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FERC Rejects PJM’s Plan to Protect Electricity Reliability and Consumer Bills from Data Centers

October 13, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected PJM's Interim Resource Adequacy Service (IRAS), which would have required data centers to pay for their own new power supply and protected other customers from reliability issues when data centers demand more power…

Trump Administration Proposes Opening 80 Million More Acres of the Gulf to Oil and Gas Drilling

October 9, 2026 ReactionWashington, D.C.

The Trump administration has proposed offering more than 80 million acres of the Gulf in its fourth oil and gas lease sale

Interior Tries Again on the Cook Inlet Lease Sale Nobody Wanted

October 9, 2026 ReactionWashington, D.C.

Seven months after the first federal oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet failed to draw a single bid, the Marine Minerals Administration today proposed offering the same 1.05 million acres again.

Drax's Planned Data Center Would Burn Nearly 5 Million Metric Tons of Wood a Year

October 9, 2026 BackgrounderUnited KingdomMatt Williams

NRDC analysis finds that the proposed UK facility would emit more CO₂ each year than all flights from Gatwick Airport, raising questions about how the country powers growing AI infrastructure.

Market Boundaries Matter: Western Electricity Markets Can Better Share Affordable Power 

October 8, 2026 Expert BlogWestKelsie Gomanie

How better coordination between western power markets could save consumers up to $840 million a year. 

Trump Administration Cuts Environmental Review for Winter Drilling in Alaska's Western Arctic

October 8, 2026 ReactionWashington, D.C.

Trump Administration Cuts Environmental Review for Winter Drilling in Alaska's Western Arctic

Trump’s Dirty Energy Double Whammy: Pay More for Fuel and Power—and Use More of It

October 8, 2026 BackgrounderUnited States, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, WisconsinBob Deans

How the Trump administration's policies are driving up costs at the pump and the plug while deepening dependence on fossil fuels, with a focus on nine states: Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

California’s 2026 Legislative Priorities: End-of-Session Wrap-Up

October 8, 2026 BackgrounderCaliforniaEmely Garcia

From lower energy bills to cleaner air and stronger wildfire protections, California scored major environmental wins.

Administrator Zeldin Announces Another Oil Industry Giveaway

October 7, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States

The EPA is set to unveil a proposal to weaken standards that require oil and gas companies to check for leaks. Only the worst companies aren’t complying.

When States Act, Markets Follow: The Ripple Effects of PFAS and Chemical Safety Policies

October 7, 2026 Expert BlogUnited States, California, New YorkAvinash Kar, Dr. Anna Reade

Five case studies show how state policies, championed by NRDC and partners, are reducing exposure to PFAS and other harmful chemicals far beyond state borders.

Data Centers, AI, and the Growing Demand for Energy: Impacts, Risks, and Solutions

October 7, 2026 OverviewUnited States

Learn how the rapid growth of data centers is affecting electricity bills, public health, communities, and the environment and what can be done about it.

Trump Administration Readies the Axe for Nearly 45 Million Acres of Public Forests

October 6, 2026 Expert BlogUnited StatesGabrielle Berthel, Garett Rose

Rescinding the Roadless Rule would open vast swaths of protected national forests to logging and roadbuilding, threatening the country’s last remaining wildlands.

Public Interest Groups Welcome Inaugural ROWE Board

October 6, 2026 ReactionPortland (Oregon)

The Pathways Launch Committee approved the inaugural five-member Board of Directors for the Regional Organization of Western Energy, known as ROWE. NRDC, Western Resource Advocates and Renewable Northwest strongly support the slate, which brings decades of experience in state regulation…

Conservation Law Foundation v. Trump (2026 Northeast Canyons defense)

October 6, 2026 Court CaseUnited States, EastActive

NRDC and our partners sued—yet again—to challenge President Trump’s proclamation and the unlawful regulation that would strip protections from Northeast Canyons and Seamounts.

Centering on Communities to Drive Speed and Scale

October 5, 2026 OverviewUnited StatesMatthew Tejada

We have the elements to build things that further justice across our society, provide multiple bottom-line wins, and meet the speed at which we must respond to the urgent crises facing our society.