A recently proposed “update” to DOE’s Appliance and Equipment Standards Program—which is saving consumers billions of dollars annually on their utility bills while reducing the harmful air pollution from generating energy to run their appliances and equipment—would allow manufacturers to…
Entre huracanes devastadores, incendios forestales furiosos e inundaciones extensas, empeorados por cambio climático parece que EE.UU. se encuentra en un estado de recuperación. Pero, la vulnerabilidad a estos fenómenos no se reparten de manera uniforme entre las geografías, los grupos…
Today the Natural Resources Defense Council filed an extensive scientific report making a detailed case for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to establish strict drinking water standards for five chemicals within the PFAS class. We also requested that…
A coalition of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states released a roadmap for building a clean and modern transportation system that cuts pollution, creates jobs, boosts their economies, improves transportation access and equity, and enhances public health through improvements in public transportation.
In 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy invested more than $1.8 billion to support clean energy researchers at the national laboratories and hundreds of private-sector and academic institutions in almost every state. NRDC's Issue Brief emphasizes the importance of a…
New York lawmakers took a bold step to reduce food waste with the inclusion of the Food Donation and Food Scrap Recycling Act in the state’s 2020 budget. The bill is a critical step to get healthy food to New…
Less than a week after Governor Whitmer called for state agencies to act on PFAS chemicals contaminating the state’s water, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released an extensive scientific analysis that supports establishing strict standards for these chemicals in…
Aunque el cambio climático puede afectar a cualquier persona en cualquier lugar, los posibles daños a la salud que puedes enfrentar dependen de dónde vives, tu edad, tu ocupación, el color de tu piel y muchos otros factores.
Ohio appears to be earning the dubious distinction of being dead-last among its neighbors in the race to transition its power generation to cleaner sources.
