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City Health Inspectors: Food Donation’s Best Friend?

February 25, 2019 Expert BlogJoAnne Berkenkamp

If businesses perceive that city regulations discourage food donation, it can have a chilling effect that deters even the most ardent food donor. That dynamic is particularly important as more foodservice providers consider donating prepared food. By contrast, if health…

The Political Divide on Coal vs. Renewables Is Fake News

February 22, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

New polls show that all Americans—Democrats, Republicans, and independents alike—want to close the book on our dirtiest fossil fuel.

Illinois Congressional Members Call for Action on Brain Poison Polluting Chicago’s SE Side

February 22, 2019 Press ReleaseIllinois

Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and Representative Robin Kelly delivered a letter to the US EPA calling for aggressive action against the Watco facility on Chicago’s Southeast Side, a source of dangerously high levels of neurotoxic manganese. A…

Transforming Local Policies to Achieve Environmental Justice

February 22, 2019 Fact SheetUnited StatesMeleah Geertsma

Across the country, low income communities and communities of color experience disproportionate burdens from environmental hazards, unhealthy land uses, historical traumas, and other sociodemographic stressors. However, community advocates and their allies are fighting back by transforming zoning and local land-use…

New Clean Energy Milestones from Arizona and Oregon

February 21, 2019 Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh

Recent announcements from Arizona and Oregon underscore continued progress in reducing renewable energy costs, along with those of storage technologies that help stretch out the availability of power from wind and solar generation.

New Jersey Is Ready to Realize Its Energy Efficiency Goals

February 21, 2019 Expert BlogAda Statler

New Jersey took an exciting step toward a cleaner, brighter future last May when it passed the Clean Energy Act, which outlined the pathway for the state to transition its economy to a carbon-free future.

Don't Sacrifice the Gulf of Mexico Whale for Oil and Gas

February 21, 2019 Expert BlogZak Smith

NRDC and Healthy Gulf are suing the Trump administration to protect this imperiled species.

City of Los Angeles Announces Bold Recycled Water Plan

February 21, 2019 Expert BlogTracy Quinn

Today the City of Los Angeles announced a bold plan to recycled 100 percent of the 260 million gallons of wastewater currently being discharged to the Pacific Ocean through the Hyperion Treatment Plant. The project will improve local climate resilience…

The Fight to Save Plum Island

February 21, 2019 DispatchNew YorkNicole Greenfield

The federal government wants to sell off a wildlife-rich island in Long Island Sound to the highest bidder. No way, say advocates.

Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration to Protect the Gulf of Mexico Whale

February 21, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Federal agency ignored deadline to list imperiled species as Endangered

Air Monitors Show Chicago Company Emitting Brain Poisons on SE Side of Chicago

February 21, 2019 Press ReleaseChicago

New US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) monitoring data shows dangerously high levels of the neurotoxin manganese being emitted in Chicago from a Southeast Side facility owned by Watco Companies.

New Report: Land Use Reforms Can Break Cycle of American Environmental Racism

February 21, 2019 Press ReleaseChicago

Municipal zoning laws across the country have fueled segregation and deepened environmental injustices, but grassroots organizations are now reforming zoning laws to provide protections from industrial pollution, as detailed in a new analysis released today by the Tishman Environment and…

The Crazy Snake Worm Invasion You Haven’t Heard About

February 21, 2019 ExplainerUnited StatesJason Bittel

Earthworms may seem harmless, but they have the power to transform some of America’s forests—and not in a good way.

Legislation Improves CA Program to Ensure Safer Products

February 21, 2019 Expert BlogAvinash Kar

The bill would amend California’s innovative “green chemistry” program to improve its functioning and ensure better oversight of toxic chemicals in consumer products that we all bring into our homes every day.

CA Must Choose Public Health Over Brain-Harming Pesticide

February 21, 2019 Expert BlogMiriam Rotkin-Ellman

California is the country’s top user of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children, using close to a million pounds per year mainly on fruits, nuts, and vegetables.