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Momentum Towards Cooling With Less Warming (Part II)

November 5, 2019 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal, Prima Madan

Missoula, Montana, Proves That Tackling Car Culture Isn’t Just for Big-City Slickers

November 5, 2019 DispatchMontanaAlisa Opar

The streets are hardly choked with traffic, but this Northern Rockies locale sees plenty of other good reasons to get more of its commuters out from behind the wheel.

NRDC Announces Gina McCarthy as President & CEO

November 5, 2019 Press Release

13th Administrator of the U.S. EPA, who served under President Barack Obama, to join NRDC at the start of its 50th year

Introduction to Baselining of Food Waste Generation and Food Rescue Potential

November 5, 2019 OverviewUnited States

Gaining a better understanding of the amounts and sources of wasted food, as well as the amounts and sources of surplus food that potentially could be rescued, is the ideal starting point for ensuring a successful city strategy to reduce…

Paris Pullout Won't Derail State & Local Climate Progress

November 4, 2019 Expert BlogKit Kennedy

Today the Trump administration began the legal process for withdrawing from the historic Paris Climate Agreement, but Trump cannot disrupt the striking momentum seen in states and cities across the country.

NRDC and Partners Sue Over Energy Department’s Not-So-Bright Attack on LED Bulbs

November 4, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesNRDC

The agency’s latest rollback would keep energy efficiency standards for household bulbs stuck in the past, taking a toll on people’s wallets—and the climate.

Pipeline Spill Cleanup Plans Deserve a Hard Look

November 4, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesAnn Alexander

A Light in Dark Places: NRDC Sues to Defend Efficient Bulbs

November 4, 2019 Expert BlogUnited States, MassachusettsJoe Vukovich

NRDC Sues Department of Energy Over Illegal Lighting Efficiency Standards Rollback

November 4, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today joined other environmental and consumer advocacy groups in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Energy’s rollback of energy-saving standards for the billions of light bulbs that fill about half of the conventional…

EPA’s Proposals Would Allow Coal Plants to Pollute Our Water

November 4, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to allow coal-burning power plants to dump more toxic substances into waterways and companies to keep open unlined, hazardous coal ash ponds.

Montreal Protocol Talks Begin, U.S. HFC Prospects Brighten

November 4, 2019 Expert BlogInternationalAlex Hillbrand

"E" Is for Equity

November 4, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesSharon Buccino

As a lawyer for the past 30 years, I’ve worked with a lot of laws. None is as eloquent as NEPA—the National Environmental Policy Act. Few are as short. Few are as broad. Few are as misunderstood.

Coal Plants Get a Pass to Pollute Our Waterways

November 4, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesNRDC

The EPA just moved to weaken two critical rules that protect our water.

Trump Recklessly Formalizes U.S. Withdrawal From the Paris Agreement

November 4, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesJake Schmidt

President Trump continues to be an outlier on climate change as states, cities, companies, and investors—not to mention 195 other nations—are treating the issue as a real and growing problem they need to address now.

Paris Agreement Guarantee Must Be Part of USMCA

November 4, 2019 Expert BlogDan West, Amanda Maxwell

The greatest environmental challenge of the 21st Century – climate change – cannot be ignored by 21st Century trade agreements.