Expert Blogs

The EPA’s proposed Risk Management Program revisions roll back crucial safeguards against chemical disasters for people living near and working in industrial facilities. 

The law standardizes food date labeling and helps prevent food waste across the state.

New commentary highlights the need to stop ignoring the potential for PFAS to disrupt breastfeeding.

A new appeal aims to block an industrial-scale wood pellet plant poised to harm air quality, forests, and wildlife.

The data center pressures seen in the United States and Europe are likely to spread as digital infrastructure expands worldwide. Countries need guardrails to avoid fossil lock-in, protect communities, and keep costs from rising.

Deregulating pyrolysis incinerators would only result in more toxic facilities and hazardous air emissions—all in the name of false solutions to the plastic pollution crisis.

The state legislature leads the way with new health and environmental bills.

In its radical denial of settled climate change science, the Trump administration’s EPA is also ignoring mounting costs to human health and safety.

AB 2447, the Nitrogen Pollution Reduction Act, would require the state to protect clean water for people and ecosystems by reducing excess nitrogen from irrigated agriculture.

A new survey points to the need for greater engagement with state decision-makers on an underappreciated but far-reaching health hazard.

Getting all the lead service lines out is complicated, but it is worth it and necessary for the viability of its future.

A new study by NRDC provides a template for improved action and healthier communities when it comes to adapting to and mitigating extreme heat.

Analyses found that most LCAs ignore human health, hazardous waste, and critical steps in the life cycle.

Residents of the communities surrounding warehouses that use dangerous chemicals to kill pests are standing up to demand transparency and protection from the toxic fumes.

SB26-065, the SEED Act, would reduce the number one source of neonic pesticide pollution in the state by eliminating unnecessary seed coatings.

State leaders can address major water affordability challenges by protecting financially vulnerable customers, ensuring transparency, and providing dedicated state funding for water infrastructure. 

There is a very clear need to invest in lead pipe replacement in the state, and the budget should do just that.  

Food waste programs and systems made significant advances around the country—and even the world. It's important to keep up the momentum in 2026.