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NRDC Sues CA Cities Over Lax Landscape Water Requirements

December 19, 2017 Expert BlogEd Osann

For California to support a growing economy with reliable supplies of drinking water, it is critical that all new urban landscapes be designed and installed to be water-efficient, as well as attractive.

Defending Efficiency Standards: 2017 In Review

December 19, 2017 Expert BlogLauren Urbanek

This year has seen a barrage of attempts by the Trump administration to roll back efficiency standards and make it a lot harder to improve them in the future. Just last week, the administration indefinitely deferred action on 20 appliance…

Nebraska Keeps Door Open to Keystone XL Legal Challenges

December 19, 2017 Expert BlogJosh Axelrod

The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline could now face years of delay.

Covering Crops: How Federal Crop Insurance Program Reforms Can Reduce Costs, Empower Farmers, and Protect Natural Resources

December 19, 2017 Issue PaperUnited StatesClaire O'Connor, Lara Bryant

Congress should consider these policy solutions for shaping the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP).

Groups Sue Over Trump Administration Rollback of Protections Against Methane Waste on Public Lands

December 19, 2017 Press ReleaseUnited States

A coalition of conservation and tribal citizen groups today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging the Trump Administration’s suspension of the Bureau of Land Management’s Waste Prevention Rule and seeking to…

Report: How to Support Smarter, More Resilient Farms—and Save Billions

December 19, 2017 Press ReleaseUnited States

Federal Crop Insurance Could Empower Farmers, Save Resources and Prepare for the Future

Trump’s EPA Stalls on Policing Southeast Side Polluters, Residents Urge Mayor Emanuel to Step Up

December 19, 2017 Press ReleaseChicago

As Trump’s EPA delays enforcement on air pollution violations in Chicago’s Southeast Side, community and environmental groups have penned a letter urging Mayor Rahm Emanuel to step in to protect residents from neurotoxic manganese near neighborhoods and schools. The letter also calls on…

NRDC Sues 2 California Cities for Failure to Implement Water-Efficient Landscaping Requirements

December 19, 2017 Press ReleaseCalifornia

With Half of All Urban Water Being Used Outdoors, Strong Landscape Standards Are Critical to Preserving California’s Water Supplies

NRDC Sues to Block Trump Interior’s Rollback of Methane Curbs

December 19, 2017 Expert BlogMeleah Geertsma

Today, NRDC went to court to block the Trump administration’s latest hand-out to the oil and gas industry—a rollback of protections against waste and harmful air pollution on America’s public lands, at the expense of communities and taxpayers.

Latin America 2017: Top Three Green Trends

December 19, 2017 Expert BlogJames Blair

NRDC's Latin America team reflects on green accomplishments in the region and takes stock of significant events related to the environment and natural resources in 2017.

Zinke’s Latest Gift to Big Oil: Suspending Methane Waste Safeguards

December 19, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

A coalition of groups, including NRDC, are suing the Trump administration for rolling back these important protections.

RGGI States Set a New Standard for Climate Action in 2017

December 19, 2017 Expert BlogBruce Ho

This has been a productive year for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which in August agreed to slash carbon pollution at least 30 percent further from Northeast and Mid-Atlantic power plants.

Biomass Advocates to U.S. Pols in 2017: Avoid Mistakes of EU

December 19, 2017 Expert BlogSasha Stashwick, Sami Yassa

While European Union countries like the United Kingdom continue to burn forest biomass—primarily in the form of imported wood pellets—to produce electricity, analysis conducted in 2017 shows it’s a bad bet financially and for the environment, underscoring the dangers of…

A Way to Move New York Forward

December 19, 2017 Expert BlogAmanda Eaken

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set January 3 to formally unveil his agenda for 2018 and he’s almost certain to touch on the dire need to invest in the public transportation system that has long been New York City’s…

All I want for the Holidays: Protection for the Gulf's Whale

December 18, 2017 Expert BlogGiulia C.S. Good Stefani

Today, on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council, I wrote the National Marine Fisheries Service to let them know that if they didn’t take final action on our request that they list the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera…