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.
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.
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…
When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler testifies today before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, he has some serious explaining to do.
NRDC staff reflect on Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, and their work creating a more compassionate, more inclusive, and more just future.
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.
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.
Programs to increase the efficiency of energy use in industry can speed the economic recovery from COVID-19 while continuing to cut climate pollution emissions. These programs produce more and better jobs, and increase participating companies' global competitiveness.
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