Search

California Decides on Marine Protected Areas This Fall

August 31, 2026 Expert BlogCaliforniaSandy Aylesworth

State agencies differ on recommendations as Tribal communities weigh in.

Colorado: A National Leader in Transportation and Climate

August 31, 2026 Expert BlogColoradoRabi Abonour

The state’s next governor can make Colorado’s transportation system cleaner, safer, more equitable, and more affordable.

Toilet Paper Price Spike Shows the Cost of Tissue Industry's Forest Addiction

August 28, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

Toilet Paper Price Spike Shows the Cost of Tissue Industry's Forest Addiction

California Legislature Passes the Home Energy Choice Act

August 28, 2026 Press ReleaseSacramento

Today, the California Legislature passed the Home Energy Choice Act (AB 2313), authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park). This popular, commonsense legislation will offer California homeowners the choice and the support needed to electrify their homes.

Trump Administration Pushing to Hand Piece of Yosemite to Private Developer

August 28, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

According to a report by NOTUS, the Trump administration has spent more than a year pressing the National Park Service to trade away a strip of land inside Yosemite National Park so a Nevada-based developer can build a private road into…

Labeling Lies: Circular Meets Cynical

August 28, 2026 BackgrounderUnited StatesRachel Fullmer, Daniel Rosenberg, Renée Sharp

Two bills are championing anti-consumer, misleading policies tied to the promotion of a massive increase in plastic production and incineration under the false branding of “recycling.”

We Can’t Let FERC Silence Public Participation Through the Blanket Certificate Program

August 27, 2026 Expert BlogUnited StatesGillian Giannetti, Talia Calnek-Sugin

The gas industry has huge expansion plans. We need more public engagement, not less. 

Lawsuit Seeks to Block EPA From Abandoning Health of Clevelanders

August 27, 2026 Press ReleaseCleveland

Groups challenge EPA's decision on smog that flouts the law and hands polluters a free pass.

Straight Answers on the Rising Costs of Trump’s Assault on Clean American Power

August 26, 2026 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAmanda Levin

The administration's policies are driving up electricity bills, toxic air pollution, health costs, and climate-wrecking carbon emissions while undercutting American jobs, investment, and energy security. 

California Crab Fishery Leads the Way in Pop-Up Fishing

August 26, 2026 Expert BlogCaliforniaDr. Francine Kershaw

California is the first state in the nation to oversee a large-scale, commercial pop-up fishing season aimed at protecting marine life. 

Let’s Get Georgia Moving

August 25, 2026 BackgrounderGeorgiaPatrick King II

Georgia’s continued economic success depends on a transportation system that moves both people and goods efficiently. To do this, it must have a dedicated source of recurring state funding for public transit operations.

Economic Impacts of Food Waste Diversion in Colorado

August 25, 2026 Issue BriefColoradoMadeline Keating, Andrea Collins

New modeling shows that a food waste diversion policy would have vast economic and climate benefits for Colorado.

NRDC Challenges the EPA’s Free Pass to Cleveland Polluters 

August 25, 2026 Press ReleaseCleveland

NRDC lawsuit says the EPA ignored affordable smog controls available to some of the area’s worst polluters.

NRDC Report: How Trump’s Actions Are Hiking Utility Bills and Destroying Investments

August 25, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The full suite of President Trump’s actions is set to destroy a massive $700 billion in new power investments over the next decade, leading utility bills to spike by an average of $230 a year, while old, dirty coal plants…

An Affordability Crisis of Trump’s Own Making

August 25, 2026 ReportUnited StatesAmanda Levin, Yuqi Zhu

The Trump administration’s energy policy is driving up costs for American households and making us sick.