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Bitter Pill: The High Health Costs of Climate Change

September 18, 2019 ReportUnited StatesDr. Vijay Limaye

The projected health and economic burden of climate change will be enormous if carbon pollution continues unchecked and communities are not prepared.

Trump Strips States’ Power to Curb Dangerous Auto and Truck Pollution

September 18, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesNRDC

The administration’s move will obstruct the fight to protect our climate, cut pollution, and save consumers billions at the pump.

Blueprint of a Buyout: Harris County, Texas

September 17, 2019 Expert BlogUnited States, TexasAnna Weber

Harris County’s program may be a harbinger of the future, when Americans are displaced by flooding and frustrated by the uncertainties of relocation assistance.

Artists and Climate Week at EXPO Chicago

September 17, 2019 Expert BlogUnited States, ChicagoAndrew Wetzler

During Climate Week, NRDC's partnership with Moscow’s Garage Museum of Contemporary Art will mobilize action on climate change at EXPO Chicago.

Toxic PFAS-Coated Carpets Will Come Off the Shelves at the Home Depot

September 17, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesNRDC

The first-of-its-kind announcement addresses the public health crisis of “forever chemicals”—which can now be found in the blood of virtually every American.

NOAA Urged to Protect Right Whales from Deadly Entanglements

September 17, 2019 Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw

NRDC and our members and activists submitted almost 39,000 individual comments telling NOAA to take strong and effective measures to significantly reduce the risk of right whales experiencing serious injuries and mortalities in U.S. fisheries.

Why Trump’s Dirty Cars Gambit Will Lose in Court

September 17, 2019 Expert BlogDavid Doniger

President Trump seems dead set on blowing up the historic clean car peace treaty forged ten years ago between the automobile industry, the federal government, and leading states.

Expanding Renewable Energy in India

September 17, 2019 Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal, Sameer Kwatra

Congressional Leaders Introduce Bill to Rescind Regulations That Weaken Endangered Species Act

September 17, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Leaders in the House and Senate today introduced legislation that would rescind the Trump administration’s regulations gutting the Endangered Species Act. Led by Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and by Senator Udall, the Protect…

The Home Depot to End Sales of PFAS-laden Carpet This Year: NRDC Reaction

September 17, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Home Depot has agreed to stop purchasing carpet that contains PFAS in U.S. and Canada by the end of this year. Scientists have long acknowledged a host of health harms associated with the class of “forever chemicals.” The move…

Colorado PUC Says the Price of Electricity Can’t Affect EVs?

September 16, 2019 Expert BlogUnited States, ColoradoMax Baumhefner

Colorado's PUC seems to have ruled that the price of electricity will not affect the adoption of electric vehicles, or that environmental interests affected by electric vehicle adoption are not tangible.

Energy Efficiency Jobs Soar: Now Make Them Available to All

September 16, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesLara Ettenson

Energy efficiency once again leads in new job creation across the sector, further cementing clean energy’s position as a powerful economic driver.

New England Ocean Monument: A Model for Ocean Climate Action

September 16, 2019 Expert BlogInternationalBrad Sewell

The IPCC’s upcoming report will detail the severe consequences of climate change for the ocean, animal and plant species, and the human race.

President Trump, Light Bulbs Don’t Cause People to Look Orange

September 16, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesNoah Horowitz

President Trump has been talking a lot lately about light bulbs and complaining that they make people look orange, are toxic, and cost too much. He’s sadly mistaken on all front. Let’s correct the record.

$8.6 Million for Peoria-Area Projects and Edwards Coal Plant 2022 Retirement Announced in Proposed Settlement

September 16, 2019 Press ReleaseIllinois

A proposed settlement for the closure of the Edwards coal plant outside of Peoria, Illinois by the end of 2022 was announced today by environmental and health organizations and the plant’s owner. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Respiratory…