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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)…

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

Court Decision a Victory for State Clean Energy Leadership

June 30, 2017 Expert BlogJohn Moore

India Green News: Star Ratings for Industries & More

June 29, 2017 Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal

Star Power: Industries in Maharashtra to Now Get Ratings Based on Emissions; India Extends Transmission Charge Exemption for Solar Projects; Impact of BS VI Rollout on Indians Victim to Hazardous Air Quality

Trump’s Dirty Energy Nightmare a Wake-Up Call for the Country

June 29, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON -- President Trump opened a new front Thursday in his all-out assault on our environment and health, vowing a vast expansion of fossil fuel development on federal lands and waters and increased federal backing for U.S. energy exports, as…

Fishing and Conservation Groups Sue to Block Delta Tunnels Project

June 29, 2017 Press ReleaseUnited States

Federal Agencies Approve ‘WaterFix’ Acknowledging It Will Harm Fish and Wildlife

Coast Guard Suspends Anchorage Proposal in the Hudson

June 29, 2017 Expert BlogKimberly Ong

The Sustainable Biomass Program: A Smokescreen for Forest Destruction and Corporate Non-accountability

June 29, 2017 Issue PaperUnited States, InternationalDebbie Hammel

Environmental Groups Sue over Unsafe Waters in New York City

June 29, 2017 Press Release

Lax Oversight Allows City and State to Evade Health Protections, Continue Sewer Overflows of 20 Billion Gallons/Year

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: Paris Agreement Compliance Could Avert Hundreds of Thousands of Needless Deaths in America's Cities

June 29, 2017 Issue BriefUnited StatesJuanita Constible

In 45 of the largest urban areas of the United States, an increase in dangerously hot days could cause summertime deaths to jump by almost 2,100 percent by the 2090s, compared to the 1975 to 2010 average.