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When 67% of Procter & Gamble’s voting shareholders resoundingly urged the company two years ago to address its role in driving deforestation and forest degradation, P&G had the opportunity to embrace environmental leadership, divesting itself from the destruction of climate-critical…

Courtney Hanson of People for Community Recovery and Yessenia Balcazar of Southeast Environmental Task Force talked with NRDC’s Gina Ramirez about the importance of Chicago introducing equitable building decarbonization polices that benefit its communities.

With nearly 325,000 acres across five states now up for potential leasing in Spring 2023, the BLM continues to move forward with largely unfettered onshore oil and gas leasing on federal public lands despite the escalating climate crisis. 

Environment, health, and justice groups are looking for the Governor and Legislature to ensure California's transportation investments match its lofty climate goals.

A new report finds that Chicagoans can save roughly $11,000 to $24,000 over a 20-year time period by ditching expensive gas and fully electrifying their homes.

The historic infrastructure law just passed the one-year mark from its enactment. What kind of transportation investments have been made, and what's next for the law?

Today, in two separate requests to the administration, groups are calling for the Department of the Interior (DOI) to finally deliver on long-promised reforms to the antiquated onshore oil and gas program. Despite numerous calls from government watchdogs, an executive…

A year ago President Biden signed the blockbuster 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure law, and it’s clear that this time we have a chance to do it right. Too often in the past, spending on highways divided and destroyed communities of…

Resources to support community-based organizations (CBO) and grassroots organizations in applying for federal funds and working with local governments and municipal entities to put policies and plans in place to equitably implement federal resources.

There is not a one-size-fits-all approach to crafting inclusive food waste prevention messaging. Philadelphia worked with community-based organizations to run community focus groups to better understand the biggest barriers to preventing food from becoming waste in local communities.

Indigenous wisdom provides another way of knowing for management of National Monument. 

The Federal Highway Administration has proposed a new greenhouse gas performance measurement rule. NRDC and more than 100,000 others wrote to support it, read more here.