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The Third-Hottest Summer Yet Just Got a Little Safer

September 25, 2025 Expert BlogLos Angeles, California, New York CityIsabel Friedman

California’s state legislature, the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, and New York City Council pass lifesaving cooling bills.

The Attacks on Science Continue—This Time at the USGS

September 25, 2025 ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier

From sea level rise to bee populations, the agency’s wildlife and climate programs shed light on the world around us.

Too Much of a Good Thing

September 24, 2025 Fact SheetUnited StatesMaya Korb, Dr. Daniel Rath, Arohi Sharma, J.P. Rose, Matthew Kaplan

The overapplication of nitrogen fertilizer endangers human and environmental health.

Food Is Not Trash

September 24, 2025 Expert BlogUnited StatesYvette Cabrera

Food waste diversion policies are a win-win for states.  

High Seas Treaty Achieves Ratification, Marking a New Era for the Ocean

September 24, 2025 Expert BlogInternationalNewara Brosnan-Faltas

After decades of debate, we have reached a turning point for the ocean: More than 60 nations have now ratified the High Seas Treaty, triggering its entry into force in just 120 days.  

Countries Announce Climate Targets: “These Targets Are the Floor, Not the Ceiling”

September 24, 2025 Press ReleaseInternational

More than 50 countries announced their climate targets and carbon pollution reduction plans during the U.N. Climate Summit. The announced targets outline steps that countries will take to reduce climate pollution by 2035.

New York State Working Group Releases Embodied Carbon Recommendations 

September 23, 2025 BackgrounderNew YorkMikhail Haramati, Dharma Santos-Santiago

The state's embodied carbon action plan charts a course for a construction sector that is not only sustainable but also economically vibrant and socially beneficial.

NRDC Rebuts Trump EPA’s Bid to Brush Off Climate

September 23, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

In hundreds of pages of detailed comments filed with the EPA, NRDC and its partners detailed the legal and technical flaws with the Trump administration’s plan to rescind the determination that climate change poses a threat to human health and…

EPA's Climate Denial Puts Americans in Danger

September 23, 2025 Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger, Meredith Hankins, Kathy Harris

The upside-down legal arguments behind the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

NRDC: The World Knows Climate Change Is Real 

September 23, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, International

President Trump falsely calls climate change a “con job” while people around the world live through its reality.

Governor Newsom Signs Climate Action Bills into Law

September 19, 2025 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a suite of climate action bills into law today, continuing California’s climate leadership by reauthorizing and updating the cap-and-invest program through 2045.

Remembering Robert Redford

September 19, 2025 Expert BlogUnited StatesManish Bapna

For decades, the Hollywood superstar used his influence to speak truth to power and advance environmental progress.

Model Ordinance Establishing a Pay-As-You-Throw Program for Residential Municipal Solid Waste: With and Without Commentaries

September 18, 2025 Policy GuideUnited StatesDarby Hoover

Municipalities can use this model ordinance to help more readily adopt a local PAYT program, with specific legal language that can be used to establish program components. 

Model Municipal Zoning Ordinance on Community Composting: With and Without Commentaries

September 18, 2025 Policy GuideUnited StatesDarby Hoover

This model policy language helps municipalities with adapting zoning codes to make community composting a permissible land use.

Model Executive Order on Municipal Leadership on Food Waste Reduction: With and Without Commentaries

September 18, 2025 Policy GuideUnited StatesDarby Hoover

This model executive order on municipal leadership on food waste reduction provides options to “lead by example” through policies and programs within and across city government to raise awareness about and reduce food waste.