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Delayed Energy Efficiency Standards Finally Published

January 10, 2020 Expert BlogLauren Urbanek

The delayed standards will save consumers $8.4 billion in utility bill costs while avoiding nearly 100 million tons of carbon pollution over the next 30 years.

Public Citizen, NRDC, and Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO, v. Donald Trump

January 10, 2020 Court CaseUnited StatesClosed

When President Trump issued his alarming “2-for-1” executive order, NRDC and our partners quickly sued. We’ll continue to fight the administration’s attempts to steamroll public health and environmental safeguards.

Australia Is Burning. Jakarta Is Drowning. Welcome to 2020.

January 10, 2020 Latest NewsInternationalJeff Turrentine

The planet is sending us an unmistakable signal that we need to wake up and take real action to combat the climate crisis. And this is the decade we need to do it.

Tri-State to Close NM, CO Coal Plants

January 9, 2020 Expert BlogNoah Long

A new plan from Tri-State will close its New Mexico and Colorado coal plants- in line with the recent economic trend away from coal. It's Arizona and Wyoming plants weren't mentioned, for now.

Trump Disregards Citizens in His Rush for Polluting Projects

January 9, 2020 Expert BlogSharon Buccino

Under the administration's new plan, a huge swath of government-approved and funded projects would be exempt from NEPA reviews, in an attempt to shut out the public.

Stop the Williams Pipeline and the Dumping of Toxic Waste!

January 9, 2020 Expert BlogMarisa Guerrero

Our waterways are not a garbage dump! Tell the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny the Williams Pipeline's request to dump toxic dredged sediment into the New York-New Jersey waters.

Here’s How Clean Energy Can Fuel NY

January 9, 2020 Expert BlogVignesh Gowrishankar

Avoiding Bioplastic: New Year, New Tea

January 9, 2020 Expert BlogMaria McCain

NRDC is moving away from purchasing pyramid shaped tea sachets because it could be harming our health and the planet.

Alaska’s Governor Dunleavy: A Puppet for the Pebble Mine

January 9, 2020 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Documents obtained by CNN, reviewed by NRDC, portray Alaska’s Governor as mouthpiece for foreign mining company seeking to advance reckless Bristol Bay mining project long opposed by Alaskans.

Clean Water Rule Case Documents

January 9, 2020 Legal FilingsUnited States

Browse some of the documents associated with our efforts to protect the Clean Water Rule.

NRDC Statement on Days-Old Endangered Whale Severely Injured by Ship Strike

January 9, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

A days-old endangered right whale calf has already been brutally injured by an apparent ship strike. The injuries are deeply worrisome because of the severity and location of the wounds, including one near the mouth which could hamper its ability…

NRDC’s Gina McCarthy on Trump’s Plan to Gut NEPA

January 9, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

President Trump is scheduled to propose new rules that would rubberstamp major projects that could harm people’s health and exacerbate climate change—from massive oil and gas operations, to new highways—without requiring a substantive environmental review process.

Food Waste Restaurant Challenge Guide

January 9, 2020 Policy GuideUnited StatesDarby Hoover

Cities interested in reducing food waste should consider ways to involve business sectors in their efforts, particularly those sectors most often linked to higher food waste generation, such as food service.

Year-End Bill Shows Limits of Climate Action Under Trump

January 8, 2020 Expert BlogMarc Boom

Members of Congress pushed hard to get a robust deal passed, but at the end of the day it was clear that some in the Trump administration would just not let it through.

New Legislation Answers Urgent Need to Protect Birds

January 8, 2020 Expert BlogJosh Axelrod

Federal legislation introduced this week reaffirms America’s commitment to conserving migratory birds and reverses unprecedented rollbacks by the Trump administration.