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Energy Storage: A Critical Player in a Cleaner Grid

Expert BlogElizabeth Noll, Arjun Krishnaswami
Energy storage offers us a terrific opportunity to partner with renewable energy resources to build a cleaner and more effective electric grid. It can provide flexibility to meet shifting patterns of electricity usage; complement renewable energy sources to facilitate greater…

American Workers Need Better Safeguards from Extreme Heat

Expert BlogJuanita Constible, Dr. Vijay Limaye, Dr. Kim Knowlton
Climate change fuels rising temperatures and makes many dangerously hot workplaces even hotter, but American workers are not protected by a national heat standard. Today, NRDC joins Public Citizen’s petition for OSHA to develop a federal heat exposure standard.

Steps New York Must Take to Meet its Energy Efficiency Goals

Expert BlogNew YorkSneha Ayyagari, Jackson Morris

NRDC, along with a coalition of environmental advocates and energy efficiency advocates, submitted comments urging the state to fill in the gaps needed to reach its efficiency target in an equitable and effective way.

The Endangered Species Act Under Attack in Congress

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Congressional Western Caucus today announced a package of nine bills to gut the Endangered Species Act, the most effective law for protecting wildlife from extinction.

Hot in DC: Green Bank Edition

Expert BlogSarah Dougherty
It was sultry here in DC yesterday, but that was not the hottest news in my opinion. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed legislation to create a Green Bank here in Washington, D.C., following City Council passing the bill unanimously. Green banks…

Small Water Systems in Puerto Rico Badly Affected by Maria

Expert BlogMekela Panditharatne
Assessments show that nearly half of Puerto Rico's small, independent water systems—that serve about 89,100 people—suffered from a significant deterioration in operational capacity several months after the storm, in some cases leading to a total inability to deliver water to…