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- Environmental Groups Challenge Trump EPA’s Rejection of Hawaiʻi’s Clean Air Plan in Federal Court Coalition asks court to overturn an illegal EPA rule that harms the state’s iconic and unique park lands
- 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
- Pennsylvania Leaders Can Act Now to Save Households $841 Per Year by 2030, New Analysis Finds
- Community Groups Seek Legal Action on Flesh-Dissolving Chemical at Oil RefineriesLawsuit argues EPA is breaking federal law by refusing to regulate hydrogen fluoride, placing more than 19 million people nationwide at risk
- Lactation Interrupted: Impact of PFAS on BreastfeedingNew commentary highlights the need to stop ignoring the potential for PFAS to disrupt breastfeeding.
- Judge Halts IRS Rules that Punish Solar and WindCase brought by a Tribal utility, city, and environmental and consumer advocates argued that politically motivated tax guidance illegally hurt renewable energy and would raise customers’ bills. A federal judge agreed.
- Forever Chemicals Levels Drop After State Laws Phase Out PFAS in TextilesNRDC testing shows chemical restrictions work to protect public health
- Trump Administration Auction is a Bust, Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain for Oil Drilling Receives Few BidsThe Coastal Plain provides calving ground for the Porcupine caribou herd and denning habitat for polar bears, and no commercial oil drilling has ever taken place in the Refuge.
- Governor Pritzker Pauses Data Center Tax Incentives, Outlines Path Forward for Consumer and Climate Protections [NRDC Response] Environmental advocates emphasize need for structural guardrails as state navigates energy and infrastructure demands
- Environmental Groups File Suit Against CA’s Weakened Plastic Pollution RegulationsCalRecycle’s final regulations for SB 54, a landmark plastic reduction law, fall short.
- Trump’s Coal Plant Bailout Wastes Taxpayer DollarsThe Trump administration is providing hundreds of millions of dollars to keep old coal plants from closing and to build two new coal plants.
- 500 Anti-Environment Measures from the Trump AdministrationNRDC documented 500 measures that would harm public health or the climate from this administration, an average of one each day it has been in office.
- North Carolina Data Center Reforms Tied to More Fossil Fuels
- Illinois Cracks Down on Stacking Polluters in Overburdened Communities as Washington RetreatsHistoric legislation sparked by Southeast Side organizations requires state to weigh cumulative pollution burdens before greenlighting new industrial facilities
- Lawmakers Fail to Pass POWER Act While Continuing Big Tech Tax Incentives, Leaving Illinois Ratepayers to Continue Footing the Bill for Data CentersAdvocates pledge to bring back vital energy and water guardrails next legislative session
- New Report Finds Fertilizer Overuse is Poisoning America and Costing Billions
- SEC Puts Its Head in the Sand on Climate Reporting
- For Import-Dependent Fossil Fuel Economies, Conflicts Force the Sacrifice of Long-Term Climate Progress for Immediate SurvivalGlobal conflicts are forcing economies that are dependent on fossil fuel imports like India to trade climate progress for energy survival.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes Critical Habitat Protections for Endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee
- A Snorkeler’s-Eye View of the Gulf of CaliforniaThese photos that NRDC captured—of whales, porpoises, rays, and a dazzling array of reef fish—underscore what’s at stake as we resist the latest attempts to industrialize the “Aquarium of the World.”
- Hyperscalers Should Put Community Investment First: Here’s HowNew research shows that cities, utilities, hyperscalers, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders can work together to prioritize community-focused energy investments to manage rapid load growth while delivering direct local benefits.
- The Carbon Removal Market Can Work—If We Build It RightThe CDR industry’s reliance on Microsoft shows the limits of voluntary climate action—and the need for government to do its part. It’s time to take the trash out of our atmosphere.
- Trump’s EPA Declares It’s “Futile” to Fight Climate ChangeCynical “futility argument” is an overlooked part of the agency’s backtracking on the climate crisis.
- New Jersey Stepping up to Establish Data Center GuardrailsGovernor Sherrill and State Legislature Announce Policy Platform
- “Deeply Disappointing” New York State Enacted Budget Weakens its Climate LawNew York must now move quickly to deliver an affordable, equitable transition away from fossil fuels
- The Global AI Buildout Needs Energy Transition GuardrailsThe data center pressures seen in the United States and Europe are likely to spread as digital infrastructure expands worldwide. Countries need guardrails to avoid fossil lock-in, protect communities, and keep costs from rising.
- UN General Assembly Reinforces Accountability for Climate Polluters
- EPA Derails Super-Pollutant PhasedownAmerica’s affordability crisis won’t be affected by giving laggards a free pass to pollute.
- Governor Shapiro Releases Key Details on “GRID” Principles to Manage Data Center Growth and ChallengesPrinciples Focus on Affordability, Transparency, Workforce Development, and Environmental Protection
- Lawsuit Filed to Halt Seafood Imports from Foreign Fisheries Killing Marine Mammals with Fishing GearU.S. embargo would push Argentina, the United Kingdom, India, and other governments to act.
- EPA Seeks to Gut PFAS Protections, Leaving Millions Exposed to Toxic Forever Chemicals in Tap WaterEPA’s "PFAS OUT" substitute program is just a PR stunt.
- House Transportation Bill Would Stick Americans With New Fees, Higher Costs
- Trump EPA Rejects Hawaiʻi's Clean Air Plan, Preventing Utility's Own Requests to Retire Aging Oil-Burning Plants
- What Will It Take for Ambition to Become Action? Delivering on Canada’s Nature StrategyCanada’s new nature strategy will only succeed if political will, Indigenous leadership, and long‑term financing translate its bold vision into coordinated, enforceable action.
- EPA Greenlights More Toxic Tailpipe Pollution
- Trump Administration Repeals Landmark Public Lands RuleRepeal attacks conservation as a core requirement for managing America’s 245 million acres of public lands
- Blue Whales Ply the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts; Industry Could Soon TooThe first-ever sightings of the earth’s largest animals in these waters come as the Trump administration opens the marine national monument to destructive commercial fishing.
- Trump Advisors Recommend FEMA Cuts in New Report
- Trump EPA Proposes Toxic Loophole for Plastics IncinerationDeregulating pyrolysis incinerators would only result in more toxic facilities and hazardous air emissions—all in the name of false solutions to the plastic pollution crisis.
- Coalition of the Willing Calls for Rapid Energy Transition Amid Energy CrisisThe Colombia conference highlights the critical need to phase down fossil fuels and ramp up renewables.
- The Pollution That Causes Acid Rain Is Back on the RiseLast year, the Trump administration gave coal-fired power plants free passes to pollute—and the dirtier air is already here.
- Environmental Advocates to Challenge Plastics Regulations in CourtCalRecycle Plastic Packaging Regulations Create Loopholes
- America’s Troubled WatersFrom prairie potholes to transboundary rivers, the country’s waterways are suffering from a slew of policies that make it easier to pollute.
- Environmental Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration to Protect Northeast Canyons and SeamountsRollback attempts to open biodiverse Atlantic marine national monument to commercial fishing.
- Keystone Light Tar Sands Pipeline: Same Problems, Different NameThis is the moment we need to get off the oil roller coaster, not double down on the dirtiest oil on the planet
- My Quest for Energy Affordability and Housing Justice Is Both Personal and ProfessionalAccessing basic energy needs and a comfortable home shouldn’t be a luxury. But for families like mine, the barriers are built in.
- Wrong Technology, Wrong WatersThis is why Amigo LNG is the wrong fit for the Gulf of California.
- When Energy Security Is a Casualty of WarThe U.S. war with Iran makes one thing perfectly clear: Depending on fossil fuels is neither safe nor smart.
- Why Repealing the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Would Harm American ManufacturersIn its attempt to obscure greenhouse gas pollution from public view, the Trump administration’s EPA vastly understates the costs this repeal would have on Americans.
- Congress Raids a Fund for Cleaning Up Coal Mining’s Toxic LegacyAs rural communities seek to move on from polluted pasts, funds to address thousands of abandoned mines and wells are coming up short.
- A Fund for Cleaning Up Coal Mining’s Toxic Legacy Dries UpAs rural communities seek to move on from polluted pasts, funds to address thousands of abandoned mines and wells are coming up short.
- California on the FrontlinesThe state legislature leads the way with new health and environmental bills.
- Experts Predict EV Sales Will Keep Rising Despite SetbacksAt a time of skyrocketing gas prices, more affordable EV models (both new and used) and sustained customer satisfaction continue to appeal to drivers looking to go electric.