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Watt’s It to You? Perks of Michigan Energy Planning

September 6, 2017 Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez

Michigan wisely passed clean energy legislation back in December, but starting today that legislation is giving you a voice.

Revisiting the Concluded Review of Clean Car Standards is a Waste of Taxpayer Resources

September 6, 2017 Press Release

EPA Should Listen to Americans that Support Clean Cars and Healthier Communities

We CAN Solve America’s Traffic Nightmare

September 6, 2017 Expert BlogAmanda Eaken

As L.A. residents lose an average of 104 hours to traffic every year, the city is exploring a supply-and-demand payment system for using congested roads.

Harvey Exposed Oil Issues We Must Address

September 6, 2017 Expert BlogJacob Eisenberg

Hurricane Harvey shed light on oil industry vulnerabilities that put communities at risk. It gives us yet another reason to accelerate the transition from oil dependence.

Houston Is Hurting and Our Leaders Need to Listen

September 6, 2017 Expert BlogShelley Poticha

How many monster storms does it take for us to realize “freak occurrences” such as Hurricane Harvey are part of the new normal due to warming water and land—with the devastating consequences exacerbated by aging and inadequate infrastructure and unfettered…

Why the U.S. Should Not Reverse Course on Coal and the MDBs

September 5, 2017 Expert BlogHan Chen

Top Bills to Watch in California

September 5, 2017 Expert BlogVictoria Rome

All Hands In to Repair Seattle’s Polluted Duwamish River

September 5, 2017 DispatchSeattle, WashingtonLora Shinn

Local groups and government agencies are working together to remediate this Superfund site in the city’s midst, despite diminishing support from the EPA.

The Undeniable, Commonsense Response to Harvey

September 5, 2017 Expert BlogRhea Suh

We must fight climate change today in order to protect people from such disasters tomorrow.

The Art of the Steal

September 5, 2017 Expert BlogKabir Green

Hurricane Harvey Hampers Mental Health Care

September 5, 2017 Expert BlogJuanita Constible

More than half of the 40 million American adults with a mental health condition don’t have access to care at the best of times. Hurricane Harvey will make that worse.

Australia Clean Energy Finance Corporation Environmental Upgrade Agreements

September 1, 2017 Resource

Like many countries, Australia has a large existing building stock that is responsible for a substantial percentage of its greenhouse-gas emissions. Given that it will take decades for these buildings to be replaced, the rigorous standards developed in recent years…

Supporting National Development Banks to Drive Investment in the NDCs of Brazil, Mexico, and Chile

September 1, 2017 Resource

This study focuses on national development banks and other domestic development finance actors in Latin America and the Caribbean based on the key roles that they play in domestic economic development and their potential to scale up climate-relevant investment and…

Illinois’ First Fracking Permit Is a “Shoddy” Mess

September 1, 2017 Press ReleaseChicago

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources today approved its first permit under the state’s high volume fracking law. Experts at the NRDC had criticized the controversial permit application submitted by Woolsey Energy as lacking in key pieces of information.

Wake-Up Call for Climate Action from Houston to Mumbai

September 1, 2017 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal, Dr. Kim Knowlton

In the United States and South Asia, this summer has combined record-breaking temperatures and heatwaves with unprecedented rainfall levels, and the human and economic toll has been severe.