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.
El Comunidades Fuertes, Prósperas y Resilientes (SPARCC, por sus siglas en inglés) patrocinó una revisión de literatura y una encuesta para revelar los vínculos entre el clima y el desplazamiento. Junto con el Proyecto de Desplazamiento Urbano (UDP, por sus…
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…
All sectors of the U.S. economy have been pummeled by the COVID-19 pandemic, making it critical to support all those whose jobs have been affected, such as by including worker protections in federal stimulus packages.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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