Expert BlogUnited StatesRachel Fakhry, Erik Kamrath
Proposed federal rules for hydrogen production will avoid dire climate and consumer impacts. But some industry groups and policymakers aim to weaken them.
The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), held in Dubai from November 30 through December 12, is a critical moment for global action to fight climate change.
Expert BlogNew YorkSahana Rao, Margaret Brown, Sara Imperiale
SNAP incentives play an essential role in addressing challenges around fresh, healthy food affordability and access, provide much needed markets for local farmers, and drive local economic development.
Expert BlogPennsylvaniaMark Szybist, Jackson Morris
The task now is to defend the regulation in court and, critically, implement an equitable investment plan that fully realizes RGGI’s promises for Pennsylvania.
OverviewInternational, Canada, India, United StatesManish Bapna, Amanda Maxwell, Brendan Guy, Carolina Herrera, Joe Thwaites, Shruti Shukla, Sameer Kwatra, Anthony Swift, Khalil Shahyd, Lisa Speer, Jennifer Skene, Nan Zeng, Jake Schmidt, Douglass Sims, Marissa Ramirez, Prima Madan
Analysis and events focusing on the concrete steps we need to cut global emissions in half in this decisive decade, and to adapt to the mounting climate change impacts we can no longer avoid.
New NRDC analysis finds that an untargeted, “one-size-fits-all” hydrogen economy would require profoundly more electricity infrastructure than a pathway that prioritizes direct electrification—exacerbating the challenges faced by today’s transitioning energy system.
Governments around the world that are committed to climate action must have policies aimed specifically at decarbonizing the industrial sector. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 does exactly that.
Expert BlogInternational, United StatesRachel Fakhry
Hydrogen has the potential to play a pivotal role in supporting global climate goals; but with an overeager rush to deployment, it could become a climate problem.
The 2022 Department of Energy budget bill advanced by a Senate panel last week makes encouraging steps in funding DOE's vital clean energy programs, but the allocations proposed fall short of the transformational budget we need to jumpstart clean energy…
The Department of Energy is the largest public funder of clean energy research and development and houses critical efforts to support states and cities and deploy clean energy and energy efficiency.