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The Evidence Is In: Decoupling Spurs Energy Efficiency Investment

April 4, 2016 Expert BlogUnited StatesSamantha Williams

This Scientist Never Thought He’d Be Raiding Illegal Pot Farms for a Living

April 4, 2016 DispatchCaliforniaAlisa Opar

Crime, raids, destruction, and mounds of paperwork—it’s all part of the job.

Charting a Course to a Healthier Nation with Climate Action

April 4, 2016 Expert BlogDr. Kim Knowlton

Today marks the start of National Public Health Week, a time to both celebrate the work of health professionals and to focus on how we can make our country healthier.

It's Another SNAP: EPA Proposes Second Round of Cuts to HFC Super-Pollutants

April 3, 2016 Expert BlogDavid Doniger

How Green Bonds Can Drive Clean Energy Deployment in India

April 1, 2016 Resource

In this April 2016 interim report, NRDC, CEEW and IREDA explain that a green bond is a fixed-income financial instrument for raising capital through the debt market, like traditional corporate bonds. The key difference is that green bonds raise funds for projects with…

Clean Energy Finance Outlook: Opportunities for Green Banks and Green Bonds in Chile

April 1, 2016 Resource

There is a broad consensus on the need for clean energy to play a growing role in Chile’s electric grid. Yet, despite significant growth in the country’s clean energy market, barriers remain to the deployment of many of these technologies…

New York State Enacts Electric Vehicle Consumer Rebate Program

April 1, 2016 Expert BlogLuke Tonachel

Kudos go out today to New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state’s legislators for incorporating consumer rebates toward the purchase of new electric vehicles (EVs) into the state’s annual budget for the first time.

Climate Mitigation Plan for Gas Leak at Aliso Canyon Long on Ambition, Short on Details

April 1, 2016 Expert BlogAlex Jackson

For nearly four months, a massive leak at Southern California Gas Company’s Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility in Los Angeles pumped nearly 100,000 tons of methane into the atmosphere – constituting the largest methane leak U.S. history. It took…

New Reports Show Significant Consumer Savings from California Climate Policies

April 1, 2016 Expert BlogAlex Jackson

For decades now, the principal argument against taking action to mitigate climate change is that we can’t afford it. While this narrative has always distorted the truth relative to the costs of inaction (what we truly can’t afford), it is…

California Is Finally Enjoying Some Rainfall—and So Are Its Invasive Species

March 31, 2016 DispatchCaliforniaAlisa Opar

The much-needed El Niño downpours might be helping exotic snakes, insects, and plants spread into new areas.

California Energy Commission proposes new efficiency standards that will cut computer energy use, saving Californians $400 million annually

March 31, 2016 Expert BlogPierre Delforge

The California Energy Commission's (CEC) today released its latest proposal for mandating more energy efficient computers and monitors.

Groups Sue to Force FDA to Act on Chemical in Food Packaging

March 31, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON (March 31, 2016) – The Natural Resources Defense Council and Center for Food Safety, on behalf of four other public health and environmental organizations, sued the Food and Drug Administration today to force it to act on a petition…

NRDC, Greenpeace Canada Urge Quebec to Reject Logging Roads in Boreal Forest’s Broadback Valley Forest

March 30, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON (March 30, 2016) – The Natural Resources Defense Council and Greenpeace Canada today called on the Quebec government to reject a bid by logging companies to build nearly 50 miles of access roads into the heart of Canada’s Broadback…

New Testing on BPA in Food Cans Shows Good, Bad & Ugly; Highlights Need for Safer Alternatives

March 30, 2016 Expert BlogDr. Veena Singla

Report: Clean Energy Economy Employs More than 2.5 Million Americans, Poised for More Growth

March 30, 2016 Expert BlogLauren Kubiak

More than 2.5 million Americans work in clean energy, according to a new study released yesterday from the national nonpartisan business group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), an NRDC affiliate.