Flame retardant chemicals have been linked to a variety of adverse health effects, including impaired brain development, reproductive problems, and cancers. Firefighters and children face especially high exposures and risks.
Governor Cuomo signed into law a first-of-its-kind bill that bans the sale and possession with intent to sell of parts of any species threatened with extinction. The new law embraces the precautionary principle of protecting species before they reach the…
NRDC in ActionWashington, D.C., United StatesJeff Turrentine
To address the growing climate impacts on low-income people and communities of color, NRDC signed on to a historic platform that seeks to create a future that benefits all.
Leaders from countries around the world are wrapping up the U.N. Conference of the Parties COP25 climate conference in Madrid with few new stepped-up commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions next year, ahead of the COP26 gathering in Glasgow.
Fighting the climate crisis requires new ideas to dramatically cut the dangerous pollution responsible for changing our environment and harming our health. The California Public Utilities Commission recently voted unanimously to do just that when it approved a decision and…
The agency’s first administrator built the EPA from scratch—and established the nonpartisan, antipolluter culture that the Trump administration has all but abandoned.
Items past the sell-by date are still good! For many people, sell-by dates – and the plethora of other dates on our food – cause a lot of confusion which leads to unnecessary food waste. And when we waste food…
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