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Trump Takes Moment of National Crisis to Give Polluters an Unprecedented Pass

June 4, 2020 Expert BlogNRDC

Amid widespread racist violence and a deadly pandemic, the president has chosen to sidestep bedrock environmental laws that protect the environment and public health.

Climate Change Is Drying Out the American West

June 4, 2020 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

A new study shows that drought is no longer a periodic crisis, but a harbinger of things to come.

During Pandemic EPA Aims to Hamstring Clean Air Protections

June 4, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed ​a new, dishonest way to calculate the costs and benefits of regulations under the Clean Air Act, in a maneuver designed to reduce EPA's ability to adopt protective clean air safeguards.

Trump Tries to Throw Out Environmental Reviews While Nation in Crisis

June 4, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign an unprecedented Executive Order today that would use the cover of our current emergencies to ram through polluting projects.

Reducing Food Waste: Eight Tips for Home Cooks

June 3, 2020 How-ToUnited StatesMadeline Keating

Whether you’ve always been the family chef or are just learning to perfect your meal planning and cooking now while stuck at home, making your food go as far as possible can be a source of solace during this difficult…

The Fight for Equitable Access to Water and Electricity Has Never Been More Urgent

June 3, 2020 NRDC in ActionDetroit, Michigan, United StatesCourtney Lindwall

In the midst of a pandemic, NRDC advocates are stepping up their work to prevent the risk of mass utility shutoffs, now and for the long-term.

House Bill Advances Crucial Transportation Changes

June 3, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The House Transportation and Infrastructure committee introduced a landmark transportation reauthorization bill today that would help all communities benefit from just investments in many forms of transportation while helping to transition our country to a lower-carbon future

These Fanciful Sea Creatures Were Carried in on the Tide

June 2, 2020 PerspectivesOregonPatrick Rogers

An Oregon community is making spectacular statues out of ocean plastic to raise awareness about a crisis at sea.

NRDC Stands with Those Calling for Racial Justice

June 2, 2020 Expert BlogNRDC

We have a responsibility to be fully and visibly committed to the fight against systemic racism and for justice, equity, and hope.

Confronting Racism and Brutality with Justice and Truth

June 2, 2020 Expert BlogMitchell Bernard

The arc of the moral universe may bend toward justice, but only if we bend it that way.

Experts Urge People All Over the World to Stop Killing Bats Out of Fears of Coronavirus

June 2, 2020 Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel

Attacking bats does nothing to protect people from COVID-19 and sometimes, it can make things worse.

NRDC’s Summer Legal Intern Program Strives to Live Up to Our Values

June 1, 2020 United States

We are committed to achieving a more just, diverse, inclusive, and equitable summer legal intern program and holding ourselves accountable to that goal. Here are the details.

Mobile Source Emission Assessment from Port Planning to Operation: International Best Practices

June 1, 2020 ReportInternational, Los Angeles, Long Beach, China

EPA Curbs State and Tribal Authority to Block Projects that Harm Waterways

June 1, 2020 Expert BlogNRDC

The move makes it that much easier for industry to barrel risky proposals for things like oil and gas pipelines toward approval.

NJ Finally Getting PFOA and PFOS Out of Drinking Water

June 1, 2020 Expert BlogKimberly Ong