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New England Grid Operator Misses the Mark on Clean Energy

May 22, 2020 Expert BlogBruce Ho

The company running the power grid in the six New England states is making a costly and environmentally careless bet on how electricity for the region’s 7.2 million customers is generated during times of greatest demand.

Three New Bills Take Aim at North Carolina's Dark Waters

May 21, 2020 Expert BlogCorinne Bell

Last week, North Carolina took a giant step forward to address a major source of water, air, and soil pollution in the state: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.

Murder Hornets Are Scary. But Pesticides Are Scarier.

May 21, 2020 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

While everyone is freaking out about invasive hornets, the largest threats to America’s pollinators remain unchanged.

The Oil and Gas Bailout Is a Gusher

May 20, 2020 Expert BlogJosh Axelrod

In just the last three weeks, Trump’s Interior Department has granted 76 requests from onshore oil and gas producers--every single one of them--that’s asked permission to short taxpayers for the resources they extract from federal lands.

Trump Tells Agencies to Slash Environmental and Health Protections

May 20, 2020 Expert BlogNRDC

The executive order is an opportunistic attempt to push a deregulatory agenda during a public health crisis.

Honolulu Votes to Build Back Better for Climate

May 20, 2020 Expert BlogElizabeth Stampe, Maria Stamas

A bright spot shone today in the Pacific, as Honolulu’s City Council unanimously passed a new building code that will reduce energy use, cut costs and carbon emissions, and boost Honolulu’s economic recovery with clean-energy jobs. With the passage of…

Oil Drilling Setbacks: CA Can Move From Laggard to Leader

May 20, 2020 Expert BlogAnn Alexander

Wheeler’s Staff Shows the Clean Cars Rollback Is a Disaster

May 20, 2020 Expert BlogLuke Tonachel

EPA’s Wheeler Must Account for Increasing Our Exposure to Pollutants

May 20, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler testifies today before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, he has some serious explaining to do.

We Speak on Behalf of the Multitudes in the Margins

May 20, 2020 PerspectivesUnited StatesNRDC

NRDC staff reflect on Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, and their work creating a more compassionate, more inclusive, and more just future.

RGGI and Coal in PA: Separating Fact from Fiction

May 19, 2020 Expert BlogPennsylvaniaMark Szybist

Trump Administration Uses Pandemic to Slash Safeguards

May 19, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

President Trump signed an executive order today directing federal agencies to roll back a host of regulations, and is encouraging agencies to ‘waive, suspend and eliminate’ regulations they deem unnecessary—as well as make permanent some pandemic-related suspensions of regulations.

New CDC Guidance on COVID-19 and Climate-Fueled Disasters

May 19, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesJuanita Constible

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a vital role to play in how decision makers at all levels prepare for the compound threat of COVID-19 and weather extremes.

NRDC Fights Dangerous Science Censorship Plan at EPA

May 19, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesJohn Walke, Dr. Vijay Limaye, Emily Davis

We're standing up to EPA and defending the science that protects our health.

Chicago River Flooding a Clear Sign of Bigger Issues to Come

May 19, 2020 Expert BlogChicagoKaren Hobbs

But Chicago can be positioned to lose a whole lot less than most other major cities if work begins now.