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Potential Progress on California Wildfire Issues

May 30, 2019 Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh

A California state commission has issued a long-awaited draft report on how to manage costs and liabilities associated with catastrophic wildfires, which remain both agonizing recent memories and a continuing threat linked in part to climate disruption. The initial response…

After Children Began Getting Sick by the Dozens, Parents Took a Hard Look at Their Town’s Toxic Legacy

May 30, 2019 DispatchIndiana, Massachusetts, North CarolinaSusan Cosier

The carcinogen TCE has been lurking in the ground beneath Franklin, Indiana, for decades. Now families are demanding answers.

Michigan Rate Case Primer

May 29, 2019 Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez

Do you ever wonder how your monthly energy bill is calculated? Or how to lower your bill? Are you curious about the equity implications of how it’s structured? If you answered yes to any of these questions, keep reading for…

No More Poisons on Pets: The EPA Must Act

May 29, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesMiriam Rotkin-Ellman

The science shows that TCVP flea control products harm developing brains—yet the EPA is allowing them to stay on the market. So NRDC is taking the agency back to court.

California Needs Senate Bill 1

May 29, 2019 Expert BlogKate Poole

Poison in Pet Collars Harms Kids’ Brains, Yet Trump’s EPA Does Nothing

May 29, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Products remain on store shelves and in homes, ten years after legal action began

North Carolina State Senate Proposes Delaying Crucial Water Quality Protections

May 29, 2019 Press ReleaseNorth Carolina

Under the North Carolina state Senate’s proposed budget, new requirements for industrial hog farms meant to protect water quality and provide the public with information about whether hog waste lagoons are leaking would be delayed an entire year. Instead of…

Energy Code Development Begins: Commercial Proposals

May 28, 2019 Expert BlogLauren Urbanek

11 Baltimore Organizations Win Grants to Tackle Food Waste

May 28, 2019 Expert BlogElizabeth Balkan, Margaret Brown

NRDC Goes Back to Court to Save Water in California

May 28, 2019 Expert BlogEd Osann

New York Can Lead with Equitable and Ambitious Climate Law

May 28, 2019 Expert BlogJackson Morris, Miles Farmer

New York State has a golden opportunity this legislative session to enact the most progressive climate legislation in the country. Legislation currently being debated holds the potential to fundamentally transform the state’s economy to meaningfully reduce greenhouse gas emissions in…

Battered by Floods, Nebraskans Worry About Pipeline Spills

May 28, 2019 DispatchNebraskaCourtney Lindwall

Historic flooding recently inundated parts of the Cornhusker State where the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would pass through. Here’s why that’s a disaster in the making.

How to Turn Your Patch of Earth From Barren to Bountiful

May 28, 2019 How-ToUnited States, CaliforniaCourtney Lindwall

For a healthier backyard garden, you need to invite nature in. Try a few strategies featured in the documentary "The Biggest Little Farm."

Linda Escalante Appointed to CA Coastal Commission

May 24, 2019 Expert BlogAnnie Notthoff

EPA’s Proposal for Limiting Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water Is Dangerous to Public Health

May 24, 2019 Expert BlogNRDC

The toxic chemical perchlorate has already been detected in drinking water systems that serve millions of Americans.