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Shake-Up for the Federal Coal-Leasing Program

February 2, 2017 ExplainerUnited StatesBrian Palmer

Trump is pushing a fossil fuel–heavy energy agenda, but in the final days of the Obama administration, the Bureau of Land Management left a hurdle in his path.

In a Harsh World, a Safe Haven

February 2, 2017 Expert BlogInternationalRhea Suh

America has always been a place of refuge for the desperate. But as the planet changes, the definition of “refugee” is changing along with it.

GOP Ignores Obstruction by EPA Nominee Pruitt and Forces Committee Approval

February 2, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today ignored obstruction by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and forced his nomination to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on to the full Senate for consideration.

Latin America Green News: 1/27 - 2/2/2017

February 2, 2017 Expert BlogMaria Martinez

Efficiency Costs Drop: Still Cheaper Than Power Plants

February 2, 2017 Expert BlogSheryl Carter

Trump’s Attack on Endangered Species Really Stings

February 2, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Thanks to the Trump administration’s regulatory freeze, the endangered rusty patched bumblebee might not get the protections it desperately needs.

Green Investment Banks: Innovative Public Financial Institutions Scaling up Private, Low-carbon Investment

February 1, 2017 Resource

This January 2017 policy paper from the New Climate Economy and OECD explains that following the successful climate change agreement reached in Paris at COP21, attention has shifted to how countries will achieve their planned climate mitigation “contributions” in the short and…

Trump’s New Executive Order on Regulations: Pure Kafka

February 1, 2017 Expert BlogMichael Jasny

Another day, another act of madness.

Congress Attacks Common-Sense Curbs on Oil & Gas Pollution

February 1, 2017 Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger

GOP Launches Assault on Health Protections, Safeguards

February 1, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Republicans in both houses of Congress today are launching an effort to undo key public health and environmental safeguards and bar agencies from issuing future protections that are “substantially the same” without congressional approval. The GOP’s first targets…

U.S. Clean Energy Jobs Surpass Fossil Fuel Employment

February 1, 2017 Expert BlogUnited StatesLara Ettenson

The recently published Department of Energy 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report shows that clean electricity jobs are no doubt the engine that drives America’s electric energy economy, outstripping the number of paychecks provided by the fossil fuel industry by…

Played on Ivory Keys, This Is What Elephant Extinction Sounds Like

February 1, 2017 PerspectivesChicagoClara Chaisson

“Music for Elephants” translates poaching data into a song of mourning.

Factsheet: Limiting Mercury Pollution

February 1, 2017 Expert BlogMae Wu

Our Warming World on Her Shoulders

February 1, 2017 ExplainerInternationalBrian Palmer

With all the political, economic, and cultural barriers women face, how can we expect them to save us from climate change?

No on Los Angeles City Measure S, Yes on County Measure H

February 1, 2017 Expert BlogRamya Sivasubramanian

It’s no secret that LA’s antiquated land use system is failing its residents. Los Angeles deserves solutions that are aligned with health equity, racial justice, and environmental justice for all residents. Join NRDC on March 7th and vote No on…