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California Faces Cascade of Health Harms from Climate Change

February 6, 2019 Expert BlogJuanita Constible

The Golden State’s current climate predicament is a critical reminder that the world’s willingness to drive down emissions will be the difference between us all sinking—or us all swimming.

Gov. Cooper Telling Congress NC Can’t Fight Climate Alone

February 6, 2019 Expert BlogLuis Martinez

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is in Washington today urging members of Congress to bring the same intensity and determination they showed in helping his state recover from recent natural disasters to curbing climate change.

Infrastructure: A Better Deal to Fix It for Our Future

February 5, 2019 Expert BlogStephanie Gidigbi Jenkins

President Donald Trump has a rare chance to offer a bridge across the divide in his State of the Union address tonight if he calls for robust infrastructure investments that address the risks to our climate and the needs of…

New York State Legislature Passes Offshore Drilling Ban

February 5, 2019 Press ReleaseNew York

The New York State Senate today passed legislation blocking any offshore drilling activity off the state’s coastline, including pipeline permits and state leases that could potentially support oil and gas development.

Neonic Pesticide May Become More Toxic in Tap Water

February 4, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Jennifer Sass

Pesticide water monitoring experts at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) paired up with scientists from the University of Iowa in a federally-funded collaboration to track neonicotinoid pesticides or “neonics” in tap water, including the potential to form chlorinated disinfection byproducts…

NRDC Announces Leadership Transition

February 4, 2019 Press ReleaseNew York

Rhea Suh to step down as president; will remain in position through June to ensure seamless transition

New Report: Climate Change Is Having Devastating Impacts on Public Health in Michigan

February 4, 2019 Press ReleaseMichigan

Climate change is endangering the safety of Michigan’s water, threatening the air quality, and increasing unnecessary harm and death from extreme heat, rain, and insect-borne diseases, according to a new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council and…

Trump Picks Pro-Polluter Bernhardt to Head Interior

February 4, 2019 Expert BlogNRDC

Like former Secretary Ryan Zinke, David Bernhardt has a track record of putting industry profits first.

Trump Nominates Another Industry Lobbyist as Secretary of Interior

February 4, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

President Trump today nominated acting Secretary David Bernhardt as the next Secretary of the Interior.

Governor Whitmer Abolishes Michigan’s “Polluter Panels”

February 4, 2019 Press ReleaseMichigan

Michigan’s Governor Whitmer has released an executive order that reshuffles environmental oversight in the state, including the dissolution of controversial “polluter panels” which had the power to override policy and pollution permitting decisions made by the state’s regulators.

NRDC Statement on Governor Northam

February 3, 2019 Press ReleaseVirginia

Following is a statement from Dawone Robinson, Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Director of Energy Affordability at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): “Governor Northam can no longer lead the Commonwealth of Virginia and should step down knowing that Lt. Governor Fairfax will be…

The $2 Trillion Success Story: Energy Efficiency Standards

February 1, 2019 Fact SheetUnited StatesLauren Urbanek

A Promising Start for Cleaner Buildings in California

February 1, 2019 Expert BlogMerrian Borgeson

These Montanans Don’t Want an Industrial Slaughterhouse in Their Backyard

February 1, 2019 DispatchMontanaLora Shinn

In the small city of Great Falls, residents push back against a Big Ag plant that would consume 3.5 million gallons of water—and produce 102,995 pounds of waste—per day.

PA Needs Clean Energy. Why Are Legislators Stuck on Nuclear?

February 1, 2019 Expert BlogMark Szybist