After years of deadlock, key legislation that regulates oil and gas waste passed the New York State Legislature this week. The legislation closes a longstanding and dangerous loophole that exempts dangerous oil and gas industry waste from New York’s existing…
Natural spaces like rivers, beaches, wetlands, and forests are critical to human health and well-being. California's legislature is poised to take action to ensure access to nature for all its citizens by enacting AB3030.
In a victory for NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today decided the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to consider harm to monarch butterflies from the destruction of milkweed in agricultural fields…
The House today is scheduled to pass the Great American Outdoors Act, which will permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund—a move NRDC has long advocated. The Senate overwhelmingly passed a companion bill in June, and President Trump indicated…
After years of deadlock, the New York State legislature today passed legislation that builds on the historic 2014 fracking ban, which was cemented into law earlier this year. The bill closes a longstanding loophole that exempted dangerous oil and gas…
Expert BlogUnited StatesSasha Stashwick, Arjun Krishnaswami, Dr. David B. Goldstein
In its detailed and ambitious report, the Select Committee offers dozens of solutions and policy recommendations. If implemented, these recommendations would meaningfully address the climate emergency across the U.S. economy, including a specific plan to achieve a net-zero emissions industrial…
As the ongoing pandemic further exacerbates racial and economic disparities across America, it is important to examine whether programs aimed at helping utility customers cut energy waste are reaching everyone.
The state's Department of Pesticide Regulation and Department of Food and Agriculture must end the use of toxic pesticides and invest in diversified organic and regenerative agriculture.
This year’s global pandemic, recession and national uprising against racist police violence highlight the stark need for the country to address climate change with broad solutions that put racial, economic, and environmental justice at their core, the co-authors of the…
A new online YouGov poll has found fewer than one in four Britons (23%) think electricity generated by burning wood from forests should be classified as ‘renewable energy,’. Additionally, 55% also disagreed with the Government’s continued subsidies for this dirty…
The Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee today held a second hearing to receive testimony from critics of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
President Trump is attacking energy-efficient appliances, using a blend of exaggeration, falsehoods, and innuendo that ignores the huge savings in energy and money that efficiency standards are delivering to America’s homes and businesses.
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