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Don’t Let Offshore Drilling SpOIL Coastal National Parks

May 23, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesJacob Eisenberg

Thanks to the Trump Administration’s proposed offshore drilling plan, 68 coastal National Parks abutting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and around Alaska and Florida’s coasts could now face that same harm, according to a new report by NRDC and the…

Cuomo Must Protect NY Tap Water from Toxic PFOA Chemicals

May 22, 2018 Expert BlogNew YorkKimberly Ong

The state has the power to protect New Yorkers from these dangerous chemicals in our drinking water when EPA will not.

Whale and Dolphin Bonanza in the New England Marine Monument

May 22, 2018 Expert BlogBrad Sewell

Rural Illinois Burdened by Nitrates in Drinking Water

May 22, 2018 Expert BlogIllinoisEllen Lee

To Share Our Stories Is to Share Our History

May 22, 2018 Expert BlogRhea Suh

We mark this Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by celebrating the stories and experiences of Asian Americans behind our country’s national monuments and sites.

Money Up in Smoke: How Dominion’s Investments in Biomass Electricity Lost Big

May 22, 2018 Issue BriefUnited StatesSami Yassa

Electricity from power plants that burn forest biomass is extraordinarily expensive compared to clean-energy alternatives.

Pruitt’s To Do (or Not To Do) List for Toxic PFAS Chemicals

May 22, 2018 Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg

Here's a list of actions EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt should take to protect the public from toxic "Teflon" chemicals, but probably won't.

Does It Actually Make Sense to Combine Different Types of Recyclables in One Bin?

May 22, 2018 ExplainerInternational

Darby Hoover, NRDC’s waste expert, says this “single stream” type of recycling is mostly about customer convenience, but the costs may outweigh the benefits.

MDEQ Bills “Are the Opposite of Reform”

May 22, 2018 Press ReleaseMichigan

NRDC Calls on Governor Snyder to Veto New “Polluter Panel” Bills

In Upstate New York, a Summer of Climate Change Art

May 22, 2018 PerspectivesNew York, United StatesPatrick Rogers

The Storm King Art Center hosts an exhibition exploring the many implications of an environment in transition.

New UN Model Lighting Regulation = $18 Billion in Savings

May 21, 2018 Expert BlogNoah Horowitz

The potential savings from transitioning from old-fashioned incandescent bulbs to energy-efficient LEDs in nations that do not already have energy efficiency standards could be massive—once all the lighting sockets in these countries contain LED light bulbs, the amount of electricity…

FERC Takes a Step Backward on Environmental Impacts

May 21, 2018 Expert BlogGillian Giannetti

Buried within a routine order, a 3-2 majority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unveiled a new policy on May 18 that limits FERC's analysis and disclosure of the environmental impacts of natural gas pipeline projects. The policy undermines…

Stopping a Dakota Access Pipeline Leak in Under 10 Minutes? A Fairy Tale, Say the Standing Rock Sioux

May 21, 2018 DispatchNorth Dakota, South DakotaSusan Cosier

In a recent report, the tribe picks apart the pipeline company’s emergency response plan.

Win! Court Pulls Key Permit for Massive (and Dirty) Atlantic Coast Pipeline

May 21, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

The decision is a hopeful one for those in the pipeline’s path and for the environmentalists who have spoken out loudly against the project’s threat to communities, waterways, wetlands, and wildlife.

U.N.’s New Global Initiative to Accelerate Phaseout of Incandescents and Shift to LED Bulbs

May 21, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The plan will help emerging and developing economies save billions of dollars and prevent millions of tons in carbon emissions.