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Latin America Participates in World Car-Free Day

September 25, 2018 Expert BlogErika Moyer

How to Protect Your Property—and Our Planet—from Harmful Wildfire

September 25, 2018 How-ToUnited States, WestJillian Mackenzie

Fire-wise tips for your home, your garden beds, the fence line, and that marshmallow roast you’re planning.

New Report Highlights Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products

September 25, 2018 Expert BlogDr. Anna Reade

A new report by the Breast Cancer Prevention Partners confirms the need for transparency of ingredients in products used in our homes.

NRDC et al. v. EPA et al. (Exceptional Events)

September 25, 2018 Court CaseUnited StatesClosed

The EPA’s flawed definition of a “natural event” under the Clean Air Act could allow preventable pollution, like power plant emissions, to be excused. So we took them to court.

AZ's Prop. 127 Would Create Thousands of Clean Energy Jobs

September 24, 2018 Expert BlogDylan Sullivan

NRDC Teams Up with Billy Eichner and Funny Or Die to “Glam Up The Midterms!”

September 24, 2018 Press ReleaseNew York

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is teaming up with Funny Or Die and Billy Eichner for the latest iteration of their “Glam Up The Midterms!” campaign. Together, they are releasing a new video—starring Eichner, Mandy Moore, Randall Park, Kumail…

EPA Fights Court Order to Finalize Ban on Pesticide Toxic to Kids

September 24, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a decision ordering the agency to ban chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—from use on produce sold in the U.S.

EPA Won't Protect Our Kids. Will California?

September 24, 2018 Expert BlogAllison Johnson, Miriam Rotkin-Ellman

The EPA will fight to keep the dangerous pesticide chlorpyrifos in the fields and on our food, at the expense of children’s health. It's time for California to step up!

As Black Lung Strikes Younger Coal Miners, Kentucky Restricts Medical Benefits

September 24, 2018 DispatchKentuckyAustyn Gaffney

Coal is getting harder to get to—and that’s contributing to a respiratory epidemic among miners.

EPA Resists Court Order to Protect Kids’ Health

September 24, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The agency continues to refuse to finalize its ban of chlorpyrifos, a toxic pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children.

Don't Throw Good Climate Money After Bad with BECCS

September 24, 2018 Expert BlogNathanael Greene

Following on the IPCC compiled 130 modeled scenarios that overwhelmingly concluded governments will fail to control global warming emissions and need to such CO2 out of the air. the UK government appears to be interested in supporting bioenergy coupled with…

Florida SLAPP Case Threatens Right to Free Speech

September 21, 2018 Expert BlogAlison Kelly

Florida's beauty is consistently under threat from those who seek to destroy it for profit. Environmental advocates now face a new threat in this fight in the state’s courts – “SLAPP” lawsuits targeted at environmental advocates speaking out on the…

Climate Deniers Are Bullies, and Science Teachers Aren’t Going to Take It Anymore

September 21, 2018 PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Pressured for years to “teach the controversy,” educators have banded together to expel anti-science forces from their classrooms.

Chicago’s Buildings Need to Help Protect Its River. That Means You Too, Trump Tower.

September 20, 2018 DispatchChicagoSusan Cosier

The president’s hotel uses more river water than any other building and has been chronically out of compliance with the Clean Water Act.

Hope for the End of Harmful Riders?

September 20, 2018 Expert BlogMarc Boom

This bill provided strong funding for clean energy programs within the Department of Energy and did so without new attempts to add policy riders that would undermine environmental protections. Is this the beginning of a new pattern, or just a…