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- Court Finds NESE Pipeline Permit Arbitrary, Fails to Show Compliance with State Water Quality Standards Court Rejects New Jersey DEP Permit for Failing to Meet Water Quality Standards
- Trump Administration Takes Another Swing at Dismantling Clean Water ProtectionsRevised Polluted Water Rule would protect only waters that flow every day of the year, abandoning most streams and virtually all wetlands
- Toilet Paper Price Spike Shows the Cost of Tissue Industry's Forest Addiction
- Lessons from India’s Transition to Electric VehiclesWhat India’s state-level EV strategies can teach policymakers worldwide.
- UN Overshoot Report is a Rallying Cry, Not a Death Knell
- Conservation Groups Challenge Trump’s Decimation of Two National Monuments in UtahSupplemental complaints to reactivate 2017 monuments litigation in DC District Court
- NRDC Sues to Block Trump's Gutting of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
- House Passes Bill Pushing North Atlantic Right Whale Toward Extinction
- NRDC Joins Coalition Letter in Support of Wildfire Bill
- California Decides on Marine Protected Areas This FallState agencies differ on recommendations as Tribal communities weigh in.
- Finance Beyond the COP: How India Is Rebuilding the Case for Global Climate FinanceAs India hosts the BRICS leaders’ summit in September and the world heads to Antalya, Turkey, for COP31, India is making the case for why international climate finance must flow differently.
- Groups urge EPA not to weaken air pollution protections for heavy-duty trucks, busesEnvironmental and health groups are urging the Trump EPA not to weaken life-saving air pollution standards for heavy-duty vehicles like buses, garbage trucks, and long-haul semi-trucks.
- Trump Administration Pushing to Hand Piece of Yosemite to Private DeveloperNew documents show Department of Interior is leaning on park staff to approve road access rejected by the Park Service and federal courts for 20 years
- California Legislature Passes the Home Energy Choice ActAB 2313 will give Californians the option to install non-polluting appliances with the help of funds that would otherwise have been used to replace the old gas line to their home
- Trump Administration Readies the Axe for Nearly 45 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.
- Lawsuit Seeks to Block EPA From Abandoning Health of ClevelandersGroups challenge EPA's decision on smog that flouts the law and hands polluters a free pass.
- We Can’t Let FERC Silence Public Participation Through the Blanket Certificate ProgramThe gas industry has huge expansion plans. We need more public engagement, not less.
- Lowndes County, Alabama Residents Call for Accountability and Transparency Around Proposed 800-Acre Data Center
- NRDC Challenges the EPA’s Free Pass to Cleveland Polluters NRDC lawsuit says the EPA ignored affordable smog controls available to some of the area’s worst polluters.
- California Crab Fishery Leads the Way in Pop-Up FishingCalifornia is the first state in the nation to oversee a large-scale, commercial pop-up fishing season aimed at protecting marine life.
- NRDC Report: How Trump’s Actions Are Hiking Utility Bills and Destroying InvestmentsA new NRDC report documents the full impact of Trump’s policies, finding that they could raise average utility bills by $230 a year while destroying $700 billion in new clean energy investments – delivering dirtier air and worsening climate change.
- How to Limit Your PFAS Exposure in the Great OutdoorsWhat to watch out for in pools, gardens, sports fields, and fishing holes.
- Research Suggests Auto Loans Should Account for Vehicle EfficiencyIt turns out that gas guzzlers aren’t just bad investments for drivers—they’re bad for banks too.
- Research Suggests Auto Loans Should Account for Vehicle EfficiencyIt turns out that gas guzzlers aren’t just bad investments for drivers—they’re bad for banks too.
- Clean Steel in Ohio Abandoned by Trump Administration
- California’s Landmark Tire Efficiency Standards Are a Win for Consumers, Climate, and Public HealthThe state just adopted the nation’s first efficiency standards for replacement tires.
- Court Upholds Rule Designating Two Forever Chemicals as Hazardous SubstancesLast year EPA reaffirmed its rule, however industry and association groups challenged the designations
- Minnesota’s Water Quality Wake-Up CallNitrogen pollution is a statewide problem that needs a new solution.
- Minnesota Executive Order Protects Boundary Waters After Congress Strips Federal Safeguards
- Conservationists Blast Federal Proposal to Bulldoze Forestlands U.S. Forest Service announces proposal to rescind Roadless Rule, threatening millions of acres of national forestlands
- To Manage Data Center Challenges, Governor Shapiro Signs Executive Order on “GRID” PrinciplesGRID Addresses Affordability, Transparency, Workforce Development, and Environmental Protection
- Trump Administration Guts 25-Year-Old Roadless Rule, Opening Roughly One-Third of National Forests to Logging and DrillingUSDA releases rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, stripping longstanding protections from 45 Million Acres of the National Forest System
- California’s Landmark Tire Efficiency Standards Will Reduce Fueling Costs and Pollution
- Trump Administration Holds Latest Giveaway of Gulf Waters to Oil Industry, First Since “God Squad” DecisionGulf and environmental groups respond to oil auction that threatens region
- New Poll: 77% of MI Republicans and 87% of Democrats Agree on Water AffordabilityA new poll shows massive support across the political spectrum. Michiganders want a statewide program to help low-income families keep their water on.
- Transparency, Accountability Needed in Open AI Contract with Georgia Power
- NRDC: Trump’s War on Wind Costs Us $4 BillionWith latest payoff to an offshore wind company, the Trump administration has spent nearly $4 billion of U.S. taxpayer funds to stop projects that would deliver the electricity our nation needs more than ever
- Agencies Issue Recommendations on Future of California Ocean ProtectionsCalifornia Fish and Game Commission will face a critical choice this fall
- PJM Plan Would Improve Grid Reliability, but Not Electricity PricesPJM’s filing to FERC stops the bleeding. Now it needs to heal the patient
- Why Are the Feds Leasing Public Lands to Big Oil for So Cheap?In the sunny Southwest, oil and gas companies can get an acre for as low as $10, while solar companies can barely get a scrap.
- North Carolina AG's Lawsuit Against Chemours Gets Bipartisan Support
- The People Behind Climate-Friendly CoolingOn the 10th anniversary of the Kigali Amendment, here is a reminder of why the service workforce matters more than ever.
- Diverse Coalition of Stakeholders Releases New York Embodied Carbon Action PlanStatewide Plan Aims to Reduce Growing Emissions from Building Material Manufacturing
- Environmental Groups Challenge Trump EPA’s Rejection of Hawaiʻi’s Clean Air Plan in Federal CourtCoalition asks court to overturn an illegal EPA rule that harms the state’s iconic and unique park lands
- Midway Through a Tumultuous 2026, Where Do We Stand on International Public Climate Finance?Climate finance is in a period of flux, but there are pathways to scaling up funding to meet the moment.
- Court Orders the EPA to Implement National Soot Standard
- NRDC Sues the EPA Over Costly Refrigerant Rollback
- Not Cool: How the EPA’s Refrigerant Rollback Will Raise Your Grocery and AC CostsNRDC and industry are suing over cost-raising delays in moving away from HFC super pollutants in supermarkets and cold storage warehouses.
- Allowing Deep Sea Mining off Coast of American Samoa Is Dangerous and RecklessThe Interior Department’s decision today to advance deep-sea mining off American Samoa could cause widespread harm to the marine environment and biodiversity. This would be the first ever commercial deep-sea mining leasing in the world.
- The Second Major Heat Wave in Weeks Is Breaking Records Coast to Coast
- Continued High PJM Prices Show Need to Better Manage Data Center Load Growth and Add New Clean Energy Supply
- RGGI Is Funding Lower Household Bills as Data Centers Spike PricesStates are investing in clean energy and lowering electricity bills through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
- EPA Proposal Could Delay Smog Cleanup for a Decade or More in the Nation's Most Polluted AreasGroups warn the proposal violates the Clean Air Act and would harm people’s health
- Where to Start If You Want a Career in the Climate SpaceA climate job isn’t what it used to be. Neither is the path to getting one.
- Trump Administration Guts Endangered Species Act Habitat Protections
- Trump Administration Moves to Strip Protections from National Monuments After Congress RefusedAdministration attempts to do by executive action what House and Senate will not
- A Climate-Aligned Trade Policy Can Strengthen the U.S. Aluminum IndustryA new report shows how an effective carbon-border fee could both reduce emissions and improve aluminum production.
- Legal Battle to Remove Flint’s Lead Pipes is Officially ClosedCity and state urged to remove remaining lead lines as quickly as possible
- The EPA Continues Pushing a Gas Guzzler MandateCongress should address the real affordability crisis—not waste time turning decade-old clean car standards into a political boogeyman.
- Why Redistricting Could Lead to More Pollution, Sickness, and DeathThe new wave of racial gerrymandering ushered in by Louisiana v. Callais threatens the ongoing struggle for environmental justice.
- Labor Unions, Nonprofits, Cities, and Counties Seek Injunction to Stop Impending U.S. Department of Agriculture ReorganizationSupplemental Complaint and Preliminary Injunction Motion Filed in Case Challenging Unlawful Reshaping of Government Targets “Reorganization” of USDA
- Decarbonization: Why We Must Electrify Everything Even Before the Grid Is Fully GreenTo decarbonize and fight climate change, electrification and clean energy development must happen together—and fast.
- Lawsuit Challenges Approval of Nation’s Largest Rail Facility in CaliforniaFive thousand-acre project would destroy desert lands, add pollution to Barstow, Los Angeles region
- The Law Requires States to Plan for Climate Impacts As a deadly heat wave blankets parts of the country, it's more important than ever that states prepare for such extreme weather hazards.
- What It’ll Take to Save Cities like New Orleans from Climate DisasterThese insights from around the globe hold lessons in planning a just relocation.
- Court Upholds Life-Saving National Soot Air Quality StandardTrump administration’s unprecedented attempt to abandon stronger public health safeguard is rejected
- New Jersey Passes Trailblazing Data Center Legislation, Governor Sherrill Expected to Sign Into LawBill will protect consumers from data center costs and require that they bring their own clean energy
- Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Home Energy Choice Act
- PJM Membership Votes on New Policies to Handle Data Center LoadPJM board to finalize Reliability Backstop Procurement and Connect & Manage in the coming weeks
- Health and Green Groups Tell EPA: Don't Let Data Centers and other Major Polluters Build Before Getting Permits
- Deadly Heatwave Hits Both Sides of Atlantic NRDC Experts Available to Discuss Heat and Its Health Impacts
- “Chemical Recycling” Facilities Pose Risks to Workers and Communities
- BLM Moves to Subsidize Dirty Drilling, Cut Out the Public, and Send Taxpayers the BillThe Trump administration is proposing to strip away multiple critical protections, weakening financial, environmental, and public accountability for the oil and gas industry.
- Trump’s War on Wind, Part FourThe Department of Interior announced a fourth taxpayer-funded payoff to a wind company so that it will not produce much-needed power. North Carolina project could power 300,000 homes.
- Offshore Wind Can Power the Future (If We Just Let It)Despite Trump administration policies to block renewable energy development, there’s more electricity coming from the wind than ever.
- Political Control of Research Funding Threatens Sound ScienceDecades of federal research funding have led to breakthroughs in medicine, technology, and environmental science. A new OMB proposal aims to derail all of this through political interference.
- NRDC: California’s Coastal Management Authority Is Under AttackFederal review of California’s coastal management program could clear the way for offshore oil drilling
- Your Guide to the Latest Heat Pump Rebates and IncentivesThe federal tax credit may be gone, but you can still save thousands via state and local programs for this climate-friendly home upgrade.
- Chemours Settles with EPA on “Forever Chemical” Pollution in Three States
- Pennsylvania House Passes Key Bill to Manage Data Center Growth and ChallengesThe legislation, implementing Governor Shapiro’s GRID principles, now goes to the Senate
- Trump Administration Moves to Let Oil Companies Walk Away from the Mess They CreateRepealing the safeguards shifts cleanup risks to taxpayers, increases climate emissions and eliminates opportunities for public input, making it easier and more profitable for oil and gas companies to operate on public lands
- U.N. Secretary-General Sounds Alarms on Global Data Center Impacts
- New Regional Initiative Strives to Advance Heat Adaptation Across South AsiaLeading South Asian organizations are joining forces to address the mounting health toll of extreme heat.
- Communities and Workers Deserve Robust Protection from Chemical DisastersThe EPA’s proposed Risk Management Program revisions roll back crucial safeguards against chemical disasters for people living near and working in industrial facilities.
- FERC Jump-Starts Plan to Get Data Center Connections RightFERC orders regional grids to move quickly to handle the biggest issue facing the electricity grid today.
- Court Should Order Restart of Wind Project Reviews, Environmental Groups SayEight environmental groups support lawsuit seeking to end Defense Department’s de facto ban on approval of new wind projects.
- Michigan Senate Leaders Propose New Rules to Protect Residents from Big Tech Data Center CostsNew bill package aims to stop tech companies from driving up utility bills, draining water resources, and hiding details from the public
- We Can't Afford to Slow Down on Climate ActionStates must once again lead on climate solutions in the face of a challenging federal landscape.
- People Behind the Transition: An Update on Workforce and Gender in India’s Renewable Energy StoryThis new study assesses how India’s workforce is powering its renewable energy ambitions.
- We Call Nitrous Oxide Laughing Gas, but This Super Pollutant Is No JokeWe have the opportunity to quickly cut emissions of this super pollutant from industrial sources and avoid more than a quarter billion tons of CO2-equivalent by midcentury.
- Trump’s War on Wind Energy IntensifiesThe Department of Interior announced a third taxpayer-funded payoff to a company so that it will not produce much-needed offshore wind energy. Electricity from those leases could power 3 million homes.
- Trump Wants PJM to Give the Gas Industry a Multibillion Gift to Supply Data CentersGuess who’s paying?
- London Climate Week Falls Amid Increased Urgency to Ramp Up Speed and Scale of Action
- The Trump Administration Wants Your Car to Pollute MoreYet again, the EPA is willfully ignoring health benefits and putting polluters over people.
- Effort to Repeal Grand Staircase-Escalante Management Plan Fails in CongressSenate's 60-day fast-track window closes without a vote, leaving the resolution subject to a filibuster its backers lack the votes to overcome
- Trump Administration Dismantles Marine National Monuments System Trump Strips Fishing Protections from Three Pacific Marine National Monuments