NRDC comments from Drs. Sass and Wallinga on the importance of the EPA Office of Children’s Health Protection in the wake of the Trump attack on science, and the need for the Office to inform EPA’s selection of priority chemicals…
California’s publicly owned utilities have made great strides helping their customers cut electricity waste, saving $4.3 billion in total through lower electricity bills over the past 12 years, which amounts to nearly $3 for every $1 invested after accounting for…
President Jim Kim has announced the World Bank will not finance a coal plant in Kosovo. Unfortunately, the World Bank Group (IFC) will continue funding coal through financial intermediaries.
California consumers saved roughly $4.3 billion on electricity costs and the earth’s atmosphere was spared of more than 2 million metric tons of carbon pollution in the past 12 years, thanks to energy efficiency measures taken by 38 of the…
The United Nations’ latest climate change report presents the most dire warnings yet. It’s not too late to avert catastrophe—but only if we act quickly and boldly.
While much of the bill focuses on traditional water projects to be carried out by the Army Corps of Engineers, it includes several provisions directly addressing drinking water infrastructure.
On October 8th, Congress passed the Disaster Recovery Reform Act, which makes several smart changes to the Stafford Act—the law that governs how the nation prepares for and responds to natural disasters. These changes will begin to remedy two big…
The massive natural gas pipelines being installed across our country are typically coated to make them safer. But coatings consist of dangerous chemicals, and they can degrade with too much exposure to sunlight or water, thereby potentially decreasing their effectiveness…
Cobalt mining and other interests lay claim to Grand Staircase–Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, rankling local communities tied to these lands.
Para proteger la salud, la seguridad y la prosperidad de las generaciones futuras, todas las naciones, y en particular los grandes emisores de carbono, como los Estados Unidos, necesitan hacer un cambio drástico de fuentes de energía sucia a un…
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