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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Uprooting White Supremacy Is the Only Way Forward

January 19, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesTroy Riddle

To deny the role that white supremacy played in the January 6 attack on the Capitol is to ignore its true origins—and to endanger our shared, livable future.

Court Strikes Down Dirty Power Scheme

January 19, 2021 Expert BlogNRDC

The Trump administration’s illegal replacement of the Clean Power Plan had put corporate polluters ahead of our environment and health.

Appeals Court Invalidates Trump’s Bid to Roll Back Carbon Pollution Limits

January 19, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

On its final day in office, the Trump administration suffered a devastating legal blow, as an appellate court rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s misguided attempt to roll back Obama-Biden era limits on carbon pollution from our power plants.

Trump’s Last Havoc on Behalf of Polluters

January 19, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesLuke Tonachel

The administration is leaving office with a reward for automakers who refuse to make more fuel-efficient vehicles. But the list of these last-minute gifts to the administration’s polluter pals is long and growing.