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Toolkit captures lessons learned from recent bus priority successes in major U.S. cities

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

Atlanta's decision to create a Clean Energy Advisory Board (CEAB) is an admirable and savvy step that will set the city up for success in its goal to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2035.

With the climate emergency creating dangerous weather across the nation, from historic droughts in the Southwest to a withering heat dome across the Midwest to an earlier heat dome in the Pacific Northwest, Congress is working on much-needed investments in…

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.

American Cities Climate Challenge partners release a new resource for cities looking to dramatically cut energy use in existing buildings, an essential reference guide developed from the real-world experience of cities at the forefront of advanced building policy.

Deliberate policies are needed to ensure priority communities have access to these high-paying, upwardly mobile careers.

A new resource from Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), Equity and Buildings: A Practice Framework for Local Government Decision Makers, builds on the expertise of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-led (BIPOC) organizations to help local practitioners center equity in…

Over 140 mayors from across the nation have signed onto a letter urging Congress to prioritize climate investments in any infrastructure package and center the needs of cities and communities in the process.

Indianapolis City Council passed Proposal 185, a Benchmarking and Transparency Ordinance which is a key priority in realizing Mayor Joe Hogsett’s commitment to making the city carbon neutral by 2050.

Ambitious action on climate change carries huge potential for job creation. Done correctly, it can be leveraged to expand economic opportunity for people of color and others long excluded from career-track employment. 

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.

In the more than a year since COVID-19 took hold, cities have converted their streets into havens for walking and bicycling to help essential workers get to jobs and create space for healthy outdoor activities

Columbus is on the road to a clean energy transformation.