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FERC Rejects Illegal DOE Proposal to Prop Up Coal and Nuclear Plants

January 8, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today rejected Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s controversial proposal designed to prop up aging and financially failing coal and nuclear plants.

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 36

January 5, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The Trump administration’s New Year gift to polluters: opening up nearly all of America’s coasts to oil and gas drilling, plus more ongoing attacks on our health and planet.

As Trump Moves to Expand Offshore Drilling, He Proposes Shrinking Safety Protections. What Could Go Wrong?

January 5, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Eight years after the BP disaster in the Gulf, the administration aims to relax the rules designed to prevent catastrophic explosions and spills.

Making Sense of a Crazy Year

January 5, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesCarl Zichella

Despite the damage, positive trends endure.

Zinke Adds Oceans to the Chopping Block

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The Interior Secretary released a new five-year plan opening up 90 percent of federal waters to offshore oil and gas drilling.

Cold Temps Prove Value of Electricity Grid Markets, Planning

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogJohn Moore

Much of the country is in the grip of frigid weather, which is increasing demand for electricity (but still less than during hot summer months).

A Sugar Pill for the Economy

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein

NJ Nuclear Issue: Assembly Speaker Bests Chris Christie

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogDale Bryk

In a startling turn of events, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto just refused to advance a rushed bill that would have subsidized currently thriving New Jersey nuclear plants indefinitely, to the tune of $300 million-a-year.

BREAKING: Trump Spares NO Coast, Every State at Risk

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogAlexandra Adams

Secretary Ryan Zinke released the proposal which is the most extreme offshore drilling plan that any administration has proposed, designed to exploit every last U.S. coast for the benefit of the oil industry.

Trump Moves to Open 90 Percent of Our Coastal Waters to Oil Drilling

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogRhea Suh

The administration’s new five-year offshore drilling plan puts polluter profits over the public good—and risks another BP oil spill–style disaster.

Changes to the Standards Program? Not So Fast, DOE.

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogLauren Urbanek

Can C-PACE Be Effective Financing for Multifamily Housing?

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogYerina Mugica

C-PACE is taking off with dollar usage doubling since 2016 to more than $450 million, financing over 1,000 commercial buildings nationwide. However, while C-PACE has a number of attributes that could make it attractive to property owners in the affordable…

Comment Now on Trump’s EPA Attack on Our Health

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogClare Morganelli

Scott Pruitt’s attempt to repeal the Clean Power Plans endangers the health of all Americans—but it’s not too late to make your voice heard.

New Mapping Tool Links Chinese Factory Environmental Impact to Brand Name Retailers; Bold Embrace of Radical Transparency Driving New Wave of Corporate Sustainability

January 4, 2018 Press ReleaseChina

Today, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in the U.S. and the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) in China launched the IPE Green Supply Chain Map, the only tool in the world to openly link leading multinational corporations…

Trump Administration Drilling Proposal: Polluters Before People

January 4, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will announce a Draft Proposed Plan today for offshore leasing through 2022 that would subject publicly owned coastal waters to dangerous and dirty oil and gas drilling.