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The White House's Expensive "Cuts"

March 16, 2017 Expert BlogClaire O'Connor

The President’s budget costs taxpayers, hurts rural communities, and misses opportunities for real savings.

Trump’s Misguided Budget on Energy, Oceans, Climate and Environment

March 16, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – President Trump released his proposed 2018 federal budget today, and experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council made these comments on budgets for the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Interior, Department of Energy and the National Oceanic and…

President's Budget Cuts to USDA Put Rural Water at Risk

March 16, 2017 Expert BlogLara Bryant

Trump’s Sledgehammer to Clean Energy Budgets Hurt Americans

March 16, 2017 Expert BlogElizabeth Noll

Gabon’s Jungle Was Once a Refuge for Elephants—Now It’s a Killing Field

March 16, 2017 Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel

If the new estimates are correct, Gabon has lost around 80 percent of its forest elephants in just a decade.

To Save the Last 30 Vaquita, We Must Boycott Mexican Shrimp

March 16, 2017 Expert BlogZak Smith

NRDC, Partners Oppose Trump Administration Maneuver to Destroy Clean Water Rule

March 15, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Wildlife Federation today asked the Supreme Court to reject a Trump administration effort to indefinitely delay the implementation of the Clean Water Rule while it moves to kill that rule…

Public Messaging to Reduce the Impacts of Nuclear Terrorism

March 15, 2017 Expert BlogDr. Bemnet Alemayehu

Why Attacking California’s Clean Car Program Is a Loser

March 15, 2017 Expert BlogDr. Simon Mui, David Pettit

President Trump Retracts Decision to Keep Strong Clean Car Standards

March 15, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – President Trump today moved to weaken the landmark carbon pollution standards for light duty vehicles for model years 2022-2025.

Extreme Bills in Senate Threaten Public Health

March 14, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Natural Resources Defense Council, Physicians for Social Responsibility, BlueGreen Alliance, GreenLatinos, NextGen Climate and a broad coalition representing more than 70 groups are urging the Senate to reject a multi-pronged attack on safeguards that protect Americans from…

Words of Flint’s Anguish Flow Like Water Through These Pipes

March 14, 2017 PerspectivesFlintClara Chaisson

High-school students share their experiences of the city’s water crisis in this powerful art installation.

NY Is Improving Utility Planning, But More Progress Needed

March 13, 2017 Expert BlogKala Viswanathan, Miles Farmer

New York's distribution system planning process is an innovative effort to pull back the curtain on utility system planning, and it has already resulted in key improvements in certain areas, such as planning for non-wires alternatives (using clean DERs like…

The Great Streets Challenge: Taking Stock of Watts Re:Imagined

March 13, 2017 Expert BlogShelley Poticha, Steve Fleischli

Trump Shouldn’t Try to Slip Through Controversial Changes

March 13, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – President Trump issued an executive order today seeking to streamline the executive branch.