Sue and settle legislation: a cure in search of a disease
Certain segments of Congress of late have built their careers on loudly decrying government waste, endless bureaucratic delay, disregard of the law by public...
Expert Blog
The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Tenaska's air permit: the incredible disappearing carbon capture and storage plan
The good news yesterday out of Springfield yesterday was that Tenaska Energy’s proposed Taylorville Energy Center – a ratepayer-funded, very dirty “clean coal...
BP Whiting Consent Decree: handing Big Oil the tab for tar sands pollution
It’s official: Big Oil has now learned what happens when you try to play fast and loose with the air pollution laws protecting the public to try to save a few...
An Orwellian Proposal from Illinois Polluters
You would be reasonable in assuming that the core function of a government agency called the Pollution Control Board should be, well, controlling pollution...
EPA's sewer overflow settlement: not the worst deal ever, but pretty darn close
The settlement deal that the U.S. EPA has cut with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District over the District’s Chicago River sewage dumps is not the worst...
Chicago and the Gulf Dead Zone: NRDC Lawsuits Address Downstream Damage
The popular legend is that Chicago’s jazz tradition arose from a migration of musicians from New Orleans up the Mississippi River in the 19th century. It seems...