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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.

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.

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

September 29, 2023 Press ReleaseUnited States

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

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.

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. 

Grants Help Communities Build Food Waste Recycling Infrastructure

September 27, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesAndrea Collins, Madeline Keating, Yvette Cabrera

EPA's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grants program has awarded funds to prevent and recycle food waste across the country.

New Transit Service Funding in California—and How States Can Find More

September 27, 2023 Expert BlogCaliforniaZak Accuardi

Advocates fought for funding to preserve transit service in California, winning a partial victory—and secured new guidance that could unlock billions more

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. 

Asm. Carrillo and Over 100 Organizations Call on Governor Newsom to Sign AB 1167, the Orphan Well Prevention Act

September 27, 2023 Press ReleaseLos Angeles

Today, Assemblymember Carrillo and over a dozen advocates with climate, community and environmental justice organizations held a press conference to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to hold oil companies accountable by signing the Orphan Well Prevention Act, AB 1167, into law…

Renewable Power Helped the United States Survive the Hottest Summer Ever

September 27, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesChristy Walsh

This summer, the United States endured the two warmest months ever recorded, yet the system held because of renewable energy.

Taxpayers Still on Hook for Oil and Gas Clean-up, Despite New Rule

September 25, 2023 Expert BlogTexas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, AlaskaRebecca Ramirez

BOEM's proposed rule falls short in requiring oil and gas companies to demonstrate they are financially able to fully remove and clean up platforms & pipelines.