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Now Is the Time to Improve SNAP for Food Insecure Families

Expert BlogMargaret Brown, Sara Imperiale
In a moment of crisis for food insecure families, we must expand and make more flexible this essential safety net to ensure low-income individuals can access fresh, healthy food safely.

NRDC Statement on Impact of CA Budget Cuts on Climate Programs

Press ReleaseCalifornia
Governor Gavin Newsom announced significant revisions today to his state budget proposal amid the coronavirus pandemic. Facing an estimated $54 billion budget deficit, the governor outlined a series of proposals to close the gap by cutting spending, drawing from the…

The Forgotten Essential Workers

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
The laborers who harvest our fruits and vegetables are heroes, although they’re rarely treated that way. Now climate change threatens their safety—and our food supply.

Yet Another Reason Nancy Beck Should Not Run Consumer Agency

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
Former chemical industry exec Nancy Beck, the Trump Administration's Toxics Czar and nominee to run the Consumer Protection Safety Commission, has a long record of opposing stronger protections from toxic chemicals including asbestos, TCE and PFAS. A recent Associated Press…

Court Derails Trump Administration’s Efforts to Take More Water from Bay-Delta

Press ReleaseCalifornia
The Federal Court for the Eastern District of California granted in part a preliminary injunction yesterday against the Trump Administration’s efforts to increase water diversions from California’s Bay-Delta, which threaten endangered species including winter-run Chinook salmon, Delta Smelt, and other…