Lowe’s, the nation’s second-largest home improvement retail chain, announced it will stop purchasing all carpet and rugs that contain PFAS in the U.S. and Canada by January 2020. Lowe’s decision to clear inventory of carpets and rugs made with PFAS…
Combative congressional testimony by D.C. lawyer and Pebble CEO Tom Collier belies credibility, dismisses Alaskans’ concerns for salmon, reveals major flaws in federal review of reckless Bristol Bay mining project
Perchlorate has been shown to impair the development of fetuses and young children—and yet the FDA refuses to act. So NRDC is taking the agency to court.
As California suffers another season of devastating fires, automakers including General Motors, Toyota, and Chrysler’s parent FCA joined a lawsuit in support of the Trump administration’s effort to strip California and other states of their long-held authority to address climate…
The North Carolina General Assembly today voted to approve the Farm Act, which creates a loophole in a decades-old law that prevents industrial hog facilities in the state from making big changes to their facilities if those changes fail to…
Several environmental and public-health advocacy groups filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court in New York to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s denial of a petition to ban the use of a dangerous chemical, perchlorate, in food packaging…
As droughts parch the Southeast, interstate squabbles heat up over the Tennessee River (and the Chattahoochee . . . and the Flint . . . and the Apalachicola).
The California Air Resources Board recently proposed the Advanced Clean Truck Rule to bring more medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks to market. It’s a start but ultimately lags rather than leads the industry.
Mayor Kenney launched The Climate Collaborative of Greater Philadelphia to connect businesses, colleges and universities, cultural institutions, and other large organizations to share best practices around setting and achieving climate goals.
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