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PA's Gas Tax and Proposed Electric Vehicle Fees: A Primer

October 17, 2019 Expert BlogMark Szybist, Kathy Harris

Some Pennsylvania legislators want punitive fees on electric vehicles. It's a bad idea.

Pune Expands City Efforts to Fight Dangerous Air Pollution

October 17, 2019 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal, Dr. Kim Knowlton, Dr. Vijay Limaye

Vote Reveals Senators Backing Climate Action and Those Opposed

October 17, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Senate is scheduled to vote today on a measure blocking the Environmental Protection Agency’s Affordable Clean Energy rule, which could increase carbon pollution from dirty power plants, the second largest contributor to climate change.

Efficiency Can Help With the Climate & Housing Affordability Crises

October 17, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Investing in energy efficiency improvements to low-income housing can help ease both America’s housing affordability and climate crises but federal programs to facilitate those retrofits are severely underfunded, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) senior policy advocate Khalil Shahyd told Congress…

AB 936: The Path to California’s New Oil Spill Protections

October 16, 2019 Expert BlogUnited States, CaliforniaAnn Alexander

It is our fervent hope that the cleanup preparation measures required by AB 936 never become necessary, as California moves toward transitioning away from oil.

Congress Considers Protections for New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon

October 16, 2019 Expert BlogUnited States, New MexicoAlison Kelly

Michigan Drinking Water Protections Should Be EPA's Minimum

October 16, 2019 Expert BlogMichiganJeremy Orr

On the same day that Michigan’s most protective in the nation lead in drinking water rule cleared a major legal court challenge, the Trump Administration’s EPA actually pushed protections for the rest of America further back.

Protecting California From the Realities of Nonfloating Oil

October 16, 2019 Expert BlogUnited States, CaliforniaJosh Axelrod

AB 936, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on October 12, 2019, takes proactive steps to prepare California for the risks of a nonfloating oil spill.

Basketball and Community Benefits

October 16, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Pettit

Ohio Supreme Court Overturns Cap on Utility Energy Efficiency Investments

October 16, 2019 Press ReleaseOhio

The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday overturned a cap on utility investments in energy efficiency programs that was previously approved by the Public Utility Commission of Ohio.

Another Forest, This Time Alaska’s Tongass, May Be Destroyed—All for Profit

October 15, 2019 Expert BlogUnited States, AlaskaNRDC

On October 28, 2020, the Trump administration announced it will open the state’s pristine old-growth rainforest—the largest in the United States—to the logging industry.

Bipartisan Bills Aim to Get the Lead Out of School Water

October 15, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesCyndi Roper

On October 15th, Michigan became the first state in the U.S. to introduce with bipartisan support NRDC’s Filter First model legislation to protect kids from lead in schools and daycare facilities.

NRDC Briefs Congress on Neonic Pesticide Human Health Harms

October 15, 2019 Expert BlogDr. Jennifer Sass

One of the main reasons that neonics are so harmful is that they are designed to be systemic—that is, to get into the system of the plant, making the pollen, nectar, and other parts of the plan toxic to insects…

DOE’s Latest Proposal to “Save” the Incandescent Is Illegal

October 15, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesNoah Horowitz

The Trump administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed NOT to update the minimum efficiency standards for light bulbs and groups like NRDC will defend them.

Governor Wolf Says Pennsylvania Will Join RGGI. Now What?

October 11, 2019 Expert BlogUnited States, PennsylvaniaMark Szybist

Governor Wolf wants Pennsylvania to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, and that's a big deal.