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Secretary Pete: Transportation Should Be a Climate Agency

January 20, 2021 Expert BlogAnn Shikany

New leadership under Pete Buttigieg at the Department of Transportation is an opportunity for a cleaner, more equitable transportation system.

Biden's Rejection of Keystone XL Signals a New Era

January 20, 2021 Expert BlogAnthony Swift

The Biden-Harris administration’s decision to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline on its first day turns the page on a 12-year fight over the energy future of our country and sets the stage for a more prosperous future powered…

Utility Accountability: How Do Utilities Make Money?

January 20, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesJ.C. Kibbey

Our grid hasn’t kept up to its potential—and it's holding back our development of clean energy and the deployment of the innovative, clean technologies. Too often, utilities are incentivized to build too much of things we don’t need and not…

Joe Biden Takes Office Embodying the Triumph of Democracy in a Winter of Peril

January 20, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesMitchell Bernard

It’s now Biden’s job to address a raging pandemic, jump-start a stumbling economy, lead a national commitment to advance racial justice, and command the fight against the climate crisis.

President Biden Begins Building Back

January 20, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

In both word and deed, President Biden today began the task of rebuilding America.

What Biden Should Get Done on Day One (or Close to It)

January 20, 2021 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Our next president could address many pressing environmental and public health issues right away—some with just a stroke of the executive pen.

Neonic Pesticides Could Spell Disaster for Our Food Supply

January 20, 2021 Expert BlogDaniel Raichel

These pollinator-poisoning pesticides threaten to radically alter how we eat.

5 Priorities: Reenergizing the US-India Climate Partnership

January 20, 2021 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal

No other country presents a greater opportunity for climate cooperation for the Biden-Harris Administration than India.

America Is Back in the International Climate Effort

January 20, 2021 Expert BlogJake Schmidt

This marks the beginning of a drive toward more ambitious and just climate action in the country and around the world.

Biden Takes Decisive Action on Justice, Paris Agreement and Keystone XL

January 20, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

Hours before taking office, Joe Biden launched his presidency today with a sweeping call to action on climate change and racial justice,  issuing executive orders to rejoin the 2015 Paris climate agreement and reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

NRDC Expands Regional Food Matters Project to Reduce Food Waste in 5 Great Lakes Cities and Counties

January 19, 2021 Press ReleaseChicago, Cincinnati, Madison, Detroit, Ohio

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) announced the expansion of the Food Matters Project in the Great Lakes region with the goal of furthering larger-scale change related to food waste throughout the region. Building on projects previously launched in the Mid-Atlantic…

Trump Left Our Democracy Wounded: These Two Bills Can Help to Repair It

January 19, 2021 Expert BlogMitchell Bernard

The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and For the People Act are aimed at strengthening the foundations of our democracy so that we can build a more just and equitable society.

Gas Interests Threaten Local Authority

January 19, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesAlejandra Mejia Cunningham, Kimi Narita

Efforts to strip local communities of decision-making authority over the health impacts and cost of their future homes and buildings have been introduced in several state legislatures. If adopted, these bills could hamstring local government’s ability to lead in the…

NRDC Sues EPA to Block Rule Exposing Public to More Toxic Pollution

January 19, 2021 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) sued the Environmental Protection Agency Friday to block the agency’s rollback of the longstanding health protective policy known as “once in, always in.” The rollback would allow some of the country’s biggest polluters to produce…

Groups Sue Trump Administration for Rollback of Bird Protections

January 19, 2021 Press ReleaseNew York

To reinstate bedrock protections for more than 1,000 species of waterfowl, raptors and songbirds, NRDC and partners filed a lawsuit today in the Southern District of New York challenging the Trump administration’s radical reinterpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.