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The actions all fall under four focus areas: wealth creation, power of community, interventions, and expanding access. 

A new map from NRDC tracks federal and state efforts to advance heat protections for workers.

The Santa Susana Field Lab near Los Angeles is one of the most contaminated sites in California. Yet cleanup has barely begun. Here we answer common questions about the site and its cleanup, or lack thereof.

Fly-in meetings and paid media urge the EPA to veto Pebble Mine and permanently protect Bristol Bay. 

Dominion's gas plants drive up not only pollution but also Virginia's electric rates, to among the highest in the South.

An ocean research code of conduct is essential to ensure that unintended consequences of this research field don’t end up doing more harm than good.

If you wouldn’t trust oil tobacco companies to tell you what’s safe for your health, why would you trust these water agencies to say what’s good for fish and wildlife in the Bay-Delta watershed?

The proposal covers only those facilities that are capable of storing a threshold quantity of hazardous substances and are also within one-half mile of a waterway protected by the Clean Water Act. 

There are a number of benefits associated with composting, including environmental, economic, and social benefits.

New Mexico is the 18th state to adopt the Advanced Clean Car standards, meaning drivers will have access to more pollution-free vehicles, which will save them money while slashing climate-harming pollution and improving air quality and health.

The outdoor gear and apparel company should lead the industry away from the use of toxic "forever chemicals."

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released the third installment of its sixth assessment report, which once again sounded the alarm for rapid decarbonization before climate catastrophe becomes inevitable.

Chicago has a drinking water crisis. We have almost 400,000 lead service lines in our city, the most out of any major city in the nation.