News & Commentary

Five bills await Governor Gavin Newsom's signature would transform California's streets to make them healthier, safer and more accessible for all.

Colorado's plans for cutting greenhouse gas pollution from transportation should prioritize benefits for communities most burdened by freeways and poor air quality.

A report published by NRDC, along with its partners Community Water Center, Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles, and Clean Water Action, finds that drinking water throughout California is contaminated with harmful PFAS chemicals, particularly in already overburdened communities.

President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda is a big opportunity for California to create high quality water-related jobs, to protect Californians, and to right the state’s course on lead pipe replacements.

NRDC has seen a steady decline in total water usage institution-wide and has taken steps to advance water stewardship.

Groundbreaking voter led ballot initiative to curb single-use plastic pollution impacts on people, wildlife and climate qualifies for November 2022 election

This Friday, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board will decide whether to clean up Los Angeles’s urban runoff problem, or to continue to let polluters use our waterways as their dumping grounds.

Heat waves are on the rise, and they’re especially dangerous for outdoor workers, people without adequate air conditioning, and the elderly. Keep reading to learn more about the connections between climate change and heat waves, what you can do to…

More frequent and intense wildfires in Colorado are a clear sign that the climate crisis is here. Keep reading to learn more about how climate change is fueling stronger wildfires across Colorado, what you can do to keep yourself and…

San Diego small businesses, like Juan Pablo Sanchez’s Super Cocina, have reinvented parking lots to serve communities. A new proposal would make it easier for businesses to make these changes permanent.

NRDC is excited to support Assemblymember Friedman and her bill to eliminate harmful parking requirements and support healthy and affordable communities.

Texas was just a glimpse of what’s to come. With increasing wildfires, drought, flooding, and sea-level rise, we must make sure our water systems can continue to operate during such events.

States must update emergency response plans to avert the next water crisis.

NRDC stands ready to work with Granholm upon her expected confirmation, the Administration, and Congress to solves this Rubik’s Cube of environmental challenges.