David Doniger
(he/him)
Senior Attorney and Strategist, Climate & Energy
David Doniger has been at the forefront of the battle against air pollution and global climate change since he joined NRDC in 1978. He helped formulate the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement designed to stop the depletion of the earth's ozone layer, as well as several essential amendments to the Clean Air Act. In 1993, he left NRDC to serve on the White House Council on Environmental Quality, followed by key posts at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He rejoined NRDC in 2001 and has since been working to defend the Clean Air Act from assaults in Congress. He is based in Washington, D.C.
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10 Years After Kigali: What Comes Next for the Global HFC Phasedown?
Expert BlogInternational, India, United States, ChinaDr. Richie Kaur, David Doniger, Prima Madan, Jeremy Arling
As world leaders meet in Rwanda to mark the treaty’s anniversary, attention must be turned to stronger implementation and faster climate action.
The EPA Cooks the Books in Trying to Cook the Planet
Expert BlogUnited StatesMeredith Hankins, David Doniger, Amanda Levin
The agency’s power plant rollback—right after the hottest summer on record—will raise your power bills and worsen the climate crisis.
Not Cool: How the EPA’s Refrigerant Rollback Will Raise Your Grocery and AC Costs
Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger, Dr. Richie Kaur, Jeremy Arling
NRDC and industry are suing over cost-raising delays in moving away from HFC super pollutants in supermarkets and cold storage warehouses.
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The EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Fact SheetUnited StatesDavid Doniger
The Trump administration is rejecting the legal and scientific basis for cutting climate-changing pollution.
NRDC-CATF Response to Motions to Stay EPA Power Plant Carbon Pollution Standards (PDF)
Legal FilingsUnited StatesDavid Doniger, Meredith Hankins
NRDC and other environmental health partners pushed back on motions by power companies and their red state allies to block EPA's new standards for power plant carbon pollution. This is our opposition to stay motions filed in West Virginia v...
Curbing Power Plant Carbon Pollution Under the Clean Air Act
Fact SheetUnited StatesDavid Doniger, Amanda Levin, Jada Larson
Resources
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Where There’s Smoke, Heat, and Drought…
Ed Board MemoUnited StatesDavid Doniger
The Trump administration is failing the nation with a backward-looking energy policy that is driving up costs, shortchanging factory workers, and fueling climate catastrophe.