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Now Is the Time to Harness the Power of SNAP

Expert BlogMargaret Brown, Amy Brown, Yvette Cabrera
Congress missed a huge opportunity to help the most vulnerable families and lift the economy at the same time: increasing SNAP benefits so more families can buy groceries.

Taking Stock of China’s Actions to Steer Green Shipping

Expert BlogBarbara Finamore
Air pollution aggravates lung disease and impairs our ability to fight off respiratory infections. It has been linked to higher mortality rates during the Spanish flu and the SARS outbreak, and more recently to the Coronavirus. So, while many of…

Keeping Food on the Table in a Pandemic

Expert BlogValerie Baron, Lena Brook, Amy Brown, Lara Bryant
We need to ensure a strong and well-functioning food system, and that the most vulnerable in our food chain are adequately supported.

Time to Protect Clean Energy by Ending PG&E’s Bankruptcy

Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh
The Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) has been in bankruptcy for fifteen months. The process has reached a critical stage, and state and federal regulatory proceedings need to conclude before June 30 in order to meet a crucial deadline…

California’s Swimming Pools to Get Even Better

Expert BlogNoah Horowitz
The California Energy Commission decision to adopt updated state standards for replacement pool pump motors positions the state as an energy efficiency leader once again.

COVID 4 Stimulus Bill Must Recognize: Water Is Life

Expert BlogUnited StatesErik D. Olson
None of us can wash our hands, bathe, or clean and disinfect our homes as recommended by CDC without safe running water. Yet despite living under stay-at-home orders, staggering numbers of Americans have had their water shut off due to…

EPA Shuts Down Stronger Water Standards

Press ReleaseUnited States
After an official review of the voluntary WaterSense labeling program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to uphold the current water efficiency standards that regulate fixtures such as toilets and faucets.

El aire contaminado hace más letal el coronavirus

Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Vijay Limaye

Un nuevo estudio relaciona una mayor contaminación del aire con tasas de mortalidad más altas por COVID-19. Es importante que reduzcamos la enorme carga de la contaminación alrededor del país.

Polluted Air Makes the Coronavirus Even Deadlier

Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Vijay Limaye

A new study links more polluted air to higher COVID-19 death rates. It is crucial that we reduce the heavy burden of pollution around the country.

Governors: Safe, Clean Water Is Essential in COVID-19 Crisis

Expert BlogLarry Levine
“Wash your hands.” “Stay at home.” We hear this sound advice repeatedly during the COVID-19 crisis. But you can only follow these directives if you have water—for handwashing, drinking, cooking, cleaning, and sanitation. Unfortunately, many people in the United States…

EEFA’s Pandemic Response Guide

Expert BlogBella Spies, Laura Goldberg
Energy Efficiency for All (EEFA) released Pandemic Response Guidance to help local, state, and federal leaders nationwide address these issues in their responses to the COVID-19 crisis.

NRDC Defends Against Attacks on Hard-Won Efficiency Standard

Expert BlogUnited StatesLauren Urbanek

NRDC moved to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to undo the improved regulations for commercial packaged boilers. The energy savings threatened by the lawsuit are significant because boilers heat a quarter of the nation’s commercial space, including schools and multi-family…

Court Restores Limits on Climate-Polluting HFCs

Press ReleaseUnited States
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today ruled that the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency acted illegally in suspending the agency’s limits on the uses of super climate-polluting hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The court restored a prohibition on switching…