Jake Schmidt - NRDC

BREAKING NEWS - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially rescinded the endangerment finding on greenhouse gases, including clean vehicle standards that were on pace to save Americans more than $1 TRILLION in fuel costs.

Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change

BREAKING: The Trump administration's EPA rescinded the 2009 endangerment finding that determined that climate pollution is a threat to public health and welfare and is core to much of the climate policy that followed.

NRDC statement on the Trump administration efforts to undo the endangerment finding: www.nrdc.org/press-releas...

A display titled 'A Wave of Messages for the High Seas' featuring a world map with numerous pinned messages and octopus illustrations on a blue ocean background.

The #HighSeasTreaty is officially international law!

🌍The High Seas belongs to everyone, and everyone must help protect it.

Call on your country to ratify the High Seas Treaty and join the first #BBNJCOP
➡️ https://bit.ly/4aNEvO8

#60toGlobal

Good news from UK-record breaking auction for offshore wind-procuring 8.4 GW power.
Prices are 40% lower than gas equivalents.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696686...

Quitting and Rejoining Global Climate Agreements: What’s at Stake for the United States Despite President Trump's announcement that the United States will withdraw from the UNFCCC, countries, companies, and communities must continue to invest in climate solutions to increase affordable e...

President Trump announced that the U.S. will withdraw from the UNFCCC, a foundational international climate agreement. As the U.S. steps back, world leaders and local governments need to continue to strengthen climate action and secure a better future for all.

Quitting and Rejoining Global Climate Agreements: What’s at Stake for the United States Despite President Trump's announcement that the United States will withdraw from the UNFCCC, countries, companies, and communities must continue to invest in climate solutions to increase affordable e...

U.S. can rejoin the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC on day one of a new administration w/o needing another round of Senate "advice and consent". Read more: www.nrdc.org/bio/jake-sch...

We graded 65 U.S. toilet paper brands on just how sustainable they truly are and found that 29 rely on forest fiber, which drives devastating impacts to essential forests like the boreal in Canada. See how other toilet paper brands scored: https://on.nrdc.org/4rzeYhp

Update en antwoorden op Kamervragen over de exportkredietverzekeringen (ekv) voor een LNG-project in Mozambique Minister Heinen van Financiën informeert de Tweede Kamer over de exportkredietverzekeringen (ekv) voor een LNG-project in Mozambique en geeft antwoord op vragen gesteld door de Tweede Kamerleden Hirsc...

And in a lovely end to the day, the Dutch have backed out too from financing this project: www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/k...

Countries at #COP30 are discussing a potential new #adaptationfinance goal.

I've updated the calculations from our August blog on potential options - removing some scenarios that haven't gained traction and adding others that have.

Good thread from energy expert on why the IEA numbers getting the headlines may be too pessimistic on RE/EVs & to optimistic on oil not peaking!

What Will It Take for COP30 to Deliver a Climate-Resilient and Prosperous Future? As extreme weather events increasingly devastate communities across the globe, COP30 must push for stronger, faster, and more creative ways to adapt to our changing climate and drive more effective, r...

As climate disasters intensify, this year’s COP30 must turn commitments into action to protect people, build resilient economies, and safeguard the natural systems we all rely on.

State of Play on Multilateral Development Bank Climate Finance – Oct 2025 The World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) held their annual meetings. While the headlines and perception might indicate that these institutions and the other multilateral develo...

A tiny snapshot of the continued climate actions at the Multilateral Development Banks - yes they are still doing stuff even with the headwinds: www.linkedin.com/pulse/state-...

Europe's contribution to climate finance (in €bn) How does the EU contribute to fighting climate change globally? The EU and its countries are the biggest providers of climate finance in the world.

Great news from 🇪🇺 as climate finance numbers are up: In 2024, EU contributed €31.7 billion from public sources and mobilised an additional €11 billion in private finance for developing countries in combating climate change and adapting to its impacts. Source: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infograph...

Disagree. This is to a whole new level. The US at previous COPs pushed for action that they wanted (as every country does). This is the US govt threatening countries very implicitly (and in some case explicitly) to not support this. Very, very different.

NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution As a special meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC/ES.2) closes in London, the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC) expressed its huge…

Clean Shipping Coalition | NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution - Clean Shipping Coalition

Trump Calls Climate Change 'Con Job' and 'Scam' in UN Speech 'If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail,' Trump told more than 150 world leaders.

Anyone looking outside their window knows that climate change is here. The real question is why any responsible leader would try so hard to convince us otherwise.

The Kimmel suspension is a much bigger deal than you know.

It's really about a growing alliance between Trump and the companies that own America's local TV stations - like Nexstar - to turn local TV into Trump propaganda.

1/ Let me tell you the short story. It's chilling.

EU allocates €100m-worth of ETS allowances to help airlines buy Sustainable Aviation Fuels On 12 September 2025, the Commission adopted a Decision on the allocation of EU ETS emission allowances to airlines for the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in 2024.

Carbon pricing works, including to reduce aviation’s climate impacts. Around €100 million #EUETS support for airlines which are using less polluting fuels has been announced climate.ec.europa.eu/news-other-r...

Analysis of 7 int'l adaptation finance goals that could be set at COP30.

What Could a New Adaptation Finance Goal Look Like? At COP30 countries should set an int'l adaptation finance goal. Here is analysis of the 7 potential scenarios that have been proposed. www.nrdc.org/bio/joe-thwa... from @joethwaites.bsky.social @adellethomas.bsky.social

A Casualty of Trump’s Tariffs: India’s Nascent Solar Industry

A Casualty of Trump’s Tariffs: India’s Nascent Solar Industry www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...

Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals

Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals: My take: “You see a more systematic attempt to be a fossil fuel first strategy to everything that they do”@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...

NEW: What’s new with national renewable targets? Not much!

At COP28, every country agreed to work to triple global renewable capacity. But many countries have yet to update their 2030 targets..

Deep-sea mining must be paused until its environmental, sociocultural, and economic risks are understood and alternatives like recycling are explored. We must reduce demand for new mining.

Trump wants America to be affordable and energy dominant, but this new bill "is economic malpractice,” says E2’s Zach Amittay.

As demand surges from AI, manufacturing, and population growth, it cuts credits for the fastest and cheapest energy we have: solar.
on.e2.org/3Gpad7u

Mexico Pacific’s Saguaro LNG: Wrong Project, Wrong Place A massive project falters under the weight of high-cost, low-demand LNG and growing condemnation of the risks to the region’s biodiversity.

My colleagues and I took a trip last month to the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) in Mexico to see the location of a proposed LNG facility and path of the associated 900+ foot tankers. As our post states - 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜’𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐋𝐍𝐆: 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. www.nrdc.org/bio/joel-rey...

In N.C., all eyes on Senator Tillis as IRA tax credits hang in balance North Carolina will lose big if cuts to clean energy incentives become law. Will Tillis, on record against "wholesale repeal" of the credits, go to bat…

Solar and batteries are the quickest, cheapest way to solidify the nation’s ​“energy dominance,” a frequently stated goal of Pres. Trump.

But North Carolina will lose big if cuts to clean energy credits become law.

www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

A reminder that impoundment and careless contract terminations are illegal, despite how accustomed to them folk are growing. And if DOI is RIF’ing people right now, that’s illegal too - they are under a 2-week TRO in the AFSCME case.

Big polluters are proposing a dangerous fossil fuel project in the heart of a World Heritage site—putting imperiled species and neighboring communities at risk.

Japan must resist Trump's Alaska LNG pet project If Ishiba gives the nod, Japan will be buying overpriced gas and adding to global warming

Japan must resist Trump's Alaska LNG pet project: asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japa...