A new report finds that clean energy—including energy efficiency, renewable power sources like solar and wind, and related transmission solutions—can fully and economically replace the Indian Point nuclear power plant after it closes in 2021.
WASHINGTON – The Oklahoma state attorney general’s office released emails this week, as required by a state court, shedding light on the relationship between industry and Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, while he served…
WASHINGTON – The Natural Resources Defense Council today filed a Freedom of Information Act request for materials and communications related to the creation of a press release announcing Scott Pruitt as the new Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
These animals are so sensitive to disruptions in their habitats that it can take half a century for the species to return to an area that's been logged, mined, or otherwise affected by human activity.
SACRAMENTO — Governor Jerry Brown today appointed longtime progressive advocate Donne Brownsey and reappointed Effie Turnbull Sanders to the California Coastal Commission. Legislators voted this past fall to require inclusion of at least one commissioner who represents and works with…
Energy efficiency standards are one of the most cost-effective, straightforward ways to address the greenhouse gas emissions that stoke climate change.
From rollbacks on environmental protections to the confirmation of the worst-ever pick to lead the EPA, the new administration and the GOP-led Congress are heading in a direction we all feared.
AHMEDABAD, INDIA – Faced with rising air pollution, the city of Ahmedabad is launching two innovative strategies—the first city-wide air quality monitoring system, and a broad public information and education campaign—to better protect its 6 million residents from heat and…
