NRDC is working with local nonprofits on job training, bus electrificiation, solar energy, energy efficiency, and lung-health programs to help the Peoria area prepare for the closure of the E.D. Edwards coal-fired power plant.
When industrial polluters contaminate rivers or pump dangerous emissions into the air, strong environmental laws can help rein them in and hold them accountable.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
With the Escazú Agreement, Latin American and Caribbean countries could help keep their environmental and human rights activists from facing violent retribution.
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.
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