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Solar Energy Is Better with Neighbors: Orlando's 2nd Co-op

July 10, 2020 Expert BlogOrlando, FloridaEloisa Portillo-Morales

On June 5th, 2020 (World Environment Day), the City of Orlando launched its second solar co-op, providing residents an opportunity to come together to learn the ins and outs of the solar process and get a bulk purchasing price on…

62% of Alaskans Oppose the Pebble Mine, New Poll Shows

July 10, 2020 Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Most Alaskans do not support the Pebble Mine, as a new poll released by the Bristol Bay Defense Fund shows. The survey’s findings are one more piece of bad news for Pebble and its embattled owner Northern Dynasty Minerals.

Pipeline Victories Show the Power of People

July 10, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesGina McCarthy

These victories happened because people demanded better—and because of environmental and public health laws that require the government to listen.

Right Whales Uplisted to Critically Endangered by IUCN

July 9, 2020 Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw

North Atlantic right whales have been uplisted from Endangered to Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), sounding the alarm that the species is only one step away from extinction.

Cities Respond to COVID Needs by Rescuing Surplus Food

July 9, 2020 Expert BlogMadeline Keating, Andrea Collins

When businesses closed to help control the spread of the pandemic and millions of people flocked to food pantries and emergency food distributors, Baltimore, Denver, and several cities across the country were well-prepared to respond to the needs of their…

Clean Energy Can Get Our Economy Humming Again

July 9, 2020 Expert BlogGina McCarthy

The investments we make to recover from the current public health crisis should set us up to be better prepared to weather the next.

Protests: A Racial Reckoning in Suburbia

July 9, 2020 PerspectivesUnited StatesDan Reed

Most of the country’s Black Lives Matter protests are happening outside of cities—in communities exclusively designed for middle-class whites but increasingly diverse and grappling with policies that foster segregation.

Health on Center Stage in House Climate Crisis Action Plan

July 9, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesJuanita Constible

The House Climate Crisis Action Plan is a clear-eyed recognition of the need to address the present-day health harms of climate change.

Federal Energy Efficiency: Promoting Equity and the Planet

July 9, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesKhalil Shahyd, Lara Ettenson

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disproportionately affect low-income communities of color and threatens to plunge our economy deeper into a recession at a time when many families and communities are already struggling to meet basic needs. The federal government should…

House Climate Crisis Action Plan Gets a Lot Right on Biomass

July 9, 2020 Expert BlogNorth CarolinaSasha Stashwick

Established science now shows that burning biomass from forests for electricity is not a climate solution within timeframes relevant to addressing climate change. The Select Committee’s plan recognizes this science and squarely positions its policies in contrast to those of…

GAO: Flood Mitigation Isn’t Keeping Up with Climate Change

July 9, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesAnna Weber

The federal government has paid to reduce the flood risk of tens of thousands of homes in the past 30 years—but it hasn’t been enough.

New Analysis Shows Momentum Building to Decarbonize the Power Sector

July 8, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

Before the pandemic, power sector emissions fell eight percent as the economy grew. Coal generation continued to decline as renewable energy expanded and more corporations committed to net-zero carbon emission goals.

NRDC et al. v. EPA (COVID-19 Nonenforcement Policy)

July 8, 2020 Court CaseUnited StatesClosed

The EPA issued a policy allowing companies to stop monitoring and reporting their compliance with pollution rules during the pandemic. So we sued.

Pritzker, Lightfoot: Stop Passing the Buck on Enviro Justice

July 8, 2020 Expert BlogChicagoMeleah Geertsma

On June 25, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“IEPA”) granted an air permit that will enable the relocation of a notorious metal shredding operation from Chicago’s wealthy and largely white Lincoln Park to the Southeast Side environmental justice community. In…

Why Illinois Needs a New “Normal”

July 8, 2020 Expert BlogIllinoisJ.C. Kibbey

Illinois can’t go back to the old “normal,” but as we recover from coronavirus, we can chart a new path forward that centers equity and sustainability.