With changing dynamics of both supply and demand in the electricity industry, including low natural gas prices, flat electricity demand due to increased efficiency, and robust growth of cheap, clean renewables, the term “baseload”—which historically has been used to refer…
New modeling shows RGGI states can continue to cost-effectively lead on climate by using ambitious cuts to carbon pollution from power plants in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
NRDC and Environmental Defence Canada release "One trillion Litres of Toxic Waste and Growing: Alberta's Tailings Ponds" report detailing the enormous environmental, health and economic costs of the tar sands industry's growing toxic tailing ponds.
India to become 2-4 degrees Celsius warmer, but deaths due to heat are preventable; Power Minister Piyush Goyal Launches New Energy Conservation Building Code; Thirty new smart cities announced; India to have City Livability Index
CHICAGO – Reports of an Asian carp caught today in the Chicago Area Waterways beyond the electric barrier—the last line of defense to prevent the invasive fishes from gaining access to Lake Michigan—illustrate the dangers of continued inaction, according to…
Bosses are offering employees cold, hard cash to give up their “free” parking space at work. And it may be a win-win for everybody—including Mother Earth.
NRDC releases an issue brief and new maps highlighting the desperate condition of Quebec's Val d'Or woodland caribou herd in what should be a wakeup call for the province.
