The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently released a report describing how the federal flood insurance program could be reformed to provide low-income households affordable options for insurance coverage. However, flood insurance does nothing to help a homeowner avoid flooding…
Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz
The Earth Care Awards recently awarded the joint efforts of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, the Indian Meteorological Department, the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, and NRDC for the groundbreaking Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan.
With lead levels in Newark, New Jersey drinking water dangerously high—nearly twice the federal action level—the Newark Education Workers Caucus (NEW Caucus) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today announced plans to sue the City of Newark and the Acting…
Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency's administrator, announced today that the EPA would ignore scientific studies if they don’t conform to a set of arbitrary and implausible specifications.
In a win for consumers and the environment, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of NRDC, Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club, and overturned a Department of Transportation attempt to indefinitely delay penalties on automakers for…
Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency's administrator, said today that when forest materials are burned to produce electricity the EPA would deem that to be carbon neutral.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today released a nation-leading energy efficiency initiative that will cut customers’ bills and power plant emissions, create thousands of new jobs, and lay the foundation to meet New York’s clean energy and climate pollution reduction goals.
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