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Holding DTSC Accountable to Protect Communities

January 11, 2021 Expert BlogCaliforniaVictoria Rome

NRDC’s government affairs team and policy experts work to pass laws in California, and we expect them to be implemented as intended for the health of our communities—those that are already bearing too great a cumulative environmental burden. This pandemic…

DEC Calls for Aggressive Climate Action in Key Guidance

January 11, 2021 Expert BlogNew YorkCullen Howe, Christopher Casey

it is up to the Climate Action Council and New York State agencies to use this guidance in the way it is intended—to ensure that the state pursues ambitious greenhouse gas reduction actions that ensure we meet our climate targets…

UK Funds Biodiversity but Subsidizes Biomass Energy

January 11, 2021 Expert BlogElly Pepper

Biomass production is devastating forests in both the U.S. Southeast and Europe and the species that depend on them.

Congress Funds Another Year of Nonlethal Conflict Prevention

January 8, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Jennifer Sherry

Groups Support Legal Action Calling for Oversight of Metal Shredding Facilities

January 8, 2021 Press ReleaseCalifornia

OAKLAND – Environmental justice and conservation groups filed an amicus brief today in calling on the California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) to regulate metal shredding facilities throughout the state.

Newsom’s Budget Proposal: Prioritizing Health and Equitable Economic Recovery

January 8, 2021 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Governor Gavin Newsom today released his 2021-22 budget proposal, outlining a commitment to advancing an equitable broad-based recovery from unprecedented pandemic-related economic challenges. The proposal will be debated in the legislature before final adoption in June.

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance et al. v. David Bernhardt et al.

January 8, 2021 Court CaseUtahClosed

The Trump administration snuck around a new conservation law to approve helium drilling in the iconic Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness.

Indigenous and Environmental Groups Sue to Save Alaska’s Tongass National Forest from Logging

January 8, 2021 Expert BlogAlaskaNRDC

Conserving the Tongass means preserving the climate, Native ways of life, and ecosystems that are crucial to the local economy.

EPA’s Gift to Polluters will Fuel Climate Crisis and Harm Health

January 8, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

In the last days of the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to issue a rule today seeking to exempt some of the nation’s biggest polluters—including producers of oil and gas, chemicals, cement, steel and aluminum—from future Clean…

Unfit to Serve: Remove Trump Now

January 7, 2021 Expert BlogMitchell Bernard

Donald Trump is in breach of his oath of office. He should be removed from office immediately, to protect the country and safeguard our democracy.

What's for Dinner? Labor Risks in the Seafood Supply Chain.

January 7, 2021 Expert BlogIrene Gutierrez

Donald Trump Is Unfit for Office

January 7, 2021 Expert BlogNRDC

He should be removed as president of the United States immediately.

Albany Must Keep Up Climate & Environmental Wins in 2021

January 7, 2021 Expert BlogRich Schrader

New York State has been a climate leader over the past few years--and must keep pressing forward in 2021 to fight for a cleaner, healthier, and more equitable future.

Mexico Publishes Unambitious Updated NDC

January 7, 2021 Expert BlogCarolina Herrera

As a new year begins, it is urgent for Mexico to step back from its anti-climate energy policies and focus instead on a green recovery that brings clean energy jobs and builds more resilient communities.

A Shameful Attack on Democracy Itself

January 6, 2021 Expert BlogMitchell Bernard

The divisions in our country did not start with Donald Trump, but as president, he has poured gasoline on already raging fires. This is where it has brought us.