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Floating Solar Farms Catch on in California

July 5, 2017 DispatchCalifornia, San DiegoCorey Binns

Sonoma and San Diego test the waters for a new source of renewable energy.

Trump Can’t Stop This: China, India, and Mexico Make Strides

July 5, 2017 Expert BlogJake Schmidt

President Trump recklessly announced that he's pulling the United States out of the Paris Agreement. Leaders everywhere responded resolutely with strong signals that they are going to continue to move forward.

Groups Misled Trump on Economic Case Against Paris Agreement

July 5, 2017 Expert BlogHan Chen

Independent Courts on Independence Day

July 4, 2017 Expert BlogDavid Doniger

Scott Pruitt, Trump's EPA administrator, gets his first comeuppance from the courts on the eve of Independence Day.

Court Invalidates EPA Rollback of Methane Pollution Protections

July 3, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – A federal court today struck down an Environmental Protection Agency attempt to suspend critical protections against leaks of methane and other dangerous air pollution from oil and gas operations. The 2-1 ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of…

Case Study: The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank’s Efficient Buildings Fund

July 1, 2017 Resource

After the recession, the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), a quasi-public state entity, sought to bring much-needed clean-energy finance into the state market. This case study describes how this bank set up the Efficient Buildings Fund (EBF) and is iteratively…

National Green Banks in Developing Countries: Scaling Up Private Finance to Achieve Paris Climate Goals

July 1, 2017 Resource

The Coalition for Green Capital (CGC), with support from the Hewlett Foundation, published this July 2017 paper exploring how the Green Bank model can be implemented in emerging markets to help achieve national climate goals. The paper examines how Green…

Case Study: Connecticut's Residential Solar Program

July 1, 2017 Resource

As the Connecticut Green Bank works to design high-impact programs for the solar market, it has sup­ported the design and adoption of legislation that expanded the Residential Solar Investment Program (RSIP) by creating the Solar Home Renewable Energy Credit (SHREC)…

Court Decision a Victory for State Clean Energy Leadership

June 30, 2017 Expert BlogJohn Moore

Don’t Mess with Our National Parks, Zinke! A Message from Purple America

June 30, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The interior secretary’s proposal to hand over park management to private companies has riled up some very unhappy campers.

Trump Moves to Open Our Oceans to Drilling

June 30, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

The administration announced yesterday that it will start creating a new five-year plan for offshore oil and gas development.

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 17

June 30, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

We're in Court, as EPA, NY State, NYC Fail on Clean Water

June 29, 2017 Expert BlogLarry Levine

NRDC and allies filed a federal lawsuit against EPA to protect people who fish, swim, or boat in local New York City waterways—and people who currently stay away because of the massive amounts of sewage in the water after it…

“Killer Summer Heat” Report: 14,000 Americans Could Die Annually by Mid-Century Without Paris Climate Pact Protections

June 29, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON —President Trump’s plan to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement could seriously harm public health for decades, worsening summer heatwaves that could kill 13,860 Americans each year by mid-century, and as many as 29,850 a year by…

Monitor Lizards Are Caught Up in Bizarre Trafficking Scheme

June 29, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

People shop online for a rare root that’s considered holy. What ships instead will make you cringe.