Pritzker, Lightfoot: Stop Passing the Buck on Enviro Justice
On June 25, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“IEPA”) granted an air permit that will enable the relocation of a notorious metal shredding opera...
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New Map Shows Chicago Needs Environmental Justice Reforms
New map by NRDC shows Chicago's Southwest and Southeast side communities bear the heaviest cumulative burdens from environmental pollution, calling for land use...
What’s the Problem with a Facility that "Recycles" Cars?
General Iron’s facility is not just recycling the neighborhood’s aluminum cans, they are ripping apart cars that release extremely dangerous materials and p...
NRDC Fights Another Pruitt Rollback of Smog & Methane Curbs
In yet another step to dismantle critical protections for our air and climate, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has proposed to withdraw the EPA’s guideline for...
Court Halts Trump Climate Rollback on Public Lands—Again
Our federal courts have blocked the Trump administration’s second attempt to hit the ‘stop’ button on critical protections against harmful air pollution a...
Zinke to Oil and Gas Industry: Let 'Er Rip
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has just proposed to eviscerate the Bureau of Land Management’s (“BLM”) standards adopted a little over a year ago to stop t...