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With the new rollout of the Inflation Reduction Act, which stands as the most significant federal government action on climate change in history, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development created an opportunity for advocates to be seen…

The United States Congress fell short on prioritizing investments in Indigenous communities through the bipartisan infrastructure law. Now it’s up to the USDOT, tribal leaders, and all fifty states to do so instead.

Roughly 535 Indigenous people die every year from vehicle crashes, at a rate significantly higher than other racial/ethnic groups in the United States.

Yessenia Balcazar of Southeast Environmental Task Force and Courtney Hanson of People for Community Recovery join us for part one of our Building Decarb Q&A series

October 23–29 is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week—let’s use the opportunity to take action.

This week, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Association of Renewable Energy Agencies of States (AREAS), NRDC, and Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), organized a workshop on Policy and Intervention for Women in Renewable Energy. The aim was to…

New NRDC analysis, released today, finds that the IRA's clean electricity tax credit package will reduce climate-warming emissions all while reducing Americans’ electricity bills, creating hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs, and scaling home-grown clean energy solutions.

But much more work remains to meaningfully address inequities in U.S. fishery management.

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day we honor and celebrate the culture and resilience of Native peoples throughout the United States.

States that are trying to address climate change, cut energy costs for residents, and attract jobs just got a new tool to accomplish all those goals. 

Today, October 5, marks Energy Efficiency Day, an important day to reflect on the many benefits energy efficiency provides year-round. 

Energy efficiency (using less energy to get the same or higher benefit) is one of our best tools in the climate fight. In fact, energy efficiency measures alone could provide more than 40 percent of the emissions reductions required to…

Minneapolis and St. Paul residents logged 25,000 trips and nearly 250,000 miles on the nation’s first renewably powered all-electric car-share program

NRDC and 200 other organizations recently sent a letter to Congress, calling on all Senators and Representatives not to co-sponsor legislation supported by chemical industry lobbyists that would eliminate Clean Air Act protections and promote the widespread burning of plastic.