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Focus on NRDC

About NRDC:  The Natural Resources Defense Council combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and other environmental specialists to confront the climate crisis, protect the planet’s wildlife and wild places, and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.

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As climate focus shifts to states, US East Coast partnership offers model for multi-state collaboration

A trailblazing 11-state regional greenhouse gas partnership on the U.S. East Coast is considering possible changes or expansion.

An artistic sculpture featuring two hands with their fingers reaching towards each other. It is in a square outside the entrance to the UN Climate Change Conference Baku (COP 29) in Azerbaijan.
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Analysis: Why the $300B climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems

COP29 faces criticism for relying on minimal new efforts, counting inflation-eroded funds, and including developing-country contributions.

FILE PHOTO: An activist holds a balloon in the form of the globe during a protest action at the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 21, 2024.
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Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges

Among the biggest factors clouding the negotiations at COP29 was the return of climate skeptic Donald Trump as president of the U.S.

FILE PHOTO: Model of LNG tanker is seen in front of the U.S. flag in this illustration taken May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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US court orders federal regulators to assess emissions of Louisiana LNG project

The court did not vacate FERC's 2022 approval of the project as it ordered the regulator to consider the impact of emissions.

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