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15 States Take Historic Action on Transportation Pollution

Expert BlogUnited StatesPatricio Portillo
A bipartisan group of governors representing 15 states from across the nation and the District of Columbia spoke in unison today, committing to zero-out toxic air pollution from medium- and heavy-duty trucks by 2050. The announcement is the largest-ever multi-state…

PA Lawmakers Approve Massive Giveaway to Fossil Fuel Companies

Press ReleasePennsylvania
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today passed House Bill 732 – a tax code reform bill that gives nearly $700 million in tax credits to fossil fuel plants that use fracked gas to manufacture petrochemicals. The legislation mirrors tax subsidy…

Food Systems Analyst

NRDC in ActionBaltimore, Nashville, Denver, Maryland, Tennessee, ColoradoJeff Turrentine
Andrea Spacht Collins is working to minimize food waste by changing the way we think about what we eat—and what we don’t eat, where it comes from, and where it ends up.

Like a Zombie, Reckless Pebble Mine Terrorizes Bristol Bay

Expert BlogAlaskaJoel Reynolds
Widely considered dead, massive mining scheme proposed for Bristol Bay headwaters by underfunded Canadian company is likely to be permitted this summer by Army Corps of Engineers despite unsolved technical, financial, and environmental flaws, deep opposition in Alaska, and blatant…

NRDC Food Matters Launches Two Regional Initiatives

Expert BlogEast, United StatesDarby Hoover, Madeline Keating
Starting with the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, we are launching a Food Matters Regional Initiative, with the goal of furthering larger-scale change related to food waste at a regional level.

Public Deserves Stronger Limits on Ozone Pollution

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it would not strengthen the federal limit on ozone air pollution, bypassing an opportunity to better protect the public during a pandemic particularly dangerous for people with respiratory illnesses.

Five Years Later, Waswanipi Is Still Waiting on Quebec

Expert BlogCanadaJennifer Skene
A just, sustainable future depends on prioritizing Indigenous leadership and allowing the Waswanipi and other Indigenous People to finally dictate the future of their own lands. They’ve waited long enough.

Pipeline Victories Show the Power of People

Expert BlogUnited StatesGina McCarthy
These victories happened because people demanded better—and because of environmental and public health laws that require the government to listen.

62% of Alaskans Oppose the Pebble Mine, New Poll Shows

Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer
Most Alaskans do not support the Pebble Mine, as a new poll released by the Bristol Bay Defense Fund shows. The survey’s findings are one more piece of bad news for Pebble and its embattled owner Northern Dynasty Minerals.

Solar Energy Is Better with Neighbors: Orlando's 2nd Co-op

Expert BlogOrlando, FloridaEloisa Portillo-Morales
On June 5th, 2020 (World Environment Day), the City of Orlando launched its second solar co-op, providing residents an opportunity to come together to learn the ins and outs of the solar process and get a bulk purchasing price on…