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500 and Counting: Tracking an Unprecedented Assault on Public Health, the Environment, and Good Governance

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAlexandra Adams
The Trump administration has taken roughly one harmful action every day since President Trump returned to office.

Trump’s Coal Plant Bailout Wastes Taxpayer Dollars

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Trump administration is providing hundreds of millions of dollars to keep old coal plants from closing and to build two new coal plants.

Environmental Groups File Suit Against CA’s Weakened Plastic Pollution Regulations

Press ReleaseCalifornia
Environmental groups challenged in court CalRecycle’s recently finalized regulations for the state’s landmark plastic packaging law, which were weakened and create giant loopholes that undermine the law’s recycling and plastic reduction goals.

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California advocacy and California climate change policy, natural climate solutions

Jesús Canchola Sánchez

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Midwestern regional issues

Emily Deanne

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Energy efficiency and decarbonization, buildings, food and agriculture, industrial policy and hydrogen

Mark Drajem

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Power sector, transportation and vehicles, renewable energy, nuclear power, energy transmission, RTOs, and siting

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Janet Fang

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China-based climate, energy and wildlife

Margie Kelly

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Water, Canada, toxics

Ivan Moreno

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Environmental justice and Chicago-based environmental issues

Ben Schaefer

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Emerging climate and energy policy

Andrew Scibetta

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Lands, oceans, wildlife, liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Rita Yelda

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Pennsylvania Gets One Step Closer to RGGI

Press ReleasePennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board voted today to advance the DEP’s proposed regulation to enable the state to take part in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Benefits of RGGI will include the elimination of more than 188 million tons…

NRDC President: “Protect Our Sacred Right to Vote”

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Senate is expected to take up a key procedural vote as early as Tuesday on the For the People Act, legislation the House has passed providing key voting rights protections in the face of a raft of state-level measures…

Colorado First State to Pass Labor-Backed Electrification Policy

Press ReleaseColorado
Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed SB21-246 today, making his state the first in the nation to pass an electrification policy with support from organized labor. The Colorado BlueGreen Alliance-backed legislation will help Coloradans upgrade to efficient electric appliances, furnaces, and…

NRDC Welcomes New Board Member Tom Soto

Press ReleaseUnited States
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) welcomes Tom Soto—longtime environmental justice activist, impact investor, and leader in environmental technology and renewable energy—as the newest member of our Board.

NRDC Reacts to Secret Duke Energy Bill in North Carolina

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
A bill drafted by Duke Energy behind closed doors with legislators was unveiled on Tuesday. The bill would mandate the construction of new natural gas plants, locking North Carolina into dirty energy generation for decades. The bill also decreases utility…