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NRDC Grades Equity in State Water Infrastructure Policies, Finds Disadvantaged Communities Face Funding Challenges

April 29, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

WASHINGTON – The Biden Administration increased federal funding for water infrastructure projects, yet even with more money available, disadvantaged communities face challenges accessing funds to maintain drinking water and wastewater treatment systems, according to new NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)…

White House and DOE Announce Initiatives to Accelerate Transmission Line Development

April 29, 2024 Expert BlogUnited StatesCullen Howe, Christy Walsh

The White House announced a national ambition to upgrade 100,000 miles of existing transmission lines and the U.S. Department of Energy announced initiatives to increase transmission build-out.

Of Colorado's Wetlands Protection Bills, Only HB 1379 Gets the Job Done

April 29, 2024 Expert BlogColoradoSam Gilchrist

Colorado urgently needs to step up to safeguard our wetlands and streams left vulnerable by the Sackett decision.

Will Funds for Water Infrastructure Flow Fairly?

April 29, 2024 ReportUnited StatesBecky Hammer, Erik D. Olson

These report cards grade all 50 states on water funding equity.

New Book Puts Human Face on Epic Clean Energy Boom

April 29, 2024 Expert BlogUnited StatesManish Bapna

Bob Keefe’s “Clean Economy Now: Stories from the Frontlines of an American Business Revolution” tells the story of our manufacturing renaissance.

Heat Pumps Are Coming to New CA Homes. What About Existing Homes?

April 26, 2024 Expert BlogCaliforniaMerrian Borgeson

The proposed CA building code is a big step forward—but the opportunity to replace ACs with two-way heat pumps upon burnout is a massive missed opportunity.

Va's Climate Leaders Repudiate Youngkin's Reckless Assault on RGGI Law

April 26, 2024 Expert BlogVirginia, Richmond (Virginia)Walton Shepherd

Rice's Whale in the Spotlight at Smithsonian Symposium

April 26, 2024 Expert BlogUnited StatesLeysha Caraballo

Last fall, experts in marine mammal research, conservation and management gathered at the Smithsonian Institution to talk Rice’s whales—and how to save them. 

Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste Released

April 26, 2024 Expert BlogUnited StatesNina Sevilla

At the end of 2023, a group of federal agencies released a Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics for public comment. This blog summarizes our comments.

EPA's Power Plant Carbon Standards: 10 Questions & Answers

April 26, 2024 Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger

Ten questions and answers about EPA's new carbon pollution standards for America's power plants.

EPA Boosts Toxic Air Pollution Safeguards at Coal Plants

April 25, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration today announced important new technology updates to the Environmental Protection Agency's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants that burn coal and oil, strengthening the limit on toxic particulate matter for all plants and mercury standards…

California Catches the Green Amendment Wave

April 25, 2024 Expert BlogCaliforniaCorinne Bell

Power Plant Carbon Rules: What’s Changed Since the 2023 Proposal?

April 25, 2024 Expert BlogUnited StatesMeredith Hankins

The EPA's finalized rules for carbon emissions from the power sector have just been released. Here's how they've evolved.

EPA Issues Power Plant Standards

April 25, 2024 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Biden administration’s EPA released new pollution standards for power plants, addressing one of the largest sources of carbon, air and water pollution in the nation. These four separate EPA rules cover: carbon emissions, toxic air pollution, coal ash, and…

New Rule Ups Big Oil’s Financial Responsibility for Offshore Clean-up

April 24, 2024 Expert BlogCaliforniaRebecca Loomis

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s new rule takes a meaningful step towards holding industry accountable for the true costs of oil and gas drilling.