Under the guise of responding to consumer complaints that today’s energy- and water-efficient dishwashers take too long, the Department of Energy has proposed creating a new class of dishwashers that wouldn’t be subject to any water or energy efficiency standards…
House Committee hearing illuminates the dirty secrets tied to the seafood we eat—from pirate fishing to shark finning to seafood slavery—and how the U.S. should leverage existing law to stamp out illegal fishing.
California needs to ensure a reliable supply of electricity. But we need to do it as much as possible with clean resources, to avoid further burdening vulnerable communities that have historically hosted polluting facilities and to reduce our climate pollution…
A federal appeals court in California ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), when evaluating the risks of toxic chemicals, cannot ignore harmful exposures to asbestos and other chemicals that are still in use, but no longer being manufactured…
McSweeney’s Issue 58: 2040 A.D., out December 3rd, is a speculative near-future climate fiction issue created in collaboration with NRDC. Each story in the issue is set in the year 2040, imagining what the world might look, based on the…
California has once again demonstrated its environmental leadership by adopting updated energy efficiency standards that will prohibit the sale of inefficient light bulbs in the state as of January 1, 2020. Today’s California state-level action is needed because of the…
At the second Summit we continue to deepen networks and share knowledge as cities strategize to turn the dial on food waste reduction and increased food rescue. The Summit is providing city staff and partners with in-person opportunities to discuss…
Congress should update its nearly 15-year-old directives to the Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure the United States responds to the urgency of the climate crisis and reaps the economic benefits of the clean energy economy, according to a report…
A coalition of wildlife groups today filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to propose pangolin protections under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
The House Science Committee is holding a hearing today on a proposal by the Trump Environmental Protection Agency to limit the use of scientific data and research in federal rulemaking, which could block environmental standards that would protect public health.
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