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- Public Service Commission Makes Flawed Decision to Move Forward NESE Pipeline
- New NRDC Report: Saguaro LNG Is a Dangerous Bet for J.P. Morgan Chase Investors
- NRDC Report: A Better Path to Managing Data Center Load Growth States and grid managers must act to keep data centers from fleecing consumers on their bills and making the grid dirtier and less reliable.
- New Tools Show How Trump EPA Funding Cuts Harms Communities Interactive maps and stories show local impacts and lived experiences of communities affected by clawbacks of federal investments.
- Robert Redford: The Environmental Movement Has Lost a Giant For five decades, Redford was an NRDC trustee, selflessly working to elevate its issues and support the organization.
- A New Leader for CARB
- California’s End-of-Session Blitz Is a Ray of Sunshine for Climate ProgressThe California legislature passes a package of climate action bills as the Trump administration backslides on federal commitments.
- Climate Action Bills Head to Governor Newsom’s Desk to Become LawBills include reauthorization of cap and invest, Western grid integration and more
- EPA Gives Polluters a Pass on Reporting Their Emissions
- EPA Seeks to Roll Back PFAS Drinking Water Rules, Keeping Millions Exposed to Toxic Forever Chemicals in Tap WaterOver 73 million people in the United States are served by water systems that have detected PFAS levels above the limits the EPA now seeks to rescind or delay.
- CA Legislature to Vote on Climate Action Package of BillsLegislative leaders release details resulting from negotiations on climate, clean energy, and affordability.
- Trump Administration Moves to Repeal Landmark Public Lands RulePlan would erase conservation as a core requirement for managing America’s 245 million acres of public lands.
- A Weakened USDA Will Hurt Small Farmers (and Everyone Else)Meager budgets for farm grants and food safety and assistance programs will leave the country’s land—and people—undernourished.
- FERC Urged to Reject Effort to Derail Midwest Power Grid Upgrades that Will Save Consumers $26 Billion to $83 Billion
- Challenge to the Latest Illegal Extension of J.H. Campbell Coal PlantThe Trump administration forces the aging, dirty coal power plant to continue burning coal even as the electricity is not needed.
- NRDC Supports the Pathways Initiative and Cap & Invest Reauthorization
- A Mammoth Biomass Project Withers in California Here’s how NRDC and partners worked to keep a stretch of forests out of industry hands.
- Environmental Groups Sue the EPA Demanding Protections from Hazardous ChemicalsGroups ask the court to direct the EPA to revisit long-overdue rules to limit the hazardous substances discharged into waterways.
- How to Make Your Community More Resilient to Climate DisastersYou don’t need to wait for national legislation to protect yourself from extreme weather. Here’s how to start right now—where you live.
- What Could a New Adaptation Finance Goal Look Like?Exploring seven potential scenarios for a new climate adaptation finance goal.
- NRDC at Climate Week NYC 2025: Charting the Way ForwardThe environmental community has an opportunity to galvanize action, and NRDC is proud to host a strong lineup of events this year.
- Roadless Rule Remains a Shield Against Logging Threats to America’s Forests
- 20 Years After Katrina, FEMA Weakened as Risks Grow
- From the Streets to the StoryMap: Putting Kansas City Youth at the Center of Environmental JusticeUsing personal stories, history, and community science, seven young leaders are reimagining what environmental justice can look like in Kansas City.
- The BRIC Program Is Essential in Our New Climate RealityAnd yet the Trump administration has eliminated the program, canceling lifesaving projects—such as tornado safe rooms in schools—across the country.
- Framing Planned Relocation as a Human Health IssueAs more governments are having to relocate communities due to climate change, there must be increased efforts to incorporate health considerations throughout the process.
- Colorado Has a Toxic Neonics Problem—and a Path to RecoveryEliminating unnecessary uses of toxic insecticides is the next step.
- Interior Halts Revolution Wind ProjectBOEM’s unprecedented order could hurt workers, electricity customers, and grid reliability.
- Trump Administration Orders to Keep Fossil-Fired Power Plant Running Will Increase Michigan Electricity Costs
- Introducing Polluters Pay Laws—a New Tool for Climate AdaptationAs states begin to pass “climate superfund” bills, here’s a closer look at what they do and why we need them.
- Procter & Gamble Doubles Down on Forest DegradationP&G’s new policy means Charmin toilet paper drives a tree-to-toilet pipeline.
- Trump’s Shadow Ban on America’s Energy FutureThe administration's approach of canceling major infrastructure investments, gutting incentives, and injecting political interference into basic energy policy is not a strategy—it is sabotage.
- Trump Administration Tries to Disrupt Solar and Wind Power Tax Credits
- We Must Not Tolerate Toxic “Forever Chemicals” in Our CookwareThe harm from using PFAS in these products is completely unjustified when safer alternatives are available.
- Mexico Pacific’s Saguaro LNG Project: Hitting the Rocks?Stymied by financial, legal, and operational obstacles, Mexico Pacific requests an extension to 2032 to reboot its destructive LNG project in the iconic Gulf of California.
- Trump EPA Moves to Rescind Solar For All Funding
- Trump Administration Readies the Axe for Nearly 60 Million Acres of Public ForestsRescinding the Roadless Rule would open vast swaths of protected national forests to logging and roadbuilding, threatening the country’s last remaining wildlands.
- DEC Commissioner Amanda Lefton Helps Release Rescued Endangered Sea Turtle Back into Atlantic Ocean at Coney IslandEvent highlights the ocean health benefits of the New York State Environmental Protection Fund.
- New Report Outlines Reforms to Property Insurance Plans of Last Resort Amid Escalating Climate Disasters
- The Next Transportation Bill Must Continue Progress on Affordable Transportation Choices for AllCongress must invest in transit, biking, and walking and avoid spending on new roads and highway lanes.
- Lawsuit Filed Against Minnesota Department of Agriculture Over Failure to Regulate Toxic Neonic Pesticide Coatings on Crop Seeds Neonic-treated seeds are leading to bee deaths and harmful water contamination.
- Large-Scale Project of Pop-Up Gear Proves Successful for California Dungeness Crab Fishery and Whales
- Accelerating EV Adoption in India: The Case for Institutionalizing Battery AadhaarThe initiative could help boost circularity, reduce import dependence, and ensure long-term resource security and resilience of batteries.
- Why Your Electricity Bill Is So HighHow we got here and what we can do about it.
- North Carolina Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto of Utility Rate Hike Bill
- EPA Moves to Unravel Climate ProtectionsLee Zeldin says the EPA will overturn landmark finding from 2009 that climate change endangers human health and welfare.
- Coalition Files Legal Petition to Demand the EPA Address Syracuse Lead Water CrisisLocal and national organizations call for action after more than a year of poisoned water.
- Public Advocacy Groups Take Trump Administration to Court for Illegal Coal Plant Extension
- Turning Pavement into Electric Truck Charging StationsCalifornia prioritizes 500 new truck charging ports, providing a model for other states.
- The Toxic Assault on Your Right to Breathe Safe AirThe Trump administration is moving to save corporations money at the expense of public health and air quality.
- PJM Auction Results in Higher Prices for Ratepayers in 13 States
- Congress Is Targeting the DOE’s Innovation Pipeline: U.S. Consumers Will Pay the PriceThe House Energy and Water Development bill will cut what works.
- New DOI Policy Could "Snuff Out Renewable Energy" on Public Lands