In a victory for just and equitable immigration policy, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Trump administration effort to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which provides needed protections for undocumented immigrants who came to this country as children…
Ann Arbor passed its transformative Carbon Neutrality Plan, making it a climate action leader in the Midwest. The Plan describes how the city will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030.
The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is home to an extraordinary array of marine species. But the Trump administration is trying to strip it of its core protections.
A medida que los países de todo el mundo invierten en energías renovables, también deben asegurarse de que las inversiones en líneas de transmisión sean lo más sustentables que se pueda. El proyecto LIFE-Elia, al igual que varios otros ejemplos…
As countries around the world invest in renewable energy, they need to also ensure that the investments in transmission lines are as sustainable as they can be. The LIFE-Elia project—as well as many other examples of integrative vegetation management—proves that…
The legislature will face many tough decisions in this special session. Whether to retain as much funding as possible for environmental and natural resources agencies is not one of them.
The rapid growth in wind and solar power means we need to upgrade and expand the nation’s power grid. The grid’s current design grew from local power needs centered around fossil and nuclear plants located relatively close to towns and…
NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) and partners sued the Trump administration today challenging President Trump’s recent unlawful attempt to roll back protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
The Senate is poised to pass the Great American Outdoors Act today, which will provide permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, something NRDC has long called for. The House is expected to pass the measure in the…
Rhode Island is usually a clean energy leader and the state has already taken important initial steps to eliminate carbon emissions from its buildings. Unfortunately, a recent report on how Rhode Island should transform its heating industry could derail this…
The gas industry is scrambling to claim “renewable” alternatives to fossil gas will allow us to continue depending heavily on appliances that burn gas and investing in new pipelines to transport it while still meeting our climate goals. A new…
Millones en América Latina están lidiando con COVID-19 sin acceso a agua potable para lavarse las manos y evitar el contagio, según lo recomendado por la Organización Mundial de la Salud. En Chile, el 42,5 por ciento de la población…
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