The EPA approved the pesticide Enlist Duo despite its serious risks to people and monarch butterflies. So NRDC challenged the EPA’s decision—and won an important victory.
The Environmental Protection Agency signed away its authority to regulate water pollution from uranium mining today, providing a gift to the destructive and unregulated industry at the cost of water quality across the Mountain West.
Every single instance of uranium mining leads to the contamination of the surrounding aquifer. Yet the agency is leaving the industry virtually unchecked.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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