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Green Banks: Catalyzing an Equitable Green Transition

October 3, 2023 Resource

The event focused on how green banks can help crowd in additional investment in underserved communities. Panelists discussed how green banks can partner with communities, impact investors and other financial institutions to scale an equitable green transition, as well as…

President Biden Can Take Action to Eliminate Shipping Emissions and Advance Environmental Justice

October 2, 2023 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

In a letter sent to President Biden on World Maritime Day, 32 organizations called for an Executive Order to decarbonize maritime shipping. The Biden administration has already made significant commitments to eliminate emissions from the shipping industry, as well as…

Governor Shapiro’s RGGI Working Group Concludes: Now What?

October 2, 2023 Expert BlogPennsylvaniaRobert Routh

Liability Protections and Safe Food Donation

September 29, 2023 OverviewUnited StatesNina Sevilla, Yvette Cabrera, Madeline Keating

Redistributing surplus food is an important way to make sure good food gets to people and doesn’t end up in landfills or incinerators. NRDC has created some resources to help potential donors understand the liability protections that exist.

Green Procurement Programs for Steel Cannot Merely Lock in the Status Quo

September 29, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesIan Wells

Low-carbon procurement programs must encourage decarbonization across the steel industry.

NRDC: Feinstein Sounded a “Clarion Call” for Climate Action

September 29, 2023 Press ReleaseUnited States

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA., has died.

California Could Lose Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Lead Contamination Protections (Again)

September 29, 2023 Press ReleaseSacramento

Public health and environmental organizations urged stronger State leadership in efforts to remove lead from drinking water infrastructure throughout California. In a support letter, the organizations called on the California State Water Resources Control Board to address the state’s disturbing…

Looming Government Shutdown Puts Public Safety and Health at Risk

September 29, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesManish Bapna

The House majority must do their job before people are forced to pay the price.

Exposing Even More Gulf Waters to Drilling “is the last thing we need – and the last place we need it.”

September 29, 2023 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced plans to expand the waters available in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, as part of the new five-year leasing plan that will take effect in 2024.

Basel Committee to Incorporate Climate Risk into Banking Supervision

September 28, 2023 Expert BlogSanta MonicaAlfonso Pating

It should instruct supervisors to treat climate risk as an element of traditional financial risk.

CA Gets a Second Bite at the Federal Funding Apple; Will They Take It?

September 28, 2023 Expert BlogCaliforniaCorinne Bell

The Need for Stronger Fuel Economy Standards

September 28, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesKathy Harris

More efficient vehicles on our roads not only help to save consumers money at the pump but importantly help to cut our reliance on oil.

Food Is Made to Be Eaten: New Videos Encourage Food Donation

September 28, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesNina Sevilla, Yvette Cabrera

NRDC teamed up with Chef Tom Colicchio to highlight liability protections for food donors because food is made to be eaten and should not end up in landfills.

How Exactly Does Lead Exposure Harm the Brain?

September 28, 2023 ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The metal is highly toxic to neural development in children. Here’s why—and what the country can do to prevent it. 

Pollution to Prosperity: Chicago's Path to a Healthy Future

September 27, 2023 Expert BlogChicagoGina Ramirez

We are fighting to move from pollution to progress in Chicago with a series of important ordinances that address cumulative impacts, clean buildings, and clean drinking water.