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US Will Oppose Fossil Fuel Projects at Development Banks

August 20, 2021 Expert BlogInternationalJake Schmidt

The Biden administration released new guidance that will lead the U.S. to oppose fossil fuel projects at the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs).

Cut Methane to Help Beat the Near-Term Heat

August 19, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger

We have to walk and chew gum—control methane and carbon dioxide—at the same time.

One Year After Chicago EJ Civil Rights Complaint

August 18, 2021 Expert BlogChicago, IllinoisGina Ramirez

This month marks one year after Chicago Southeast Siders filed a civil rights complaint with HUD against General Iron. Here’s where we are now.

New Report Finds Harmful PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water Throughout California

August 18, 2021 Press ReleaseCalifornia

A new report out today finds that drinking water throughout California is contaminated with harmful PFAS chemicals, particularly in already heavily polluted communities. The report is titled “Dirty Water: Toxic ‘Forever’ PFAS Chemical Are Prevalent in the Drinking Water of…

In Long-Awaited Victory, EPA Bans Pesticide Toxic to Kids and Farmworkers

August 18, 2021 Press ReleaseIllinois

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today it will ban chlorpyrifos — a pesticide linked to worker poisonings and learning disabilities in children—on food grown in the U.S. or imported here.

India to Ratify the Kigali Amendment, Develop HFC Strategy

August 18, 2021 Expert BlogIndiaSameer Kwatra, Alex Hillbrand, Prima Madan

IPCC Report: Climate Change Is a Generational Justice Issue

August 18, 2021 Expert BlogInternational, United StatesChristina Swanson

The new IPCC report confirms that climate change is jeopardizing our children’s future. That’s why governments, industry, communities, and individuals need to stop making decisions about climate-impacting projects based on the way things are now and start making them based…

Port of LA Revives the Environmentally Unjust SCIG Railyard

August 17, 2021 Expert BlogLos Angeles, CaliforniaHeather Kryczka

Air pollution from SCIG would exacerbate health problems, including asthma rates, cancer rates, and premature deaths, for people who are already overburdened by diesel pollution associated with the nearby San Pedro Bay Ports.

CA PFAS Pollution Widespread in Disadvantaged Communities

August 17, 2021 Expert BlogCaliforniaDr. Anna Reade, Susan Lee

A report by NRDC and partners finds that drinking water throughout California is contaminated with harmful PFAS chemicals.

The South’s Clean Energy Disruption

August 17, 2021 DispatchFlorida, Texas, MemphisRobynne Boyd

The region’s heritage of fossil fuels falters as clean energy rises in its place.

Infrastructure Done Right: A Voice for Those Affected

August 16, 2021 Expert BlogSharon Buccino

The House of Representatives should strip the infrastructure bill of the provisions that shut the public out.

CDOT Releases Draft Transportation Pollution Standard

August 16, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) released its draft Greenhouse Gas Pollution Standard today to determine how to spend more than $2.5 billion in annual state transportation funding. With this rule in place, CDOT and local transportation planning organizations across the state…

Food Work & COVID: Farmworker Solutions for an Unjust System

August 16, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesMarisa Guerrero, Sara Imperiale, Margaret Brown, Sahana Rao

Farmworkers have long dealt with unsafe working and living conditions, low wages and lack of job security, disparate levels of food insecurity, and vulnerable immigration statuses—a dangerous combination of systemic injustices underpinned by racism in the food system. But as…

Defenders of Homes, Hills, and Heritage Unite Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

August 13, 2021 DispatchVirginia, West Virginia, North CarolinaNicole Greenfield

Meet five people who are fighting on the ground—from Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina—to stop the destructive fossil fuel project before it’s too late.

NRDC v. Federal Communications Commission

August 13, 2021 Court CaseUnited StatesClosed

The FCC attempted to sidestep environmental review and public participation concerning the deployment of 5G wireless infrastructure. NRDC and our allies challenged their moves in court–and won.