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India Green News: India, France Sign Environment Pact & More

Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal
India, France sign pact to deepen cooperation in environment field; IREDA, EIB sign €150 million loan for RE financing in India; Centre’s clean air plan goes beyond Delhi, urban India and outdoor pollution

Mourning a Champion of Public Health

Expert BlogDavid Wallinga, MD
Louise Slaughter, the only microbiologist in Congress, was a stalwart champion for reducing the overuse of antibiotics in U.S. livestock production. Unfortunately, that practice is driving a worsening crisis in antibiotic resistance that ultimately puts each and every one of…

Clean Heating Is Part of NY’s Energy Efficiency Solution

Expert BlogSneha Ayyagari, Miles Farmer
Achieving New York’s climate and clean energy goals hinges upon a comprehensive and ambitious plan to increase energy efficiency savings in New York across all fuels. Fortunately, Con Edison, one of the state’s largest utilities, is already recommending incentives for…

Legislation Introduced to Remedy Diablo Canyon Decision

Expert BlogPeter Miller
The California Senate majority leader today joined with an Republican Assemblymember to introduce bipartisan legislation to remedy multiple shortcomings in the recent California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision related to the retirement and replacement of California’s last nuclear power plant.

Future Reality: Set-Top Box Energy Use to Shrink Another 20%

Expert BlogNoah Horowitz
The amount of energy consumed by the set-top boxes used to access pay TV in our homes is due to go down another 20 percent due to new commitments made by leading service providers such as Comcast, AT&T, and Dish…

WA State Steps Up Leadership in Orca and Salmon Crisis

Expert BlogGiulia C.S. Good Stefani
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed an Executive Order yesterday creating a new Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery Task Force. This is a strong step forward for these critically endnagered whales and the Chinook salmon they depend on for their survival…

New York’s Fossil Fuel Fight

DispatchNew YorkNicole Greenfield
The Empire State has adopted an innovative strategy to ward off an invasion of fracked-gas pipelines—and it’s working.

NRDC Fights Another Pruitt Rollback of Smog & Methane Curbs

Expert BlogMeleah Geertsma, Mark Szybist
In yet another step to dismantle critical protections for our air and climate, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has proposed to withdraw the EPA’s guideline for states to reduce smog-forming air pollution from oil and gas production, processing, and transmission activities.

Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Seek to Modernize Mobility

Expert BlogBruce Ho
Who hasn’t had a day ruined by a traffic jam or a delayed train, bus, or subway when trying to get their kids to school, get to work, or get home? Seven Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C. are…