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…
In this month’s elections, South Korean voters elected the greenest government in history, one committed to a Korean Green New Deal that would put the nation on the path to zero emissions by 2050. It’s an exciting prospect, but if…
Electric heat is the clear winner over low-carbon gas as a climate solution for buildings in California, according to a new study released by the state. Using clean electricity to heat buildings and hot water is cheaper, less risky, and…
According to published press reports, despite multiple COVID-19 hotspots popping up in slaughterhouses, the Trump Administration plans to release an executive order forcing meat processing facilities to stay open during the pandemic and shield them from liability.
While early data suggested that COVID-19 related deaths were most strongly associated with advanced age and underlying health conditions like diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and lung-related ailments such as asthma, recent data are starting to suggest that air pollution and…
