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Regionalization Protects California Consumers and Policies

August 22, 2018 Expert BlogCarl Zichella

Trump’s Empty Promise to Replace Flood Protection Standard

August 22, 2018 Expert BlogJoel Scata

Less than two weeks before Hurricane Harvey struck Texas, President Trump killed a flood protection standard that would have made federally-funded infrastructure safer from future storms.

EPA Ignores Lessons from Chemical Spills in Hurricane Harvey

August 22, 2018 Expert BlogJon Devine

Illinois Has One Wild and Scenic River—and It’s Contaminated With Coal Ash

August 22, 2018 DispatchIllinoisSusan Cosier

Canoers, kayakers, and other citizens have had enough of the purple and orange pollution oozing into the Vermilion from Vistra’s waste pits.

After Harvey, Congress Still Stuck on Flood Insurance

August 22, 2018 Expert BlogRob Moore

The nation relies on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to give people information about flood risks, provide post-flood financial assistance, and help people become safer from flooding. But the NFIP isn’t up to new reality of storms like Harvey…

Arizona Utility APS’s Real Plan: Fossil Fuels Forever

August 21, 2018 Expert BlogDylan Sullivan

Flint Safe Water Case Back in Court: Groups Say City Isn’t Complying with Lead Pipe Settlement

August 21, 2018 Press ReleaseFlint

Seventeen months after a settlement approved by a federal court paved the way to take big steps to address the water crisis in Flint, groups are back in court to ensure the City can successfully execute key provisions to protect…

Trump EPA’s “Dirty Power Plan” Would Boost Climate Pollution

August 21, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Trump Environmental Protection Agency today proposed a rule giving polluters free rein by gutting the Clean Power Plan, the landmark climate initiative that set the first limits on dangerous carbon pollution from power plants.

Trump EPA’s “Dirty Power Plan” Is an Obstacle for Clean Energy Transition in the Midwest

August 21, 2018 Press ReleaseMidwest

The Trump Environmental Protection Agency today proposed a rule giving polluters free rein by gutting the Clean Power Plan, the landmark climate initiative that set the first limits on dangerous carbon pollution from power plants. The proposal props up failing coal-fired…

The EPA Guts Clean Power Plan, Turning Its Back on Climate Crisis

August 21, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The revised plan hands over authority to states, raising the risk of increasing carbon emissions and other harmful pollutants.

CDC Report on PFASs: A Good Start But Improvements Needed

August 21, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Anna Reade

NRDC's comments on how the CDC's toxicological report on PFAS can be even more protective of public health.

1,400 Water Filters Available for Newarkers Impacted by Lead

August 21, 2018 Expert BlogSara Imperiale, Claire Woods

NEW Caucus and NRDC are partnering with community organizations to distribute free water filters and replacement cartridges to those impacted by the city's ongoing lead in drinking water crisis.

Big Ag’s Unwinnable Arms Race

August 21, 2018 Expert BlogDr. Sylvia Fallon

Glyphosate, a toxic herbicide, is under attack. But it’s not enough to develop “better” chemical weapons in our war against crop-killing weeds. We need to rethink our entire battlefield strategy.

Bucking Trump Agenda, Court Reinstates Clean Water Rule in 26 States

August 21, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Here’s why this environmental and public health win is so important.

Families Will Bear the Cost of Trump EPA’s Dirty Power Plan

August 21, 2018 Expert BlogKhalil Shahyd

Don’t allow the Trump administration to pass the cost of his political agenda onto America’s families.