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India Green News: 4th Straight Hottest Year in India & More

January 31, 2018 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal

2017 was the fourth straight hottest year recorded in India; How energy efficiency policies can help India save almost $17 billion by 2030; Air pollution-linked deaths will triple by 2050 if no action is taken

India Focus: 5 Big Ideas for a Bright Future

January 31, 2018 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal

National Cooling Action Plan: Long-Term Strategies for India

January 31, 2018 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal

California Gets It Right on Transportation—Almost

January 31, 2018 Expert BlogCarter Rubin

A sea change in California environmental law gives a leg up to sustainable transportation and land use projects, like the Expo Line in Los Angeles.

Mainstreaming Green Buildings: Telangana’s New Online System

January 30, 2018 Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein

Buildings codes saves lives. Not only do they keep buildings from falling down or burning up, but they save far more lives by reducing energy use, which in turn reduces the need to burn polluting fuels like coal to make…

Petitioning Canada to Save Iconic Whales

January 30, 2018 Expert BlogMichael Jasny

Today NRDC, together with our Canadian partners, petitioned the Trudeau government for emergency action in the case of southern resident killer whales.

NY Releases Master Plan to Grow Offshore Wind Power

January 30, 2018 Expert BlogKit Kennedy

New York State is pushing back on drilling and pursuing clean offshore wind power energy—and the thousands of clean energy jobs that go with it.

The New England Fishery Council Falls Short

January 30, 2018 Expert BlogBrad Sewell

The New England Fishery Management Council today approved a plan to protect the region’s highly-vulnerable and ecologically-important deep-sea coral habitat. While better than nothing, I’m not applauding. Here’s why.

Trump’s Expected Fossil Fuel Boost Ignores Fast-Growing Clean Energy

January 30, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

If, as expected, President Trump touts boosting fossil fuels as the way to lift the economy in his State of the Union address tonight, he will miss the boat. In fact, the true dominance in the energy sector, already helping…

New Plan Maps Out Prime Locations for Offshore Wind in NY

January 29, 2018 Expert BlogKaitlin Brazill

New York is another step closer to realizing its important goal of achieving 2400 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind by 2030.

Can the Great Lakes Become Fishable, Drinkable, and Swimmable Again?

January 29, 2018 DispatchMidwest, Canada, Ohio, IllinoisSusan Cosier

A joint United States–Canada report maps out the way to clean up the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem

New Efficiency Standard Launches Cool Savings on Ice Makers

January 29, 2018 Expert BlogLauren Urbanek

Commercial ice makers—the kind you see in hotel hallways, restaurants, and hospitals—can churn out anywhere from 50 pounds to 4,000 pounds of ice every day, and they use a lot of water and energy to do it. As of this…

Closing the Clean Power Gap

January 29, 2018 Expert BlogSneha Ayyagari

The gap between how much wind and solar energy we need to install to curb climate change and how much we are projected to add in a business-as-usual case will get wider over the next few decades. To close this…

Will Michigan Lead on Getting Lead Out of Drinking Water?

January 29, 2018 Expert BlogCyndi Roper

Veteran Environmental Journalist Joins NRDC’s Communications Team

January 29, 2018 Press Release

Mark Drajem, an award-winning reporter and editor, today joined the federal communications team at the Natural Resources Defense Council.