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Earth Day as a Chicago Youth Activist

Expert BlogGina Ramirez
I live on the Southeast Side of Chicago and have seen the devastating impacts of industrial pollution firsthand. In my neighborhood, there are storage facilities for toxic pollutants like petroleum coke and manganese right across the street from homes, schools…

Research: Displacement in the Face of Climate Change

Expert BlogMarissa Ramirez
More than ever, where and how we live is being driven by climate change—between hurricanes in the southeast and wildfires in California, over 1.2 million people were displaced by climate-related disasters in 2018 alone. Climate change and economic disparity lay…

Federal Relief Should Support Healthier Energy Efficiency

Expert BlogDr. Veena Singla, Michele Knab Hasson
As millions across the country spend long days indoors during the pandemic, it is more critical than ever to promote healthier, energy efficient homes with safer weatherization materials under federal programs.

Uranium Mining Industry Doesn’t Deserve a Handout

Press ReleaseUnited States
A Trump administration panel proposed measures today aimed at artificially rigging the market to keep alive the polluting, dying uranium mining industry in the U.S.

Earth Day Order Ends Chapter in Fight to Save Vaquita

Expert BlogGiulia C.S. Good Stefani, Zak Smith
NRDC has been tenaciously fighting to save the vaquita porpoise. Our court battle ended today, on Earth Day, when U.S. Court of International Trade Judge Gary S. Katzmann granted our request to dismiss the case. We requested dismissal only after…

Court Orders EPA to Act on Pesticide in Pet Collars

Press ReleaseUnited States
A federal appeals court in California today ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to act on a request by NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) to ban the use of the toxic pesticide TCVP in pet collars. The EPA acknowledges exposure…

California Keeps Climate Action Alive

Expert BlogAnnie Notthoff
Just as Earth Day turned 50 this year, so does NRDC. Here in California, we have come full circle. From the past—the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill spurred the modern-day environmental movement, and to the future—California’s climate, equity, environmental and…

FERC’s Power Grab

Expert BlogTom Rutigliano
FERC’s latest decision threatens to reshape the politics of the entire electricity sector in ways that protect old, polluting power plants and undercut our transition to a carbon-free energy system.

FERC Sued Over Unlawful Rule that Props Up Gas, Coal Plants

Press ReleaseUnited States
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists sued the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over its de facto bailout of coal and gas power plants at the expense of state clean energy…