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States Move Forward With Protecting Endangered Species
March 18, 2024
Oregon Ends 2024 Session After Passing Multiple Environmental Bills
March 15, 2024
Will 2024 be a Leap Forward for State-Level Pollinator Protection?
March 12, 2024
New Mexico Land and Water Funding Bill Strengthens Tribal Engagement and Boosts Outdoor Equity
March 7, 2024
States Pursuing Utility Accountability Legislation Across the Country
March 4, 2024
Utah and New York Look to Grid-Enhancing Technologies to Increase Transmission Capacity
February 27, 2024
Chlorpyrifos Regulation Back in the Hands of State Legislators
February 1, 2024
New York Enacts Nation’s First Neonicotinoid Treated Seed Ban
January 3, 2024
States Advance Bills to Reconnect Wildlife Habitats and Improve Roadway Safety
June 29, 2023
Habitat Connectivity: A Win for Biodiversity
March 14, 2024
Legislator Spotlight: Senator Mary Boren, Oklahoma
March 6, 2024
Ensuring Climate-Smart Transportation Planning
March 5, 2024
Increasing Transmission and Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs)
February 26, 2024
Senator Mamie Locke, Virginia
February 21, 2024
Building Decarbonization and Federal Funding
February 15, 2024
Outdoor Equity: Ensuring Outdoor Access for Incarcerated People
February 13, 2024
Representative Jeremy Gray, Alabama
February 7, 2024
Representative Lindsay Cross, Florida
January 17, 2024
Legislators in PJM Region Join Together to Push for Greater Transparency
February 6, 2024
State Legislators Praise Administration’s Decision Around Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit
December 22, 2023
NCEL Response to FERC Re: Sign-on Letter on the Regional Transmission Planning Rule
November 20, 2023
Legislators from 41 States Call for Stronger Efforts for Endangered Species Recovery
November 6, 2023
NCEL Board Elects New Leaders, Emphasizes Importance of State Policymakers in 2024
October 12, 2023
State Legislators Call on FERC to Strengthen and Finalize Transmission Planning Rule
October 4, 2023
Legislators From 38 States Show Support for Federal Proposal to Make Water Heaters More Efficient
September 26, 2023
State Legislators Call on Biden Administration to Declare Ohio Train Derailment a Major Disaster
September 24, 2023
NCEL and NAP Launch New Partnership
State lawmakers want to peel back the curtain at the nation’s biggest electrical grid operator
Lawmakers in 5 states seek to force utilities to reveal their PJM votes
5 PJM States Considering Bills to Require Utilities to File Stakeholder Votes
California moves forward with landmark plastic waste reduction law
January 30, 2024
EPR, bottle bills and right-to-repair legislation make a return in 2024 with nuanced new details
January 29, 2024
Democrats call on FERC to swiftly finalize regional transmission, cost allocation planning rule
Hydrogen tax rules draw fire from industry
January 9, 2024
Utility Dive: Proposed transmission planning rule is a ‘chief’ priority for FERC’s Phillips
November 21, 2023
Stateline: Despite setbacks, states are still counting on offshore wind
NCEL Briefing: How States Can Support Young Farmers and Sustainable Agriculture and Leverage Federal Resources
February 14, 2024
NCEL Briefing: Climate Finance & the States
January 5, 2024
NCEL’s 2024 Annual Legislator Briefing
December 5, 2023
2024 National Forum
December 4, 2023
Post-Sackett: What Can States Do To Protect Wetlands?
November 30, 2023
NCEL Briefing: State Implementation of Justice40
November 28, 2023
NCEL Briefing: Wildlife and Zoonotic Disease
NCEL and Seattle Aquarium: West Coast Legislator Convening
November 17, 2023
Policy Pathways to Land Back
November 16, 2023