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G20 Coal Subsidies: Government Support to a Fading Industry

June 24, 2019 Expert BlogHan Chen

Last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made clear in its special report that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius would require a rapid phaseout of coal. Unfortunately, findings from our new report show that G20 governments have been…

Leading Labor Unions and Environmental Groups Join Forces to Act on Climate

June 24, 2019 Expert BlogNRDC

The Solidarity for Climate Action platform will combat our greatest global threat while creating jobs and tackling economic inequality.

What I Wish I Heard at the Climate Resilience Hearing

June 24, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesClare Morganelli

The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis must center equity and justice in conversations on climate resilience.

Pebble Mine Opponents Warn Investors of Risks

June 21, 2019 Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Its message is unequivocal: Pebble Mine is a reckless scheme.

Mining Oil Shale Would Be Disastrous to Utah’s Rivers, Climate, and Public Health—but the Trump Administration Wants to Do It Anyway

June 21, 2019 DispatchUtahStarre Vartan

NRDC and other environmental and public health groups are suing to stop an extraction project (the first of its kind in the United States) proposed by the Estonian company Enefit.

One Key to National Wolf Recovery: Protecting "Dispersers"

June 21, 2019 Expert BlogZack Strong

More than Connections: Developing Village Clean Energy Plans

June 21, 2019 Expert BlogSameer Kwatra

NRDC and the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) conducted household surveys to understand how people use energy and how much time and money they spend to access it.

Happy (?) World Giraffe Day

June 21, 2019 Expert BlogElly Pepper

The species faces an alarming rate of habitat loss, not to mention the trade in giraffe parts, poaching, giraffe skin disease, vehicle collisions, and droughts.

In Other News, Renewables Just Passed Coal on the Energy Capacity Racetrack

June 21, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

We’ve just crossed a major threshold, and renewables' lead is expected only to widen.

Pebble Mine: Into the Lion’s Den

June 20, 2019 Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Junior Canadian mining company Northern Dynasty Minerals – owner of the beleaguered Pebble Mine – held its annual shareholder meeting in Vancouver last week. We were there, too, to deliver a message of relentless opposition to the ill-conceived project.

House Votes to Suspend Pebble Mine Funding

June 20, 2019 Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an appropriations package, with an amendment to bar funding for the Pebble Mine permitting process.

Unpacking New York's Big New Climate Bill: A Primer

June 20, 2019 Expert BlogJackson Morris, Miles Farmer

Superpower, One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy

June 20, 2019 Expert BlogCarl Zichella

House Should Meet its Climate Commitment with Key Clean Energy Tax Credits

June 20, 2019 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The House Ways and Means Committee today is marking up a bill to extend tax credits that omits essential climate and clean energy priorities. It fails to update and extend credits for clean energy technologies like electric vehicles, offshore wind…

New York Passes Nation-Leading Climate Bill

June 20, 2019 Press ReleaseNew York

The New York State legislature today passed nation-leading climate legislation. This bill raises the bar for states in the fight against climate change by establishing the strongest greenhouse gas emissions limits in the United States, requiring 70 percent renewable electricity…