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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.

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.

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.

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.

Minnesota Could Reap $30 Billion Driving on Electricity

August 21, 2018 Expert BlogMax Baumhefner

What would happen if millions of Minnesotans ditched gasoline and started to drive on cleaner, cheaper electricity? A new report from MJ Bradley & Associates answers that question, demonstrating that Minnesota could realize upwards of $30 billion in avoided expenditures…

Clean Heating Bills Near the Finish Line

August 20, 2018 Expert BlogMerrian Borgeson

Two bills to reduce carbon emissions in California’s buildings—currently responsible for 25 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions—are poised to deliver the next generation of clean, energy efficient homes and empower Californians to reduce energy costs, improve air quality…

Dueling Federal Power Plant Bailouts: A Consumer’s Nightmare

August 20, 2018 Expert BlogMiles Farmer

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, the nation’s grid regulator) and the Trump administration are working on bailouts for different types of power plants that could end up acting at cross-purposes with one another, creating a nightmare for energy customers…

VA Water Board Must Protect Water from Pipeline Threats

August 20, 2018 Expert BlogAmy Mall

The Water Board now has the opportunity to step in and stop the Trump administration’s move to approve these pipelines using only the Army Corps’ Nationwide Permit 12, since it does not have adequate protections in place for individual Virginia…

Walmart To Ban Deadly Paint Strippers from Shelves and E-commerce

August 20, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States, Canada, Mexico, International

EPA does nothing as the world’s largest retailer joins Lowe’s, Sherwin Williams and Home Depot to pull dangerous methylene chloride from the marketplace

Zinke Plans to Divide Monument for Industry and Local Allies

August 20, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesJacob Eisenberg

Ryan Zinke’s Interior Department released documents yesterday indicating its intention to sell to private interests 1,600 acres of land previously and rightfully protected as Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. 1,600 acres of invaluable land belonging to the American people.

Diablo Canyon Accord Approved By California Legislature

August 20, 2018 Expert BlogPeter Miller

Walmart Will Also Ban Toxic Paint Strippers

August 20, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

Who has yet to join all these retailers that are protecting consumers’ health? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Trump’s Clean Power Plan Replacement Is WORSE Than Nothing

August 20, 2018 Expert BlogLissa Lynch

The Clean Power Plan replacement proposed today by Acting EPA Administrator Wheeler demonstrates the Trump EPA’s unflagging commitment to propping up polluters. The proposal is designed to require power plants to do nothing to reduce their carbon pollution, and it…