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Borneo Has Lost Half of Its Orangutans in Recent Years—But There’s Still Hope

February 20, 2018 Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel

The author of a new study says the island’s primates could rebound if deforestation and hunting can be contained.

FERC Storage Rule a Win for a More Flexible Grid

February 20, 2018 Expert BlogJennifer Chen

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency overseeing the competitiveness of the wholesale electricity markets and high-voltage interstate transmission grid operators, has finalized a rule that reduces barriers to electric storage resources to compete in those markets. Electric storage resources…

America’s Cities Are the Vanguard for a Sustainable Future

February 20, 2018 Expert BlogHenry Henderson

In the absence of federal leadership on climate change, America’s cities have become the vanguard of the country’s efforts to create a sustainable future.

Trump’s Budget Promotes a Dystopian America

February 16, 2018 Expert BlogKhalil Shahyd

This week, President Donald Trump released his FY 2019 Budget proposal that includes deep cuts to many key federal agencies, and an increase in funding for the Pentagon and $18 billion for a wall on the Mexican border.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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…