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NRDC’s Gina McCarthy: Oregon Climate Executive Order Reflects Urgency of Our Time

March 10, 2020 Press ReleaseOregon

Oregon Governor Kate Brown today signed an executive order to reduce the state’s climate change emissions, after Republicans walked out of the state legislative session for the second year in a row to prevent the passage of a cap and…

STATEMENT: NEPA Rollback Would Stifle Speech and Spur Pollution, Environmental Justice and National Environmental Groups Charge

March 10, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Trump administration’s move to undermine a foundational environmental protection would largely silence the public and expose low-income communities, tribal communities, and communities of color to a disproportionate amount of harmful pollution, according to a coalition of U.S. environmental justice…

Coronavirus and Investing in Healthier Communities

March 9, 2020 Expert BlogDavid Wallinga, MD

The COVID-19 outbreak prompts a closer look at levels of investment in public health preparedness and response—and finds them lacking.

Improved Building Energy Model Code Challenged

March 9, 2020 Expert BlogLauren Urbanek

Better building codes mean lower energy bills, which results in lower costs for consumers and fewer carbon emissions for the planet. Sounds like a winning combination, right? Unfortunately, opponents are now trying to reverse that progress.

Proposed NEPA Rule Changes

March 9, 2020 Expert BlogSharon Buccino

What they do and ways to respond

Latest Vaquita Death Comes as US Expands Seafood Ban

March 9, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

According to credible media reports, another vaquita was found drowned after being trapped in illegal gillnets in the Gulf of California, potentially bringing the total population of the small porpoises to nine individuals. The death came just before a strong…

Women’s Safety Means Earth’s Safety

March 8, 2020 Expert BlogChile, BrazilJessica Carey-Webb

In Latin America, despite consistent threats of violence and widening gender inequality due to climate disasters, women have taken a leadership role. This International Women’s Day (March 8th), women will take to the streets in historically machista countries to fight…

City Council Bills Will Help NYC Achieve Its Climate Goals

March 6, 2020 Expert BlogMarisa Guerrero

Two bills being considered by the New York City Council would put the city on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and reach its goals of carbon neutrality.

To Honor the Memory of Berta Cáceres, We Need Laws that Protect Our Protectors

March 6, 2020 Latest NewsInternationalJeff Turrentine

With the Escazú Agreement, Latin American and Caribbean countries could help keep their environmental and human rights activists from facing violent retribution.

Saving Laguna San Ignacio: 20 Years and Counting

March 6, 2020 Expert BlogMexicoJoel Reynolds

The March 2000 defeat of Mitsubishi’s proposal to industrialize the last undisturbed breeding and calving lagoon of the Pacific gray whale remains one of the great environmental successes in history.

Virginia Advances Climate Action, Must Address Energy Efficiency

March 6, 2020 Press ReleaseVirginia

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is slated to soon sign the “Virginia Clean Economy Act,” a bill approved by the General Assembly that will significantly expand renewable energy and address climate change.

San José Launches Energy Challenge to Cut Building Emissions

March 5, 2020 Expert BlogOlivia Walker

Nineteen large buildings are now on the path to shrinking their carbon footprints under San Jose’s new Better Buildings program, which will advance both the goals of Climate Smart San Jose—the City’s climate action plan—and compliance with the city’s new…

Chemical Industry’s Nancy Beck Tapped to Lead the Commission that Protects Consumers

March 5, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesNRDC

The former industry executive has a long history of blocking protections when it comes to harmful substances.

Philly Celebrates Launch of New Transit Advocacy Coalition

March 5, 2020 Expert BlogEmily Barkdoll, Kari Ross

Transit Forward Philadelphia, an unprecedented coalition of local organizations focused on making the regional transit network more equitable, accessible, safe and sustainable, celebrated its official launch today. Member groups representing labor, commerce, elderly rights, health and the environment have united…

Regressive Federal Rules Would Set Back Decades of Progress

March 5, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesSasha Forbes, AICP

Proposed changes to federal regulations in community development and lending are an assault on decades of work in fighting the impacts of racial segregation, discriminatory and race-based investment practices, increased risks from pollution and climate change, and unchecked government power…