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SPARCC: Igniting Sustainable, Equitable Community Development

February 15, 2017 Expert BlogUnited StatesShelley Poticha

I anticipated that relief and joy would be my overriding emotions today in announcing the communities in which SPARCC—the Strong, Prosperous and Resilient Communities Challenge—will invest. But I find that what I feel most strongly is an overwhelming sense of…

Pebble Mine is “Doomed,” “Not Commercially Viable”

February 14, 2017 Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer

A new report issued today by investment firm Kerrisdale Capital Management concluded that Northern Dynasty Minerals—the proponent behind Pebble Mine—is “worthless.”

DOE Program Propels Thriving Clean Energy Economy Industries

February 14, 2017 Expert BlogAmanda Levin

Loan guarantees supported by DOE have helped America become a clean energy powerhouse – both domestically and globally. Without the loan guarantees, this might never have happened at such scale. The extremely successful program supports projects that have created tens…

Electric Vehicles Can Benefit All Utility Customers

February 14, 2017 Expert BlogLuke Tonachel

NRDC Sues Trump Administration for Suspending Protections for Endangered Bumble Bee

February 14, 2017 Press ReleaseChicago

CHICAGO – The Natural Resources Defense Council today sued the Trump Administration for illegally suspending the rule to put the rusty patched bumble bee on the endangered species list. The rusty patched bumble bee has lost approximately 90 percent of…

Could Grizzlies Make Good Neighbors?

February 13, 2017 ExplainerWashingtonJason Bittel

In Washington State, biologists and conservationists are working to open the wilderness (and people’s minds) to the Great Bear.

They’re Ba-ack… But Fixed Fee Hikes Still Getting Nixed

February 13, 2017 Expert BlogSamantha Williams

O Canada! We Need Your Climate Leadership

February 13, 2017 Expert BlogCanadaSusan Casey-Lefkowitz

We need a good neighbor more than ever right now—for the sake of both our countries.

The Real Lowdown: The Congressional Republicans' Assault on Our Environment

February 10, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

Monarch Population Dips While EPA Re-Approves Pesticide Use

February 9, 2017 Expert BlogDr. Sylvia Fallon

Very Good News—Part 2: State Policies Can Spur Clean Energy

February 9, 2017 Expert BlogNathanael Greene

Rusty Patched Bumble Bee May Not Survive Trump Executive Order

February 9, 2017 Press ReleaseChicago

CHICAGO – In a last-minute reversal of fortune that could push the rusty patched bumble bee beyond the brink, federal protections for the first bumble bee to be listed as an endangered species were frozen due to a Trump administration…

What Would Mark the End of America’s Moral Leadership in World Affairs?

February 9, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

President Trump pulling us out of the Paris climate agreement.

Clean Power: The Case for Carbon Pollution Limits

February 8, 2017 ReportUnited States

Very Good News, Part 1—Smart Policy Sends Solar Jobs Soaring

February 8, 2017 Expert BlogNathanael Greene

In 2016, one in every 50 new American jobs was a solar job, according to the National Solar Jobs Census 2016. The solar industry now employs more people than natural gas and twice as many as coal. We have smart…