Boston has procured a new zero emissions mobility option - their first municipally owned electric-assist cargo trike for the city’s fleet. The trike will be named Knox in honor of Kittie Knox, a West End resident from the 1880s, who…
Heat pumps are a super-efficient electric technology for heating (and cooling) homes and heating water. They also offer a tool to help families cope with heatwaves, poor air quality, and rolling blackouts because heat pumps offer affordable cooling, reduce air…
Montana—a state with one of the highest rates of wildlife-vehicle collisions—is ripe with opportunity to facilitate safer travel for wildlife and people.
The humble bivalves, which concentrate everything from heavy metals to cancer drugs in their tissues, provide an ideal way for scientists to monitor nearshore water health.
We need the full strength of state and local governments to drive a strong and inclusive recovery, yet they are being left behind in terms of federal support. Federal Reserve financing programs are not substitutes for fiscal support provided by…
California is poised to take a big step to phase out one of the largest sources of toxic PFAS (per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances) pollution: firefighting foam used to fight flammable liquid fires.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) said it would remove Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections from gray wolves across most of the lower 48 states—yet another attempt by FWS to “delist” wolves before they have fully recovered.
To reduce peak demand and stress on the grid, especially during times of the day when the sun isn’t shining and generating solar power or the wind isn’t blowing, there are several things each of us can do to decrease…
U.S. consumers spent almost $2 billion less on their electricity bills last year compared to 2013, thanks to improvements in the energy efficiency of the set top boxes placed in millions of homes by the cable, satellite and telephone companies…
Under a new legal agreement, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will decide whether pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals, should be protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
A new generation of designers and resource specialists is springing up around the textile waste created by the fashion industry—and taking it to market.
NRDC is focused on four bills in addition to contributing to efforts on a host of other pending bills to advance racial justice, economic recovery and public health.
The Green Goblin is back. Not the Stan Lee supervillain, but something much more insidious and harmful: outbreaks of toxic green algae in waterways throughout the United States.
Late last week, the Trump Administration’s USDA announced that it would significantly reduce funds available to help farmers cover the cost of organic certification.
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