Using a calculator tool NRDC developed based on the models in our original Food Matters research, we worked with the city of Atlanta’s Mayor’s Office of Resilience to estimate a baseline level of food waste and estimated how much surplus…
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today introduced a bipartisan energy package that combines elements of several dozen previously considered bills addressing the nation’s energy supply, renewable energy, electricity grid, conservation and mining.
The twilight of the coal industry is upon us, but with financial giants taking baby steps away from oil and gas, and a major proposed oil production project throwing in the towel, is the true end of new fossil fuel…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler will testify before the U.S. House subcommittee on environment and climate change today to argue in support of President Trump’s devastating proposed 27% cut to the agency’s budget.
California residents and clean water advocates commend the State Water Board for releasing its proposed plan for a statewide water affordability program on Tuesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule today that eliminates leak prevention and repair requirements for hydroflurocarbons, or HFCs, the powerful heat-trapping pollutants used in commercial and industrial refrigeration.
Los Angeles City Councilmembers Paul Koretz (5th District) and David Ryu (4th District) presented a motion today to put an end to City purchases of products derived from the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest. The Councilmembers further called for the…
Los miembros del Concejo Municipal de Los Ángeles, Paul Koretz (5to Distrito) y David Ryu (4to Distrito), presentaron hoy una moción para poner fin a las compras de los productos derivados de la deforestación de la selva amazónica por parte…
The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday on whether the Atlantic Coast Pipeline can lawfully cross the Appalachian Trail on federal land. The justices’ questioning focused on three key questions. First, can the Appalachian Trail be divorced from the land…
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today asked a federal court to force the U.S. Department of Energy to implement updated energy-saving standards for nearly every household light bulb sold in America. The government’s repeated, illegal defiance of a 2007…