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North Carolina Charts Bold Course on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Resilience

October 31, 2018 Expert BlogLuis Martinez

With a new executive order, North Carolina establishes its commitment to aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, transition to clean energy and improve its resiliency.

Why Drill for Oil in Florida? Tiny Industry, Huge Risks.

October 30, 2018 Expert BlogAlison Kelly

Both current onshore oil production and the prospects for future oil expansion in Florida are minimal. Yet efforts continue to develop small amounts of oil and gas, at the expense of Florida’s sensitive natural resources, including the Everglades.

Building Resilience Through Transportation & Infrastructure

October 30, 2018 Expert BlogErika Moyer

For World Cities Day 2018, we celebrate the important role of transportation and green infrastructure solutions to fight climate change and build more resilient and vibrant cities in Latin America.

In the Pacific Northwest, Testing Out New Wildfire Defenses on the Front Lines

October 30, 2018 DispatchWest, Washington, OregonLora Shinn

Where quick-spreading fires are the “new normal,” some state officials and communities are willing to try whatever it takes to prevent—or better prepare for—the next big blaze.

Federal Court Strikes Down Wyoming "Data Trespass" Laws as Unconstitutional

October 30, 2018 Press ReleaseWyoming

Court Finds the state’s Ag-Gag Laws Violate Free Speech Rights and Blocks the Statutes Permanently

A Win for Free Speech—and the Environment

October 30, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

A federal court ruled that Wyoming’s “data trespass” laws are unconstitutional.

This Exhibit Examines Nature and Environmental Justice in Three Centuries of American Art

October 30, 2018 PerspectivesUnited States, New JerseyPatrick Rogers

Princeton is displaying iconic paintings, photography, and furniture in a new light (and it’s not always flattering).

Building Efficient Cities: Strengthening the Indian Real Estate Market Through Codes and Incentives

October 30, 2018 Issue BriefIndia, HyderabadAnjali Jaiswal

These Alaska Residents Are Watching Their Hometowns Slide Into Rising Waters

October 29, 2018 DispatchAlaskaAlisa Opar

At least 31 villages now face imminent threats from climate change and may have to relocate, at a cost of as much as $200 million each.

EPA Clouds Transparency for Environmental Impact Statements

October 29, 2018 Expert BlogScott Slesinger

The Environmental Protection Agency reviews federal agencies's environmental impact statements for quality of the analysis and the scope of the possible environmental harm of a project. The Agency quietly ended a 30-year-old policy of scoring the quality of the work…

Trump Can’t Have It Both Ways on National Monuments

October 29, 2018 Press ReleaseKentucky

President Trump has signed a proclamation declaring Camp Nelson, a Civil War site in Kentucky, a national monument.

We Need to Keep Our Elders Safe from Climate Disasters

October 29, 2018 Expert BlogJuanita Constible

We owe it to our present and future selves to urgently drive down climate-changing pollution and ready our public health and emergency response systems for the worst-case storms of the future.

What Exactly Do Green Banks Do? This Database Will Tell You

October 29, 2018 Expert BlogBettina Bergöö

While it’s increasingly well known that green banks are a way to mobilize that capital, there hasn’t been a resource for understanding exactly how they do it on the transaction level—until now.

Gov. Cooper’s Bold Climate and Clean Energy Agenda Will Benefit North Carolinians

October 29, 2018 Press ReleaseNorth Carolina

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper today announced an executive order with national implications that responds to the threat of climate change with a formidable agenda to build resiliency, sharply reduce greenhouse gas pollution, expand clean energy and create clean energy…

Seven Midwest Winners Announced in City Climate Challenge

October 29, 2018 Expert BlogKatharine McCormick

Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Natural Resources Defense Council and partners today announced that St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Columbus are among the 20 winning cities in the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge. These Midwest cities join eight…