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Meet the Architect Helping to Build a Solar-Powered Future for Puerto Rico

July 30, 2018 DispatchPuerto RicoNicole Greenfield

Ever since Hurricane Maria devastated the island last fall, Jonathan Marvel and his team at Resilient Power Puerto Rico have been sparking a renewables revolution, one community at a time.

It’s the 21st Century—Alabamans Shouldn’t Have to Worry About Hookworms

July 30, 2018 DispatchAlabamaNicole Greenfield

In Lowndes County, raw sewage is backing up into homes, flooding yards, and giving rise to long-eradicated parasites.

Plugging In California’s Public Schools, Parks, and Beaches

July 30, 2018 Expert BlogMax Baumhefner

More Chicken Antibiotics Pledges; Where's the Beef & Pork?

July 30, 2018 Expert BlogLena Brook

The latest progress on ending the overuse of antibiotics in chicken is in stark contrast to utter lack of action in the pork and beef industries nationwide—from producers to restaurants.

Public Supports Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Clean Transportation

July 30, 2018 Expert BlogBruce Ho

After a series of public listening sessions across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, the message is clear: the region’s businesses and residents overwhelmingly support efforts to clean up and modernize our transportation system—the way we move people and goods across…

CA Finds Widespread Risk from Pesticide Toxic to Kids

July 30, 2018 Expert BlogMiriam Rotkin-Ellman

Today, California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) added to the growing body of science raising the alarm about the dangers of the pesticide chlorpyrifos and took one step closer to getting it out of the state’s fields and orchards.

Southeast Side Residents Condemn City’s Zoning Rules that Pave the Way for Dirty Industry like General Iron and Others to Move to Their Community

July 30, 2018 Press ReleaseChicago

Southeast Side residents and advocates held a press conference today in response to General Iron’s announced plans to move its Lincoln Park metal shredder, cited last week by the EPA for air pollution violations, to a new facility on Chicago’s Southeast Side. Residents at…

Legislature Takes up Coast and Ocean Issues as Summer Ends

July 27, 2018 Expert BlogAnnie Notthoff

An Important Advance for Tigers

July 27, 2018 Expert BlogZak Smith

China’s new Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park is good news for tigers, specifically Siberian tigers.

NRDC, 61 Other Orgs to FERC: Reform Gas Pipeline Reviews

July 27, 2018 Expert BlogMontina Cole, Gillian Giannetti

Pro-extinction Policies Do Not Sit Well With Americans, Whatever Their Stripe

July 27, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Four out of five of us express support for the Endangered Species Act. Its attackers should take note.

EPA Cited General Iron, Southeast Side Residents Concerned About Health Threats

July 27, 2018 Press ReleaseChicago

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited General Iron today for excessive air pollution, failing to install adequate pollution controls, and for not obtaining the correct air permit today. Since 2016, the EPA has conducted several inspections at the facility…

St. Louis Building Code Update: Raising the Roof (Floor)

July 26, 2018 Expert BlogMissouriKatharine McCormick

St. Louis adopted the 2018 IECC, or International Energy Conservation Code, a model code that creates a floor for energy performance in new buildings. Because the IECC update addresses a wide range of energy uses in both commercial and residential…

Cleaner Cars Are a Win for America, Trump Isn’t Helping

July 26, 2018 Expert BlogDan West

When thinking about the global transition to electric vehicles, it's helpful to compare policies guiding the world's two largest car markets: the United States and China.

Court Orders Ban of Imported Seafood Caught With Deadly Gillnets to Save Mexico’s Vaquita Porpoise

July 26, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

With as few as 15 vaquitas left in the wild, the action comes not a minute too soon.