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New Report: Heating Is Next Clean Energy Frontier in CA

October 16, 2018 Expert BlogPierre Delforge

Clean space and water heating technologies such as heat pumps and solar thermal have the potential to save Californians more than $1,500 upon installation and hundreds of dollars on annual utility bills afterward. In particular, super-high-efficiency heat pump technology is…

Hurricane Michael Targets Florida’s Red Tide

October 16, 2018 Expert BlogStacy Woods

Torrential rains may wash more agricultural runoff into the Gulf, fertilizing & strengthening the already destructive red tide algae bloom.

Report: Clean, Cost-Effective Heating Technologies Critical to Meeting California’s Climate Goals

October 16, 2018 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Californians can save as much as $1,500 in installation costs, plus hundreds of dollars on their utility bills, by switching to clean space- and water-heating technologies now but super-high-efficiency electric heat pumps must become mainstream over the next 12 years…

On the Ballot: Vote for California’s Environment

October 15, 2018 Expert BlogAnnie Notthoff

San Francisco Teams Up with Trump on the Tuolumne River?

October 15, 2018 Expert BlogDoug Obegi

Despite San Francisco's iconic fishing industry in Fishermen’s Wharf, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has been working with the Trump Administration to undermine Federal agencies’ recommendations regarding how much water should remain in the Tuolumne river.

After Long Delay, Newark Says It Will Provide Water Filters to Some Residents for Lead Contamination

October 15, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

But the city’s drinking water crisis is far from over.

The Promising Opportunity of Community Solar

October 15, 2018 Expert BlogSamuel Garcia

Community solar presents a promising opportunity to expand the utilization of renewable energy resources across the United States—and to ensure that often-marginalized communities have access to those resources and their associated benefits.

State of the States: Community Solar in the Midwest

October 15, 2018 Expert BlogSamuel Garcia

Nowhere is the rapid adoption of renewable energy resources more urgent than in the Midwest United States, where electric utilities remain heavily reliant on coal.

More Qs than As at EPA Oil and Gas Wastewater Meeting

October 12, 2018 Expert BlogBriana Mordick, Alison Kelly

The oil and gas industry wants to dump its wastewater into our rivers and lakes, and Trump’s EPA is supposed to figure out how to let them do it.

Untangling the Bleak Future of North Atlantic Right Whales

October 12, 2018 Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw

Amendment 74 Is a Loser for Coloradans

October 12, 2018 Expert BlogColoradoSam Gilchrist

With 11 carefully crafted words on this year’s ballot, oil and gas companies could swindle residents for generations.

Newark to Offer Water Filters for Lead Contamination—but Many Residents May Remain at Risk

October 12, 2018 Press ReleaseNewark

Citizen Action Drove Newark to Respond, but City Must Do More to Protect Most Vulnerable

Climate Scientists to World: We Have Only 20 Years Before There’s No Turning Back

October 12, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

So we’d better get it together and do something NOW.

Powering Forward: Publicly Owned Utilities Are Critical to California’s Energy Efficiency Progress

October 11, 2018 ReportCaliforniaLara Ettenson

California’s publicly owned utilities (POUs) are helping transition the state to a clean energy future.

NRDC Comments: Children’s Health Protection Advisory Cmte.

October 11, 2018 Expert BlogDavid Wallinga, MD

NRDC comments from Drs. Sass and Wallinga on the importance of the EPA Office of Children’s Health Protection in the wake of the Trump attack on science, and the need for the Office to inform EPA’s selection of priority chemicals…