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New Senate Budget Reconciliation Language Is a “Fossil Fuels Fever Dream Come to Life”

June 28, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

The new language would not only end incentives for renewable energy but also sets punitive taxes on wind and solar generation. The bill also triggers the largest sale of public lands in American history.

Groups Challenge the Trump Administration’s Illegal Eddystone Plant Extension

June 27, 2025 Press ReleasePennsylvania

Public interest groups, led by NRDC, today legally challenged the Department of Energy’s mandate to keep the Eddystone Generating Station open past its planned closing.

From Planning to Action: How Two Indian Cities Are Building Resilience to Extreme Heat

June 27, 2025 Expert BlogIndiaCharlotte Steiner, Sameer Kwatra, Prima Madan

With heat waves on the rise, more cities are taking urgent action to safeguard vulnerable communities and save lives.

House Committee Advances Bill that Guts Clean Water Act

June 25, 2025 ReactionUnited States, Washington, D.C.

The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee approved a sweeping bill that would dismantle core protections under the Clean Water Act.

In Uncertain Times, Tribes Provide Steady Protection for Clean Water

June 25, 2025 Expert BlogUnited States, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, MinnesotaClaudia Blanco Nuñez, Giulia C.S. Good Stefani

Tribal Nations protect and manage millions of acres of wetlands, which help improve water quality, curb the risk of floods, recharge groundwater, and store large amounts of carbon.

Judge Orders Lifting of Trump Administration’s Unlawful Freeze of More Than $1 Billion for Electric Vehicle Charging

June 25, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States

A U.S. district court judge issued a preliminary injunction lifting the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of federal funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program.

LNG Expansion Threatens Oceans and Climate 

June 25, 2025 Expert BlogInternational, MexicoMima Holt

Fossil fuel build-out threatens climate goals, marine biodiversity, and coastal communities. 

California’s Largest Proposed Wood Pellet Project Defeated

June 25, 2025 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Due to public pressure, Golden State Natural Resources’ biomass project shelved.

Senate Bill Is a Public Lands and Oceans Fire Sale

June 25, 2025 BackgrounderUnited StatesJosh Axelrod

The Senate proposal uses vast public land sales as a Trojan horse to hide widespread evisceration of decades of public lands and oceans policy.

Climate Crisis Continues to Push Risks of Extreme Heat

June 25, 2025 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesJuanita Constible

Heat-related illnesses, deaths, productivity losses, and economic disruptions will continue to rise sharply.

Michigan Primed for First Statewide Water Affordability Program in United States

June 24, 2025 Expert BlogMichiganCyndi Roper, Larry Levine

Collaboration among community advocates, water utilities, and environmental groups is key to progress on landmark legislation, creating a model for other states.

Plásticos de un solo uso 101

June 24, 2025 GuideUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Aquí está todo lo que necesita saber sobre el omnipresente (y evitable) desperdicios plásticos: el tipo hecho para ser arrojado en cuestión de minutos.

Single-Use Plastics 101

June 24, 2025 GuideUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Here’s everything you need to know about the most ubiquitous (and avoidable) kind of plastic waste: the kind made to be tossed in mere minutes.

California Transportation Commission Can Leverage $2 Billion in Transportation Projects to Meet the Moment on Climate

June 24, 2025 BackgrounderCaliforniaCarter Rubin

On June 26 and 27, 2025, the CTC will vote to allocate more than $1.4 billion in state and federal transportation funding through competitive grants.

Administration Announces Roadless Rule Rollback, Setting Stage to Open 58 Million Acres to Logging

June 23, 2025 ReactionUnited States, Alaska

The USDA announced it would rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule, a provision that generally prohibits commercial logging and road construction on 58.5 million acres across the National Forest System.