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Cheapest AND Cleanest: Renewables Are Winning

December 14, 2018 Expert BlogNathanael Greene

As 2018 closes, it’s now safe to say that clean renewable energy is at an inflection point. Cost is no longer the biggest challenge to greater adoption of wind and solar; it is now the rules of the power markets…

Communities & Climate: A New Way to Measure Vulnerability

December 14, 2018 Expert BlogMarissa Ramirez

What decisions need to be collectively made to withstand climate change while centering climate justice and equity? How can solutions be developed that underscore climate vulnerability and chart a new path on which all people can be included?

Paris Agreement Rulebook: Tracking Country Progress

December 14, 2018 Expert BlogJake Schmidt

One of the key elements of the decisions in Poland were rules around the "Transparency and Accountability" provisions to implement the Paris Agreement— how we will track progress and hold countries accountable to deliver their national and international climate commitments…

Paris Agreement Rulebook: Tracking Financial Flows

December 14, 2018 Expert BlogHan Chen

The key tasks for the next few years are to (1) ramp up climate finance through the Green Climate Fund and other channels, (2) shift resources out of high-carbon projects into low-carbon activities across the economy, and (3) to make…

NRDC India: 10 Years of Partnership

December 13, 2018 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal

NRDC is dedicated to our partners and to achieving prosperous and sustainable growth for all in India. We look forward to doing even more in the decade to come.

California Pilot to Wean 1,600 Homes from Fossil Fuels

December 13, 2018 Expert BlogMerrian Borgeson

Homes across one of the most polluted and disadvantaged regions in California will be outfitted with state of the art, electric powered heating systems and appliances free of cost under a pilot program approved today by the state Public Utilities…

The Year in Energy Savings, 2018

December 13, 2018 Expert BlogLauren Urbanek

Remarkable progress has been made to decrease the energy intensity of our appliances, equipment, and buildings, and we aren't stopping in 2019.

Cree Create Landmark Proposal to Protect their Territory

December 13, 2018 Expert BlogJennifer Skene

Where’s the (Better) Beef? Not at Wendy’s.

December 13, 2018 Expert BlogDavid Wallinga, MD

In the wake of big news from McDonald's, is Wendy's hoping to convince consumers it's acting meaningfully on antibiotic overuse without actually doing so?

Baltimore Is Poised to Put a Major Dent in Its Food Waste Stream

December 13, 2018 DispatchBaltimore, MarylandNicole Greenfield

The city has developed a bold new food waste management and recovery strategy to protect residents from harmful air pollution, boost its economy, and help feed those most in need.

Cuomo Delivers Sweeping Action on Energy Efficiency, Storage

December 13, 2018 Expert BlogAda Statler, Jackson Morris

Farm Bill Writers Misguided Removal of Soil Health Incentive

December 13, 2018 Expert BlogLara Bryant

A Tribe in Northern Minnesota Shows the Country How to Do Community Solar

December 12, 2018 DispatchMinnesotaSusan Cosier

Photovoltaic panels on the Leech Lake reservation are generating clean power—and revenue to help those who need it most.

Lawsuit Attacks Michigan’s Lead Drinking Water Protections

December 12, 2018 Press ReleaseMichigan

In a lawsuit filed yesterday, cities and water utilities seek to invalidate Michigan’s Lead and Copper Rule, which established the most protective lead standardin the nation. Detroit’s Mayor Duggan and Oakland County Commissioner Jim Nash are leading the charge to…

Michigan Cities and Water Utilities Attack Critical Drinking Water Safeguard

December 12, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

Despite the Flint water crisis that’s plagued residents for years, Michigan’s cities and water utilities are taking aim at a rule that protects the health of thousands of children.