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Trump’s Budget Leaves States Holding the Bag

February 16, 2018 Expert BlogAlison Chase

What message should we take from the Trump budget's cuts to our ocean agency? States are on their own.

4 Reasons for Optimism in New Sustainable Energy Factbook

February 16, 2018 Expert BlogSneha Ayyagari

The 2018 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook showed that 2017 was a landmark year in energy efficiency and renewable energy: wind and solar installations surged and greenhouse gas emissions declined to the lowest level that they have been in 25…

Interior’s Budget Chooses Fossil Fuels Over Everything Else

February 16, 2018 Expert BlogBobby McEnaney, Jacob Eisenberg

Zinke’s budget is another practice in cognitive dissonance.

Will Canada See the Forest for the Trees?

February 16, 2018 Expert BlogRhea Suh

The boreal, one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, is in danger. By working to save it, Canada could make a quantum leap, culturally and environmentally.

Why Nobody Likes Trump’s Infrastructure Plan

February 16, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

For starters: It would endanger the environment, imperil water systems and other public assets . . . and then make states pay extra for it all.

Trump Administration Energy Efficiency Delay Ruled Illegal

February 16, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The Energy Department’s delay of four energy efficiency standards was against the law.

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Falls Far Short of What’s Urgently Needed

February 15, 2018 Expert BlogShelley Poticha

President Trump’s long-delayed infrastructure plan is a set of thinly drawn concepts with no obvious source of direct funding.

Erasing Climate Change from EPA Budget Won't Fix the Problem

February 15, 2018 Expert BlogClare Morganelli

For the second year in a row, Administrator Scott Pruitt has proposed an Environmental Protection Agency budget that slashes climate research and protection programs.

The Clean Power Plan and the Midwest’s Winds of Change

February 15, 2018 Expert BlogAshok Gupta

The Clean Power Plan would boost an already thriving Midwestern clean energy economy.

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Guts Critical Water Safeguards

February 15, 2018 Expert BlogBecky Hammer

The plan would undercut our ability to make sure that infrastructure projects don’t contaminate our waterways—including the water we drink.

Budget Deal Could Fuel Pentagon Green Energy Blitz

February 15, 2018 Expert BlogChristian Stirling Haig

Filling the Blanks of an Empty Clean Energy Budget Proposal

February 15, 2018 Expert BlogElizabeth Noll, Arjun Krishnaswami

The Trump administration rolled out its Fiscal Year 2019 budget for the U.S. Department of Energy this week. As feared, it proposed disastrous cuts with very few details and was devoid of new ideas for clean energy and energy efficiency…

Calling on Michigan Climate and Clean Energy Mayors

February 15, 2018 Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez

Over 600 Michigan residents are pushing their Mayors to sign on to a letter asking the Public Service Commission if building a one billion dollar gas plant is necessary, when cleaner, cheaper options are available.

Judge: Trump’s Delay on Energy Efficiency Standards Illegal

February 15, 2018 Expert BlogLauren Urbanek

A federal judge ruled today that the Trump administration illegally delayed four energy efficiency standards that will save America’s consumers and businesses more than $8 billion in energy costs, finding that delaying the standards was “a violation of the Department’s…

Court: Trump Administration Illegally Delayed 4 Efficiency Standards

February 15, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

A federal judge today ruled the Trump administration illegally stalled four energy efficiency standards that could save U.S. households and businesses at least $8 billion, agreeing with the Natural Resources Defense Council, other public interest groups, 11 states, and the…