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Happy Birthday, Canyons and Seamounts!

Expert BlogBrad Sewell
It’s been an eventful two years for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, the only marine national monument off the continental United States.

What’s in Your Water? An Updated Analysis

Expert BlogUnited StatesKristi Pullen Fedinick
NRDC’s new analysis of the most recent EPA data finds that nearly 30 million people in the United States drank water from community water systems that violated the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule between January 2015 and March 2018.

Climate Action from Latin America to California

Expert BlogCarolina Herrera
As the Trump Administration has walked back from climate commitments, Latin America has continued to be a region we can look to for positive climate action.

Global Climate Action Summit: More Feast, Less Food Waste

Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalElizabeth Balkan, Andrea Collins

At the Global Climate Action Summit, a group of state leaders and city mayors from around the world, representatives from food businesses, and innovation financers joined together to discuss the climate opportunity of minimizing food waste.

Putting a Human Face on India’s Climate Progress

Expert BlogIndiaRhea Suh

From embracing clean energy to improving waste management, these Indians are working to curb climate change—and ensure a cleaner, healthier future for their children.

Industry and NRDC Agree on Speeding Up Phase Out of Super-Pollutant HFCs

Press ReleaseUnited States
Major air conditioning and refrigerator manufacturers and the Natural Resources Defense Council today agreed to support the replacement of super-polluting hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, in home air conditioning systems nationwide with safer refrigerants by 2023.

Global Climate Action Summit: A World Moving Beyond Coal

Expert BlogInternationalHan Chen

The global Powering Past Coal Alliance has added ten new members – committing to a phaseout of coal power, a major global investor announced a ban on new financing for coal-related infrastructure, and the Insure Our Future campaign launched in…

Gov. Brown Signs Low-Carbon Buildings Bill AB 3232 into Law

Expert BlogPierre Delforge, Merrian Borgeson
Governor Jerry Brown today signed into law a bill that sets the stage for reducing carbon emissions from California’s residential and commercial buildings by 40 percent by 2030 below 1990.

Florence Increases Manure Lagoon & Coal Ash Threat

Expert BlogValerie Baron, Becky Hammer
In addition to potentially record-setting winds and rain putting residents in immediate danger, the storm also threatens to compound risks that frontline communities in North Carolina face every day from two environmental threats: industrial animal production facilities, also known as…