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Budget Gimmicks Plunder Public Lands, Taxpayer Pockets

October 20, 2017 Expert BlogFranz Matzner

The United States Senate passed its budget resolution yesterday, prying open the door to massive cuts to funding for critical public safeguards from food safety to protections for America’s public lands and oceans. Republican Leadership and its oil industry allies…

Senate Budget Plan Could Open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Drilling

October 20, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

The Senate rejected an amendment that would have blocked raising revenue through federal oil and gas leasing.

In the Game of Extinction, It’s Good to Be Average

October 20, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

A new study finds that the world’s largest and smallest species are closest to the brink of oblivion.

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 29

October 20, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

Grossly unfit nominees abound; Pruitt casts smoke and mirrors around “sue and settle”; senator moves to strike public comments from infrastructure projects.

Have a Climate Denier Over for Coffee?

October 20, 2017 ExplainerInternationalJeff Turrentine

A researcher explains the psychological foundation of climate skepticism—and offers a strategy for chipping away at it.

Senate Budget Plan Puts Arctic Refuge & Public Lands at Risk from Drilling

October 19, 2017 Press Release

CA and NM Sue To Stop Interior Department Taxpayer Rip Off

October 19, 2017 Expert BlogTheo Spencer

California and New Mexico filed a legal challenge this week against yet another attempt by the Trump Administration and Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke to pad the wallets of dirty energy companies at the expense of taxpayers. California Attorney General…

The Heartland Memo: Less Science, More Pollution, Please

October 19, 2017 Expert BlogJuanita Constible

The Heartland Institute and its polluter allies think Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency isn't doing enough for its fossil fuel friends.

NRDC Signs on to Shared Mobility Principles

October 19, 2017 Expert BlogCarter Rubin

The rapid pace of technology-driven innovation in shared transportation presents tremendous opportunities, as well as risks.

Clean Water Act at 45: Despite Success, It's Under Attack

October 18, 2017 Expert BlogUnited StatesJon Devine

Congress enacted the law in response to rampant contamination of waterways and brought about important improvements across the nation.

Toxic Toys? After Nine Years, a Ban on Harmful Chemicals Becomes Official

October 18, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted today to ban five types of phthalates in children’s toys and other products.

Extreme Heat Takes a Toll on Our Mental Health

October 18, 2017 Expert BlogJuanita Constible

As the climate changes, extreme heat will have graver consequences for our physical and mental well-being.

Consumer Agency to Ban Harmful Chemicals in Children’s Toys

October 18, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – In a major victory for public health, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted today, 3-2, to ban several harmful phthalate chemicals from plastic used in children’s toys and child care articles.

Major Multinational Companies Ask Canada to Protect Threatened Boreal Caribou

October 18, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Multinational companies including the Procter & Gamble Company and Kimberly-Clark Corporation have written to Canada’s top federal and provincial leaders, urging them to “act swiftly to protect the boreal Woodland Caribou,” an iconic Canadian species whose survival is…

Companies to Canada: It’s Time to Act on Boreal Caribou

October 18, 2017 Expert BlogShelley Vinyard

Eight major companies are calling on Canada to protect the iconic boreal caribou before it's too late.