Governor Newsom and his oil and gas supervisor, Uduak-Joe Ntuk, today announced a draft rule that would help protect communities from the health risks of oil drilling. California is the only oil producing state in the country without a minimum…
The nation’s top financial regulators issued a report today that marks the federal government’s initial efforts to tackle the rising risks climate change pose to our financial system. The Financial Stability Oversight Council report was called for by President Biden…
We’ve all seen new and wider highways fill up with traffic. A new tool will help practitioners and advocates better understand the impacts of new and widened highways.
Today, over 200 chefs, authors, and restauranteurs from 43 states are asking Congress to crack down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Today, more than 200 chefs and restaurant owners sent a letter to Congress calling for immediate action to address illegal fishing, seafood fraud, and human rights abuses in the seafood industry. Specifically, the chefs are demanding increased traceability of seafood…
The Biden administration’s very welcome decision to block sulfide-ore copper mining on the edges of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is personal to me and my family. My in-laws have roots there going back more than a century, and…
NRDC is a recipient of the 2021 Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Leadership Award that recognizes uncommon excellence that advances responsible forest management and forest conservation.
A new NRDC Food Matters report analyzes trends in how city size and demographics affect food waste efforts, how various sectors—such as restaurants, grocers, and hospitality—contribute to municipal food waste, and which sectors offer the greatest opportunities for food rescue.
ReportUnited States, Denver, New York City, NashvilleAndrea Collins
The first step in reducing municipal food waste is data gathering: understanding the amounts and sources of wasted food at the local level, as well as the amounts and sources of surplus food that potentially could be rescued instead of…
The mighty bivalves are both, and this former schoolteacher and bartender seeks to inspire a new generation of aquaculturists while putting North Carolina oysters on the map.
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the threat posed by nature deteriorating worldwide at a rate and scale unprecedented in human history. But if we reduce or remove high disease-risk species from wildlife trade—like wild birds and mammals—we can lessen the threat…
House Democrats are working to hold the oil and gas industry accountable for its harm to the environment and public health. Over the last ten days, they’ve held a committee markup, a hearing, and a field hearing.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its PFAS Strategic Roadmap, a set of new guidelines to manage per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS are a large class of toxic “forever chemicals” with detrimental environmental and health impacts that pose…
The only way to prevent future spills is to stop issuing new leases and ramp down offshore oil production. Every offshore spill begins with an oil or gas lease.
The White House and congressional leaders are negotiating key components of the climate action President Biden called for in the Build Back Better agenda.
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