The argument that it costs too much to tackle climate change is becoming increasingly absurd as endless disasters rampage across the country and rising temperatures silently steal the lives of our loved ones.
Today, VF corporation, owner of multiple well-known American brands including The North Face and Timberland, announced its plans to phase out toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from all of its product lines, a step forward for public health and…
Expert BlogIndia, InternationalSameer Kwatra, Charlotte Steiner
India is key to a successful outcome at the global climate negotiations beginning next week in Glasgow, just as it was during the Paris talks six years ago.
The Biden Administration has proposed to reverse two Trump-era rules that undermined habitat protections for species listed under the Endangered Species Act. While this is a significant step in the right direction, there is more work to be done to…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) today proposed the repeal of two Trump-era regulatory changes that weakened critical habitat protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The proposed reversals are now subject to…
A steady drumbeat of new research showing that Drax, the world’s largest biomass-burning power station, is exacerbating climate change and putting at risk the UK’s chances of meeting climate targets.
LaTricea Adams, who founded Black Millennials for Flint, is now pushing the Biden administration to remediate the impacts of our country’s historically racist policies.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its human health toxicity assessment for GenX chemicals, a subgroup of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), today.
Lead contaminated water has wrought devastating effects in communities across the US for far too long, running along the same familiar grooves of inequality and deepening the environmental and health burdens for people of color, who often are overrepresented in…
Participating countries at the UN Biodiversity Conference have an opportunity to make profound commitments to protect the environment and reverse biodiversity loss.
Nevada became the 16th state in the nation to adopt clean cars today, after the Legislative Commission approved the Clean Cars Nevada program in a bipartisan vote. The vote marked the final approval step after the Nevada State Environmental Commission…
An NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2020 has found a perceived underreporting of almost 90% of the chemicals widely accepted as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).