More than 270 community and conservation organizations filed a legal petition today that demands the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency adopt strict new water-pollution limits for industrial plants that create plastic.
Top House Democrats—led by chairman Frank Pallone of the Energy and Commerce Committee, chairman Paul Tonko of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee, and chairman Bobby Rush of the Energy Subcommittee—today vowed to enact a “bold” plan to combat climate…
Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law today the controversial nuclear and coal bailout legislation, HB 6, soon after the bill was voted out of the State House. The legislation has also drawn strong criticism for including significant cuts to energy…
The state's energy efficiency programs have been overwhelmingly successful. Ohio doesn’t approve efficiency programs unless they save more money than they cost, and these programs have delivered for Ohio’s electricity customers. The benefits to national security, our military and our…
Columbus is setting the national stage of what it means to be an energy efficient city. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther joined residents in Franklinton at a festival to launch Sustainable Steps, a program which will provide residents, businesses, and community…
Newly introduced legislation would help the U.S. realize the extraordinary renewable energy potential of our shared public lands. It balances renewable energy production with enhanced environmental stewardship and is a key tool to help limit global climate change.
This week in 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts traveled to and walked on the moon. That same year, the Stonewall Uprising galvanized a civil rights movement that continues today. President Nixon was inaugurated. The first episode of “Sesame Street” aired. And…
The stakes for the world’s largest remaining intact forest have never been higher as every minute the Canadian logging industry strips away seven NHL hockey rink-sized areas of boreal forest, with dire consequences for wildlife, the global climate, and the…
La agencia continúa ignorando la ciencia que relaciona al clorpirifos con las dificultades de aprendizajes, los problemas de desarrollo, CI más bajos y TDAH en niños.
NRDC and our regional partners secured a broad array of environmental victories—from a statewide ban on plastic bags in grocery and retail stores to a far-reaching food waste recycling law to the most ambitious state climate law in the nation.
