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The Clean Energy Expert Bringing Black Voices to the Table

October 5, 2020 NRDC in ActionCaliforniaRasheena Fountain

As NRDC’s California state lead for clean energy and equity, Alexis Cureton is working to ensure that communities of color help shape energy policy, both inside and outside of the energy sector.

Stop Treating Oil Drilling as a Climate Policy Afterthought

October 5, 2020 Expert BlogCaliforniaAnn Alexander

California’s oil extraction industry once again emerged mostly unscathed by the state’s climate policy.

Top 5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Energy Efficiency

October 5, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesLara Ettenson

These benefits and more are worth celebrating on this week’s fifth annual Energy Efficiency Day, especially at time when America faces so many challenges.

Raising Shasta Dam Is an Even Worse Idea Than We Knew

October 5, 2020 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

The Trump Administration’s efforts to enlarge Shasta Dam was always a bad idea. In addition to being illegal under California law, it’s been clear for years that raising the height of the dam would destroy Native American sacred sites, harm…

Webinar: Safe School Water, COVID & Beyond

October 2, 2020 Resource

EPA Must Follow Science & the Law to Cut Harmful Ozone Smog

October 2, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesEmily Davis, John Walke, Dr. Vijay Limaye

Millions breathe unhealthy air, but EPA contends that its work is done.

Cities Turn to Virtual Electric Vehicle Education in 2020

October 2, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesKelly Blynn

Cities across the United States have launched efforts to increase electric vehicle adoption but are facing a number of barriers.

Green Banks and Economic Recovery

October 1, 2020 Resource

A discussion on how green banks and catalytic green financial institutions around the world are responding to the challenges and opportunities of economic recovery.

CA's Water Resilience Portfolio Underdelivers on Soil Health

October 1, 2020 Expert BlogArohi Sharma

California's water resilience portfolio presented an opportunity for the Governor to think creatively about water resiliency strategies. Instead of proposing new ideas, or championing holistic improvements to water health using soil, the Administration leaned on existing efforts.

Ohio’s House Bill 6 and “Revenue Decoupling”

October 1, 2020 Expert BlogDaniel Sawmiller

HB 6 contains what some have called a “decoupling” provision, but this section of the law passed last year had absolutely nothing to do with energy efficiency (which HB 6 effectively extinguished as a priority for all the state’s major…

Quebec’s Boreal Forest Hangs in the Balance

October 1, 2020 Expert BlogCanadaJennifer Skene

EPA Rollback Boosts Toxic Air Pollution and Health Risks Including Cancer

October 1, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing an environmental rollback that ends enforcement of a longstanding “once in, always in” toxic air pollution policy, which required industrial facilities to implement major pollution control measures as long as the plant is in…

Trump Gives Polluting Mining Projects a Pass

October 1, 2020 Expert BlogNRDC

The administration’s latest executive order would allow one of the most damaging industries in the nation to skirt thorough environmental reviews.

Trump Prioritizes Dirty Mining Under False Pretext

October 1, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Trump administration issued an executive order to fast-track dirty mining projects – projects that pose enormous risks to critical water resources, pristine public lands, and communities around our nation. While it offered the pretext of national security to justify…

How Can I Find Out If I Have a Lead Service Line?

October 1, 2020 Expert BlogErik D. Olson

Most of our household plumbing contains some amount of lead, whether in faucets, fittings, lead solder, or lead pipes, but lead service lines present the largest source and risk of lead in drinking water.