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Report: California Has Immediate and Long-term Solutions to Bring Down Electricity Rates

March 11, 2025 Press ReleaseCalifornia

A new analysis from NRDC examines Pacific Gas & Electric's (PG&E) electricity rates and identifies reforms that could benefit customers of all of California’s investor-owned utilities and encourage them to invest in clean electric powered appliances and cars.

NRDC Scorecard Highlights Winning State Transportation Policies

March 11, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States

A new scorecard ranking state transportation policies highlights the ways they can drive progress by building a system that provides convenient, affordable and clean travel options for all.

Powering Change: Understanding California’s Electric Rate Challenges and Affordability Solutions

March 11, 2025 ReportCaliforniaMohit Chhabra

Our report offers immediate and long-term solutions to California’s high electricity prices.

Getting Transportation Right

March 11, 2025 ScorecardUnited StatesSamantha Henningson

This report ranks how state transportation spending will help—or hinder—the shift to a climate-friendly and equitable transportation system.

Executive Orders Direct a Massive Expansion of Logging on Public Lands

March 5, 2025 BackgrounderUnited StatesGarett Rose

New policy directives prioritize logging industry profits over communities, wildlife, and forest ecosystems.

Campaign Facts: Brewers for Clean Water

March 5, 2025 Fact SheetUnited StatesBecky Hammer

Craft breweries across the country have joined NRDC’s Brewers for Clean Water campaign

Introduction of the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act

March 4, 2025 Press ReleaseIllinois

Representative Ann Williams and environmental and consumer advocates introduced the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (SB2473/HB3779).

Supreme Court Ruling Rolls Back Clean Water Protections, Endangering Environment and Public Health 

March 4, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States

In a setback for clean water protections, the Supreme Court today invalidated EPA permitting requirements regulating water pollution, undermining the agency’s authority under the Clean Water Act to prevent pollution that harms human health and the environment.

After 30 Years, Biodiversity COP16.2 Delivers Hope for Vulnerable Countries

March 4, 2025 Expert BlogInternationalPaul Todd

Though more work must be done, the decision on a biodiversity finance mechanism may chart the right course to begin closing the biodiversity finance gap.

The State of the Union is Dire

March 4, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

President Trump will address a joint session of Congress tonight.

Tell J.P. Morgan to keep dirty energy out of an irreplaceable marine sanctuary!

PetitionMexico

A dangerous new proposal from Houston-based Mexico Pacific, backed by J.P. Morgan along with oil and gas giants like Shell, ConocoPhillips, and ExxonMobil, would turn the Gulf of California—a World Heritage site—into a sacrifice zone to export climate-destroying liquified natural…

We Need NOAA Now More Than Ever

March 4, 2025 ExplainerUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration runs our weather service, manages our fisheries, and conducts critical climate research.

What the Saguaro LNG Project Means for Marine Wildlife

March 4, 2025 Expert BlogMexicoDr. Francine Kershaw

Teeming with unique sea creatures, the Gulf of California is a refuge we can’t afford to sacrifice to the oil and gas industry. 

Executive Order Seeks to Accelerate Widespread Logging in Federal Forests

March 3, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at weakening environmental protections to make widespread commercial logging the guiding purpose of federal forest management.

LNG Export Projects Threaten a World Heritage Site in Mexico

March 3, 2025 ExplainerMexicoShelia Hu

Three liquefied natural gas terminals on the Gulf of California coast are the last thing this biodiversity hot spot (and the climate) needs.