Cities are facing debilitating revenue shortfalls because of COVID-19, leaving them unable to administer basic services let alone maintain the front line battle against climate change. Congress must provide direct relief.
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting an even greater strain on tenants and building owners this month, implementing emergency rental assistance programs can provide relief.
The Federal Reserve expanded the scope and eligibility of its Main Street lending program today, which would enable the fossil fuel industry to access cheap capital intended for companies reeling from the COVID crisis.
The Trump administration seems not to care that we are headed toward climate catastrophe with carbon dioxide pollution driving global average temperatures up some 6 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and rendering places that hundreds of millions of people call home virtually…
The COVID-19 pandemic’s unprecedented scale of economic, health, and social impacts in the United States has challenged traditional disaster management, requiring unconventional application of federal disaster laws.
The EPA’s decision to relax air pollution rules may impact the health of millions of people living in communities near polluting facilities—including health impacts from COVID-19, according to a new analysis released today by NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council). NRDC found that approximately…
A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the Trump administration’s unlawful move to gut protections for many of America’s streams and wetlands.
Supporting the state’s effort to protect public health from highly toxic “forever chemicals,” Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) filed a brief today in a landmark PFAS case in New Hampshire’s Supreme Court. 3M is challenging…
New research on gas-fueled home appliances and their effect on air quality offers possibly the strongest case yet for moving from gas to clean electricity in buildings.
The fossil fuel industry already gets at least $20 billion in subsidies from the U.S. government each year. Now it wants to use the pandemic as an excuse to siphon off more aid that should be going to taxpayers and…
