Expert Blogs

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

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

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

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.

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.

California’s state legislature, the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, and New York City Council pass lifesaving cooling bills.

Eliminating unnecessary uses of toxic insecticides is the next step.

The harm from using PFAS in these products is completely unjustified when safer alternatives are available.

NRDC releases informational cards that seek to hold the LNG industry in the U.S. accountable.

Manufactured homes provide affordable housing for more than one million Californians, yet they disproportionately rely on fossil fuel heating. Expanding access to electrification is a matter of climate action, public health, and housing justice.

This year marks a turning point in the fight to protect communities from climate and health harms.

After years of advocacy, Albuquerque communities secured a long-overdue rule to protect against the cumulative impacts of air pollution. Now, it’s time to protect that rule.

California could become the first state to regulate pesticide-treated seeds, a massive and largely unchecked source of widespread pesticide pollution. 

Californians can look forward to new environmental laws.

Proposed cumulative impacts rules have the potential to protect Colorado communities from oil and gas pollution—but they currently fall short.  

Diesel trucks, making up just 6 percent of vehicles in California, are responsible for a disproportionate amount of harmful emissions, severely impacting communities near freight routes like those in the Inland Empire.

Proposition 4 can tackle ag supply chain emissions with funds for sustainable farming, farmworker wellbeing, healthy food access, and local food infrastructure.

I just had my lead service line replaced, and I couldn’t be happier.