On Tap from DOE: Cold Showers and Wasted Water
The Trump administration sent decades of progress on water and energy efficiency for U.S. showers down the drain with a radically irresponsible and illegal rule...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
DOE Rule Invites Clothes Washers & Dryers to Use More Energy
The Trump administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) today undercut the energy-saving requirements for new clothes washers and dryers by carving out a “sho...
Trump Attacks on Energy Efficient Appliances Are Baseless
President Trump is attacking energy-efficient appliances, using a blend of exaggeration, falsehoods, and innuendo that ignores the huge savings in energy and mo...
1,100 Reports Missing: NRDC Files Suit on Water-Saving Rules
The Natural Resources Defense Council took the unprecedented step of filing a class action lawsuit against a proposed class of more than half of all cities and ...
New CA Lawn Sprinkler Standards = Huge Water & Energy Savings
California officials have adopted one of the most important and consequential water-saving measures ever implemented by any state, establishing an efficiency st...
Keeping Water Demand in Check
A new tool from the World Resources Institute for assessing water stress around the globe is shedding much-needed light on a growing mismatch between the...