India, the third largest emitter, and one of the largest economies in the world, is key to the success of the unprecedented effort to combat climate change. At the historic Paris climate talks in 2015, India had made an ambitious…
For several years, state and federal agencies, local water districts, and a few conservation groups have participated in negotiations regarding potential voluntary settlements on Delta flows.
The Natural Resources Defense Council today urged Congress to investigate why the Department of Energy (DOE) still has not distributed as much as $600 million in congressionally approved clean energy research and development funding more than two months after the…
Dominion regulators at the State Corporation Commission (SCC) showed full oversight strength today: the two-member Commission rejected Dominion's long-term, 15-year proposal on how it plans to meet its customers electricity needs.
As market-oriented and mission-driven financial entities with expertise specifically in green investment, green banks are well positioned to help lenders assist affordable housing owners in taking advantage of the many benefits of high-efficiency building design and operation.
More than 160 people attended a public hearing on the need for two massive solar projects in Appalachian Ohio where 57 people testified in support of the projects and zero testified in opposition.
A new NRDC report released today documents the impact of clean energy on the rural Midwest using employment data and case studies of the benefits of solar, wind, and energy efficiency projects. However, the figures and data only tell half…
NRDC released a report today to document the impact of clean energy on the rural Midwest. The findings are clear: the remarkable clean energy growth that we are seeing across the country is bringing benefits to rural places throughout the…
A new NRDC report shows that clean energy makes up a greater share of jobs in the rural places in Michigan than in any other Midwestern state, with 1 out of every 24 rural jobs in clean energy industries.
Per the Fourth National Climate Assessment, extreme flooding events are expected to become more frequent and intense due to climate change, causing substantial losses to infrastructure and property and impeding economic growth. Enacting a new federal flood protection standard could…
