

A Catalyst for the Midwest’s Clean Energy Transition

December 1, 2020 NRDC in ActionKansas City (Kansas), St. Louis, Missouri, New York CityBrian Palmer

Ashok Gupta spent decades cleaning up New York’s grid and reducing its reliance on dirty fuels. Now he’s working to bring the clean energy future to the Midwest.

South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. Ross

November 30, 2020 Court CaseSouth Carolina, EastClosed

NRDC, partners, and coastal states sued to stop seismic blasting in the Atlantic Ocean, which threatens marine life like the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

Setting the EPA Back on Track

November 30, 2020 Expert BlogUnited States, Washington, D.C.Gina McCarthy

After 50 years, what does the future of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hold?

An Ally in the Fight for Safe, Affordable Drinking Water for All

November 30, 2020 NRDC in ActionDetroit, Illinois, Flint, Chicago, MichiganNicole Greenfield

Detroit native Jeremy Orr combines his personal experience and community organizing roots with his legal expertise to help communities of color in Michigan and Illinois dismantle environmental racism.

(Un)Happy Holiday: Trump Administration Gifts Big Oil as it Guts Migratory Bird Treaty Act

November 27, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Trump Administration is moving forward with gutting one of the nation’s oldest environmental protections, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Pebble Mine Permit DENIED!

November 25, 2020 Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

The Army Corps is finally acknowledging the very real risks the proposed gold and copper mega-mine poses to the cherished Bristol Bay.

In Major Reversal, Trump Administration Denies Permit for Pebble Mine

November 25, 2020 Press ReleaseAlaska

The Army Corps of Engineers today denied a permit for Pebble Mine, the massive gold and copper mine proposed for construction at the headwaters of Bristol Bay in southeastern Alaska.

House Doubles Down on Pebble Mine

November 25, 2020 Expert BlogWashington, D.C., United StatesTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Leaders of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure requested records about the proposed Pebble Mine to determine whether Pebble executives duped Congress, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the public about the size and scope of the project.