Over one-third of marine mammals and nearly one-third of sharks, shark relatives, and reef-forming corals are threatened with extinction, according to a new report released today on the state of global biodiversity.
In the administration’s ongoing war on environmental laws, the tactics can be subtle but the strategy is straightforward: Give corporate polluters every chance to fight the rules they don’t like.
Pressure is building for New Jersey and New York State to block a controversial fracked gas pipeline known as the Northeast Supply Enhancement, or Williams, pipeline. NRDC sent comments to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Conservation, urging them to…
Earlier this year, the District Council took a step to clean up our drinking water, passing a law that would prohibit partial lead service line replacements—a practice that contributes to elevated lead levels.
Contrary to widespread expectations, Virginia Governor Northam yesterday allowed Virginia’s signature climate and clean energy initiative to fall prey to a budget rider maneuver that, as explained below, delays the effective date of Virginia’s carbon regulation for the power sector…
States are stepping in to keep the phase-down of the super climate pollutants known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) on track. The latest big step comes from Washington State.
Thanks to Governor Newsom, California has withdrawn the environmentally destructive California WaterFix project and now we can work on sustainable water solutions that will protect the environment and economy.
An important, if unintended, benefit of the Riverwalk is that it allows Chicagoans to see how one of the systems their city is built around has failed.
