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NRDC and Partners Force Action, At Last, on Toxics in Toys

August 29, 2017 Expert BlogAvinash Kar

Finally. The CPSC must decide by October 18, 2017, whether to ban several toxic phthalates in children’s products.

Banishing the Climate Change Blues

August 29, 2017 How-ToUnited StatesJenny Shalant

Anxious about where our planet is headed? Tip one: You’re not alone—and that means a lot.

After 40 Years, Will GE Get a Pass for Polluting the Housatonic River?

August 28, 2017 DispatchMassachusettsClara Chaisson

Under the Trump administration, the decades-long battle to get the company to clean up its PCB mess looks more uncertain than ever.

State Refuses Public Records Act Request on WaterFix Costs

August 28, 2017 Expert BlogDoug Obegi

There Is No Reason Why Ameren Should Weaken its Commitment to Energy Efficiency

August 28, 2017 Expert BlogHenry Henderson

Americans Red and Blue Unite Against Trump's Plan to Drill the Atlantic

August 28, 2017 PerspectivesEast, United StatesJeff Turrentine

Not even the Republican governors who supported him are willing to get behind it.

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 24

August 25, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

A non-announcement about the future of our national monuments, plus more climate change denial and an attempt to hide the health risks of coal mining.

Hurricane Harvey Arrives as Flood Insurance Deadline Looms

August 25, 2017 Expert BlogJoel Scata

Hurricane Harvey will strike the Texas coast with gale force winds, life-threatening storm surge, and torrential rainfall. Several coastal counties have rightfully issued evacuation notices, which should be heeded as storm conditions will be severe. Catastrophic flooding is expected as…

NRDC, Partners FOIA Zinke’s Undisclosed Monument Rollbacks Report

August 25, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Natural Resources Defense Council has joined with Earthjustice and Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke release his secret recommendations for reducing protections for certain public lands…

DOE’s Grid Study: Clinging to the Past

August 24, 2017 Expert BlogJohn Moore, Miles Farmer

Questlove Calls Cuts to EPA “F*cked Up” in New PSA

August 24, 2017 Press ReleaseNew York

Funny Or Die and NRDC Team Up to Ask Viewers to Go “All In” to Defend Safe Drinking Water, Clean Air and People’s Health

Flawed Perry Grid Study Finally Released

August 24, 2017 Press Release

“Disjointed attempt to support outdated, uncompetitive, and highly polluting power plants"

Latin America Green News: 8/18 – 8/24/2017

August 24, 2017 Expert BlogCarolina Herrera

Trump Administration Puts Our Monuments on the Chopping Block

August 24, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

Interior Secretary Zinke has recommended President Trump open our public lands and waters up to drilling, mining, and commercial development.

Trump Can’t Stop This: Climate Action in the Southwest

August 24, 2017 Expert BlogElisheva Mittelman, Kevin Steinberger

States like Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Nevada are embracing clean energy and moving away from dirty fossil fuels.