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The Year in Energy Savings, 2018

December 13, 2018 Expert BlogLauren Urbanek

Remarkable progress has been made to decrease the energy intensity of our appliances, equipment, and buildings, and we aren't stopping in 2019.

Cuomo Delivers Sweeping Action on Energy Efficiency, Storage

December 13, 2018 Expert BlogAda Statler, Jackson Morris

Farm Bill Writers Misguided Removal of Soil Health Incentive

December 13, 2018 Expert BlogLara Bryant

A Tribe in Northern Minnesota Shows the Country How to Do Community Solar

December 12, 2018 DispatchMinnesotaSusan Cosier

Photovoltaic panels on the Leech Lake reservation are generating clean power—and revenue to help those who need it most.

Lawsuit Attacks Michigan’s Lead Drinking Water Protections

December 12, 2018 Press ReleaseMichigan

In a lawsuit filed yesterday, cities and water utilities seek to invalidate Michigan’s Lead and Copper Rule, which established the most protective lead standardin the nation. Detroit’s Mayor Duggan and Oakland County Commissioner Jim Nash are leading the charge to…

Michigan Cities and Water Utilities Attack Critical Drinking Water Safeguard

December 12, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

Despite the Flint water crisis that’s plagued residents for years, Michigan’s cities and water utilities are taking aim at a rule that protects the health of thousands of children.

Urban Change You Won’t Hear Coming: Electric Delivery Fleets

December 12, 2018 Expert BlogAda Statler

Electric delivery vehicles offer an exciting potential solution to urban noise and much more.

McDonald’s Ups the Ante with New Beef Antibiotics Policy

December 11, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesLena Brook

Big Macs are poised to join the 21st century.

McDonald’s Moves to Protect Public Health By Reducing Antibiotics Use in Beef

December 11, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The world’s largest burger chain is leading the way for other fast-food restaurants to address the critical issue of antibiotic-resistant superbugs that impact human health.

Trump Administration Moves Forward in Rolling Back Clean Water Protections

December 11, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The EPA’s new definition of the Obama-era safeguard would allow polluters to dirty our critically important streams, tributaries, and wetlands—and threaten the water supply of millions of Americans.

Groups Sue Feds to Stop Seismic Airgun Blasting in Atlantic Ocean

December 11, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

First Step Toward Offshore Drilling Jeopardizes Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale, Puts Marine Life at Risk

Challenge to State Rules Stirs Up New Michigan Lead In Drinking Water Crisis

December 11, 2018 Press ReleaseMichigan

Water Utilities Attack Lead and Copper Rule Protections as Flint Water Crisis Drags On.

McDonald’s Commits to Reducing Antibiotic Use in its Global Beef Supply

December 11, 2018 Press ReleaseInternational

Action by World’s Largest Burger Chain Could Signal Shift for Fast Food Industry

Trump to Move to Increase Water Pollution

December 11, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Trump Administration will propose today to gut key safeguards in the Clean Water Act. The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers are set to issue a proposed rule that would exempt oil drillers, industrial sites, developers and…

Final Farm Bill Keeps Environmental Safeguards Intact

December 11, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

Congressional negotiators managed to eliminate the worst of the proposed anti-environment provisions that threatened our food, water, and wildlife.