"California has shown bold and bipartisan leadership through its effort to forge 21st century standards" for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, President Obama said recently. Indeed, the Golden State has led the way on renewable energy development, clean air standards and greenhouse gas reduction. But now economic and budgetary concerns threat to erode that progress. NRDC experts explain why it's important for the nation and the world that California maintain its leadership role.
Posted May 7, 2012 by Lara Ettenson in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Is your home or business wasting much of the energy you pay for every month? Probably. Many older homes and apartments are leaky, poorly insulated, and have inefficient heaters. We all know this is uncomfortable and expensive, but what can...continued→
Posted March 15, 2012 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
In 2008, the leaders of the States of California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, and the Province of British Columbia, signed the Pacific Coast Collaborative (PCC) Agreement. This week, the collaborative launched this report that shows how the region’s clean economy...continued→
Posted March 9, 2012 by Jamy Bacchus in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
Great news came from California recently when the California Energy Commission (CEC) announced that it will finalize energy efficiency standards for new and renovated buildings. As a result of the buildings standard, known as Title 24, California will reduce 300,000...continued→
Posted December 15, 2011 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
This week, the California Energy Commission unanimously approved a petition by NRDC and the Sierra Club to commence a rulemaking to strengthen and clarify CEC regulations on SB 1368, California’s Emissions Performance Standard (EPS). The EPS, passed in 2006, precludes...continued→
Posted November 14, 2011 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
On Thursday November 10, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced its approval of PG&E’s contract with Abengoa’s Mojave Solar Project in the California Desert. The Project will provide significant environmental benefits by contributing 250 MW to the state’s ambitious...continued→
Posted November 11, 2011 by Lara Ettenson in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming
Energy efficiency continues to be the cheapest, cleanest, fastest source of energy available today. Take California for instance. Over the last several decades, California has implemented a number of key energy policies – efficiency programs, innovative changes to the utility...continued→
Posted October 10, 2011 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably
Last week I took a few days away from the office to participate in Climate Ride California, along with several colleagues from NRDC’s San Francisco and LA offices (see Amanda and Adriano’s blogs). It was a beautiful, often rainy, and...continued→
Posted August 10, 2011 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
In a recent report issued by NRDC, we found that no matter which way you look at it, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is falling short on delivering energy efficiency. Energy efficiency, by law, is the...continued→
Posted August 10, 2011 by Lara Ettenson in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming
Last week, NRDC released our assessment of California’s publicly owned utilities’ progress towards achieving all cost-effective energy efficiency, evaluating both their achievements over the past five years as well as their targets through 2020. We performed this analysis to see...continued→
Posted July 20, 2011 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last week, I wrote that July 19th would be the next test of the California State Water Board’s resolve in finally enforcing the Clean Water Act to protect California Coastal Waters from a damaging practice called once through cooling (OTC)....continued→
