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NRDC President: Trump Budget Betrays Our Values and Puts Polluters First

May 23, 2017 Press Release

"Trump’s slash and burn budget puts polluters first and the rest of us dead last," said Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

California Legislature Must Not Abandon the Vaquita

May 23, 2017 Expert BlogZak Smith

Will the California Legislature be added to the list of institutions that have failed the vaquita?

NRDC Experts: Congress Should Reject Extreme Trump Cuts to Health, Public Lands, and Clean Air, Water & Energy

May 23, 2017 Press Release

Funding Climate Research Isn’t Crazy; Ignoring Reality Is

May 23, 2017 Expert BlogJuanita Constible

Today’s federal budget proposal is the equivalent of a cranky child sticking her fingers in her ears and singing “la la la.”

Flagging Air Pollution for School Children in Ahmedabad

May 23, 2017 Expert BlogNehmat Kaur

Got Clean Energy? Not So Much from PJM’s Latest Auction

May 23, 2017 Expert BlogJennifer Chen

While the rest of the world scales up clean energy, the electric grid operator running the world’s largest market procuring future commitments to deliver electricity is continuing to rely primarily on fossil fuels and nuclear. PJM, the grid operator serving…

Protect Our Children: The EPA Must Finalize the Ban of Chlorpyrifos

May 22, 2017 Fact SheetUnited StatesMiriam Rotkin-Ellman, Dr. Jennifer Sass, Mae Wu, Dr. Veena Singla

Widespread use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in agriculture threatens farming communities, contaminates drinking water, and leaves toxic residues on fruits and vegetables. To protect families, the EPA must move forward and finalize its proposed ban.

Protect Our Coasts: Week of Action

May 22, 2017 Expert BlogFranz Matzner

Zinke’s Western “Listening Tour” Light on the Listening, Heavy on the Fossil Fuels

May 19, 2017 Latest NewsUtahJeff Turrentine

As the interior secretary ponders the fates of 27 national monuments, he seems to be hearing some voices more acutely than others.

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 11

May 19, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

More pro-polluters appointed, a barrage of dangerous bills advanced, and Bears Ears under threat—again. But there’s one bright spot: bold climate action in Virginia.

Dear Secretary Zinke…

May 19, 2017 Expert BlogSharon Buccino

Be a good American. Protect our national treasures.

“Time to Build” Flood Resilient Infrastructure

May 18, 2017 Expert BlogJoel Scata

The lower Midwest is still recovering after severe flooding swept through the region in early May. Cities and towns along the Meramec and Mississippi witnessed floods stages at historic or near historic levels. Climate change is loading the dice in…

Groups Seek to Protect Imperiled Vaquita Porpoises Through U.S. Ban on Imports of Mexican Seafood Caught with Dangerous Nets

May 18, 2017 Press Release

Gillnets Used in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California Violate U.S. Bycatch Standards

Latin America Green News: 5/12 - 5/18/2017

May 18, 2017 Expert BlogMaria Martinez

Fixing Our Water Infrastructure: Smarter, Fairer, More

May 18, 2017 Expert BlogLarry Levine

We cannot have a two-tiered system where the wealthy get water that is clean and safe for their families, and the less well-to-do get second-class water, wastewater, and stormwater systems that pose risks to their health and environment. Rather, we…