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California Forging Ahead on Zero Emission Buildings
Hopeful climate news came from Sacramento, CA as the California Energy Commission (CEC) took a major stride toward zero-carbon emissions buildings in the 2022 update of the statewide building energy code. In this column from NRDC's Pierre Delforge, learn about the clean energy and energy efficiency improvements, opportunities to save money, and why California's building code matters.
Denver Strategizes Electrification of Homes and Businesses
The Denver Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency released June 15 a plan to lower the energy use of the city’s homes and businesses through the use of efficient heating and cooling technology.
The Texas Energy Catastrophe and Clean Energy
A historic freeze plunged every county in Texas into a winter weather advisory and caused the state’s electricity system to fail, with 4 million customers facing outages, many that lasted hours and hours. For some naysayers, the failure of the grid operator in Texas to prepare for severe weather is yet another chance to try and blame clean wind and solar energy, the very technologies we need to address climate change. However, says John Moore of NRDC in this column, that dog won't hunt.
NRDC's 8th Annual Energy Report: Slow and Steady Will Not Win the Climate Race
NRDC presents its 2020 Annual Energy Report, for 2019 and part of 2020, highlighting both the progress made and challenges to face in transitioning to a carbon-free economy.
Columbus adopts Ohio's first energy benchmarking program
The City Council of Columbus, Ohio unanimously voted on March 16 to establish an energy and water benchmarking program, the first in the state, in line with other Midwestern leaders like Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Des Moines.
San José Adopts Strongest Building Code Among Large Cities
San José has successfully reached for a modern, more sustainable building energy code with a vote by its City Council to adopt requirements for builders that will provide residents with clean, affordable energy in buildings and make good on the city's promise to lead on sustainability. This column from NRDC discusses how the city's Reach Code will make zero-emission electric buildings the default in San José.
Climate action makes (business) sense for U.S. utilities
When President Trump announced his intention to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord, there were concerns that America's utilities would abandon action on climate. Instead, as this column from Sheryl Carter and Elisheva Mittelman at NRDC reports, utilities are standing by--and increasing--their commitments to clean energy.
Siemens, Tesla , NRDC and others push NY on EV
A petition signed by 40 organizations, including Siemens, Tesla, and NRDC, was submitted to the New York Public Service Commission on Feb. 21 requesting more action to accelerate electric vehicle adoption by turning to utilities to be more proactive
Report: US solar, wind capacity shatters EIA estimates
A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council shows that in 2016, the country's solar energy capacity came in 4,500% higher than predicted by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in 2006.
