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Why AGA Gets Electrification Wrong

September 26, 2018 Expert BlogAmanda Levin

The American Gas Association (AGA) is out with a report that attempts to contradict the widely-accepted consensus that electrification—the strategic replacement of fossil-fuel burning appliances, vehicles, and industrial equipment with electric versions powered by clean, renewable electricity—will be a key…

Summit Puts Us on the March to Stronger Climate Action

September 26, 2018 Expert BlogInternationalJake Schmidt, Brendan Guy

The Global Climate Action Summit set the stage for countries to strengthen their targets by 2020 and to help build momentum for other actors to ensure that we are a safer climate trajectory.

Electric Heating Belongs in New York Climate Fight

September 25, 2018 Expert BlogMiles Farmer, Ada Statler

By 2030, two thirds of New York’s households could be powered by clean electric heating and cooling systems, according to a new report.

Five Ways City Food Policy Is Combating Climate Change

September 25, 2018 Expert BlogMark Izeman

Worldwide, food and agriculture, broadly defined, is responsible for as much as 25% or more of greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

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.

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.

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

September 24, 2018 Expert BlogDylan Sullivan

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.

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 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.

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.

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…