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We Must Fix Our Food System to Withstand Disasters

April 23, 2020 Expert BlogAndrea Collins

This pandemic has shone a light on the fragility of the broken U.S. food system.

Research: Displacement in the Face of Climate Change

April 23, 2020 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…

Building Climate Resilience to Extreme Heat During COVID-19

April 23, 2020 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal, Dr. Kim Knowlton, Dr. Vijay Limaye

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the coronavirus pandemic puts a spotlight on climate change and health.

Earth Day Order Ends Chapter in Fight to Save Vaquita

April 22, 2020 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…

What Did the Archdruid Miss?

April 22, 2020 Expert BlogSharon Buccino

Court Orders EPA to Act on Pesticide in Pet Collars

April 22, 2020 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…

NRDC et al. v. Wilbur Ross et al. (Vaquita)

April 22, 2020 Court CaseUnited States, MexicoClosed

NRDC and partners are fighting to save the last of the vaquitas.

California Keeps Climate Action Alive

April 21, 2020 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

April 21, 2020 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.

California Delivers Blow to Trump Administration’s Plan for Extinction in Bay-Delta

April 21, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The California Attorney General, representing Governor Newsom and the State of California, filed a motion today in federal court for a preliminary injunction to stop the implementation of the Trump Administration’s biological opinions (permits under the Endangered Species Act) governing…

Sens. Duckworth and Durbin Call on USEPA to Monitor Chicago Southeast Side Metal Scrappers

April 21, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin urged USEPA Region 5 today to require four metals facilities on Chicago’s Southeast Side, a heavily burdened environmental justice community, to install monitors for toxic metals and other air pollutants. In the past year…

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

April 21, 2020 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…

NRDC Responds to COVID-19

April 21, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesNRDC

This unprecedented public health crisis requires bold, equitable, and science-based action.

Reflections on the First Earth Day and What’s Ahead for New York

April 21, 2020 Expert BlogNew YorkRich Schrader

On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, NRDC's New York Political Director reflects on attending the first Earth Day event in New York City in 1970, and far the city has come thanks to New York's leadership on climate.

Science Wins Again: Court Rejects EPA Barring Independent Scientists from Panels

April 21, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency’s policy barring independent scientists from its advisory boards clashed with federal law and ethics regulations. The case was brought by Physicians for Social Responsibility…