While the forecast for jobs is mixed, clean energy has proven to boost jobs in India and around the world. Growth in the renewable energy sector has the potential to meet India’s priorities of job creation while advancing energy security…
Thanks to the leadership of Governor Murphy, the legislature, and the Board of Public Utilities (BPU), New Jersey is poised to reassert itself as a national leader on energy efficiency.
Boreal caribou face unprecedented declines, and the science is clear that the province needs to immediately stem industrial development’s erosion of their habitat. Yet yesterday, Quebec once again delayed concrete action, gifting logging and other industries at least several more…
State Senator Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster) introduced legislation today to add a new “tier” for nuclear power to the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS). Like a similar bill introduced in the state House last month, the legislation is seriously flawed…
The NFIP, given its influence over floodplain development, is inextricably linked to the nation’s ability to confront its growing flood risk. However, the NFIP, as currently structured, is ill prepared to face this threat. A new article written by NRDC…
This budget session has achieved powerful gains for New York’s environment—from a comprehensive congestion pricing plan to the landmark food waste recycling bill to banning plastic bags once and for all.
Newly released analysis shows that Nevada’s grid would work smoothly and reliably while delivering 50 percent of the state’s electricity from clean, renewable energy sources like solar, geothermal, and wind. Nevada State Senator Chris Brooks has put forward legislation, Senate…
Long before grassroots activists captured the nation’s attention with the Green New Deal, the New York Renews coalition was hard at work in New York State crafting a bold vision to fight climate change that put equity principles front and…
Human-induced climate change is an epoch-defining event that is already affecting all life on earth and, if left unchecked, portends catastrophic consequences. Both mitigating greenhouse gas emissions to alleviate the effects of climate change and adapting to its adverse impacts…
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