The Trump administration is planning to roll back successful clean car and fuel economy standards. It's bad for the environment, consumers and auto workers. NRDC explains how we got here and where it headed.
NAFTA’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has now determined that Canada is missing key facts to support its weak response to our petition, which urged investigation into the lack of enforcement of the country’s Fisheries Act. For years, Canada has…
Here’s something you don’t see every day: an entire industry and the environmental community aligned in support of an international agreement to curb dangerous climate pollutants—chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in air conditioning, refrigeration, insulation, and propellant applications.
EPA released a vague statement today that it "is working" to finalize a rule on the toxic chemical methylene chloride "shortly"—but what does that mean?
Californians have a chance to vote for two state ballot measures to protect parks and clean water and keep climate action moving forward. Make your voice heard on June 5.
The North American Free Trade Agreement’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has called for an investigation of Canada’s failure to enforce the nation’s Fisheries Act with respect to toxic materials leaking from massive tar sands tailings ponds. The ruling comes…
The Environmental Protection Agency today issued a statement indicating it would take action on the toxic chemical methylene chloride “shortly.” The EPA announcement came one day after EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt met with families of victims who had died from…
NRDC has challenged this administration’s reckless attacks on the environment and the American people nearly 60 times in court—and we haven’t lost yet.
The New England power grid is growing more reliable and resilient thanks to state renewable energy and energy efficiency laws that are reducing the region’s dependence on natural gas and other imported fossil fuels.
How would you like living in a home with a dramatically reduced electric bill? That will be a reality for most new homes in California starting in 2020, thanks to a new building energy code adopted today by the California…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission early this year rejected the Department of Energy proposal that would have further subsidized coal and nuclear power plants, and instead opened a new proceeding to investigate the concept of resilience on the interstate transmission…
NRDC, Sustainable FERC Project, and 15 other organizations wrote the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today arguing that Rick Perry's warning of an impending energy resilience nightmare is just that: a dream out of touch with reality.
