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India Green News: Cyclones, Clean Energy, and Air Pollution

June 30, 2020 Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal

Here's the latest news about environmental and energy issues in India.

Dear Congress: If You Don’t Understand Climate Urgency, Let Us Draw You a Picture

June 30, 2020 PerspectivesUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

The illustrated letters of hundreds of young artists are demanding action on climate change in the hopes of helping shape the country’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

We Must Invest in Climate-Ready Affordable Housing Now

June 30, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesBettina Bergöö

Low-income renters, who are disproportionately Black, must be among the leaders in the the process of shifting resources out of oppressive systems and into Black communities. The resulting investments in affordable housing must be made with a changing climate in…

NRDC Sues FERC Over Orders that Threaten NY Clean Energy

June 30, 2020 Expert BlogNew YorkChristopher Casey

The FERC orders undermine New York’s State efforts to achieve landmark clean energy targets and also compromise efforts to replace dirty peaker plants in New York City with renewable energy and battery storage solutions, which is vitally important for reducing…

Alabama’s Waterways, Wildlife, and Recreation Are Up a Creek with Trump’s “Dirty Water Rule”

June 29, 2020 DispatchAlabamaRobynne Boyd

The rollback jeopardizes the streams that flow into the state’s rivers, lakes, and bays, millions of acres of wetlands across the country, and the drinking water supply.

Let's Protect Millions of Kids from Lead-Tainted Water!

June 29, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesErik D. Olson

Millions of kids drink water from lead service lines—it's like drinking from a lead straw! The House of Representatives could provide $22.5 billion to fund removal of these pipes through the Tlaib/Kildee/Slotkin Amendment to the Moving Forward Act (H.R.2).

States, NGOs Ask Court to Restore State Clean Car Standards

June 29, 2020 Expert BlogCaliforniaDavid Doniger

Here's why the Trump administration's attempt to block California's Clean Car Standards is headed for a multi-car pile up in the courts.

NRDC Joins #StopHateForProfit Pause on Social Media Ad Buys

June 29, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) announced on Twitter that it would join the #StopHateForProfit campaign, pausing fundraising ads on Facebook and Instagram during the month of July.

Groups Petition U.S. Department of Agriculture to Ban Mass Burial, On-Site Incineration of Factory-Farmed Animals During Pandemic

June 29, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

Legal Action Calls for Creation of Public, Online Database to Track Mass Killing, Disposal Locations

Paper or Plastic? Neither! Grocery Shopping During COVID-19

June 29, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesVictoria Rome

The plastics industry is using this crisis to advance its own interests and attempt to undo the progress we’ve made in getting rid of single-use plastic grocery bags.

Don’t Forget Buildings in Infrastructure Investment

June 29, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesLauren Urbanek

There’s been a lot of talk recently about the need to invest in America’s infrastructure, and Congress is poised to consider H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. But what exactly is infrastructure? Most people probably think of it as roads…

USDA Must Protect Communities from Mass Animal Killings

June 29, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesValerie Baron

Shutdowns at industrial slaughterhouses due to the COVID crisis have caused backlogs of animals throughout the U.S. that cannot be slaughtered for food because there simply isn’t capacity to process them. Even the shutdowns have not ameliorated the devastatingly unsafe…

The Pathway to New All-Electric Low Income Housing in CA

June 29, 2020 Expert BlogCaliforniaMerrian Borgeson

A key question for equity, health, and the environment is how to ensure that affordable housing providers are supported in building efficient, emissions-free all-electric homes.

NYC Council Must Restore Funds for Community Composting

June 27, 2020 Expert BlogNew York CityEric A. Goldstein

Restoration of $7 million to preserve community composting and related recycling outreach and education won’t solve every waste problem in New York. But it will throw a lifeline to one of the most significant, untapped anti-pollution strategies available to local…

Supporting Clean Energy Now More Than Ever

June 26, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesMarc Boom

As a whole this package of incentives would provide a level of investment in clean technologies that hasn’t been seen at the federal level for a decade and will do some serious good in the fight to cut carbon pollution…