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CA Farm-to-School Survives a Challenging Budget Year

June 26, 2020 Expert BlogCaliforniaLena Brook

This is an important moment for California to lead in reshaping our food system toward one that is regenerative, healthy and just.

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…

A Political Thumb on the Scales of Justice Is Not Patriotism

June 25, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesMitchell Bernard

It's a danger to the republic.

IEPA Approves General Iron’s Move from Affluent Lincoln Park to Vulnerable Community of Color

June 25, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

The Illinois EPA today granted a permit allowing the notorious polluter, General Iron, to move its operation from the affluent Lincoln Park neighborhood to the working class community of color in Chicago’s Southeast Side.

PA Attorney General Calls for New Protections Against Fracking Industry

June 25, 2020 Press ReleasePennsylvania

Attorney General Josh Shapiro today unveiled a new report that examines the shortcomings of existing fracking regulations in Pennsylvania, chiefly the state’s lack of adequate safeguards to protect public health.

Report Finds Neonics Pose Big Risks to Bees as Losses Mount

June 25, 2020 Expert BlogNew York, United StatesDaniel Raichel

Summertime is normally a great time for bees, but last summer saw record bee losses. A new report from Cornell may shed light on why.

How NRDC Is Making Green Building Accessible

June 25, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesMaria McCain

The NRDC Design and Construction Protocols is an open resource that puts sustainability and wellness in reach for all construction projects.

California Makes History with Clean Trucks Rule

June 25, 2020 Expert BlogCaliforniaPatricio Portillo

In a groundbreaking win, CARB adopted the world’s first zero-emission commercial truck requirement, the Advanced Clean Trucks rule. The rule, which requires truck makers to sell an increasing number of clean, zero-emission trucks in California in place of dirty diesel…

Flint Map Shows Progress, Reveals Where Lead Likely Remains

June 25, 2020 Expert BlogFlint, MichiganStacy Woods

New map documents progress of pipe removal program and offers residents critical information to protect their health

Better Burgers: Why It’s High Time the U.S. Beef Industry Kicked Its Antibiotics Habit

June 25, 2020 Issue BriefUnited StatesDavid Wallinga, MD

The United States is grappling with COVID-19, the worst public health crisis in a century. Another worsening health crisis is staring us in the face, one caused by antibiotic-resistant infections. Without urgent action to stop the overuse of antibiotics, including…

Big Beef, Its Antibiotics Habit, and Protecting Our Future

June 25, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Wallinga, MD

Antibiotic resistance is one of our gravest public health threats. Antibiotic overuse is a key driver of the problem, yet antibiotics of medical importance are routinely fed to herds of beef cattle on feedlots whether or not animals are sick…

Papier hygiénique et changements climatiques: Le NRDC fait le point sur la « Problématique du papier hygiénique » en classant les différentes marques selon leur durabilité

June 24, 2020 Press Release

De nouveaux gagnants et les mêmes vieux perdants au classement du papier hygiénique du NRDC

Toilet Paper and Climate Change: NRDC’s Updated “Issue With Tissue” Ranks Brands on Sustainability

June 24, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) today released an updated analysis of the climate impacts caused by the “tree to toilet” pipeline destroying the climate-critical Canadian boreal forest. The “Issue with Tissue 2.0” report includes a new sustainability ranking for toilet…

The Issue With Tissue 2.0

June 24, 2020 Expert BlogCanadaShelley Vinyard

Tissue companies are flushing away our forests and our future by making toilet paper from ancient forests essential to the climate fight. The Issue With Tissue 2.0 grades at-home tissue products on their impact on the climate crisis.

How Trump Marked Nat’l Oceans Month: Axing Ocean Protections

June 24, 2020 Expert BlogEast, United StatesBrad Sewell

By the stroke of a pen, the most environmentally-ruinous leader in the country’s history added the only marine national monument off the continental U.S. to his fire sale of the nation’s natural heritage.