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Efficiency Can Help With the Climate & Housing Affordability Crises

Press ReleaseUnited States
Investing in energy efficiency improvements to low-income housing can help ease both America’s housing affordability and climate crises but federal programs to facilitate those retrofits are severely underfunded, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) senior policy advocate Khalil Shahyd told Congress…

Michigan Drinking Water Protections Should Be EPA's Minimum

Expert BlogMichiganJeremy Orr
On the same day that Michigan’s most protective in the nation lead in drinking water rule cleared a major legal court challenge, the Trump Administration’s EPA actually pushed protections for the rest of America further back.

Bipartisan Bills Aim to Get the Lead Out of School Water

Expert BlogUnited StatesCyndi Roper
On October 15th, Michigan became the first state in the U.S. to introduce with bipartisan support NRDC’s Filter First model legislation to protect kids from lead in schools and daycare facilities.

NRDC Briefs Congress on Neonic Pesticide Human Health Harms

Expert BlogDr. Jennifer Sass
One of the main reasons that neonics are so harmful is that they are designed to be systemic—that is, to get into the system of the plant, making the pollen, nectar, and other parts of the plan toxic to insects…

Fresh Climate and Equity Leadership Emerges in Richmond

Expert BlogWalton Shepherd
Virginia’s outdated utility system poses economic challenges, but with Delegates Aird, Jones, and others leading the charge in 2020, better, cleaner, and less expensive days are ahead.

America’s Dairyland May Have a PFAS Problem

DispatchMidwest, Wisconsin, MaineSusan Cosier

The toxic chemicals have been showing up in milk around the country, prompting midwestern farmers to take a closer look at their land.