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Report: Low-Income Americans Will See Major Health, Job, Cost Saving Benefits from Clean Energy, Reduced Carbon Pollution

April 8, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (April 8, 2015)—While climate change threatens the public health and economic well-being of everyone, low-income Americans are especially vulnerable to the extreme weather and dramatic increases in electricity costs associated with global warming, according to a new report released…

China’s National Coal Cap Policy Could Save Nearly 50,000 Lives and $6.2 billion Every Year by 2020

April 8, 2015 Press Release

BEIJING (April 8, 2015) – China’s proposed national policies to curb coal use will provide enormous air quality and health benefits to the public and coal industry workers, saving 49,000 lives and $6.2 billion in 2020, according to a new…

New report shines a light on innovative American cities advancing clean energy policies

April 7, 2015 Expert BlogPierre Bull

NRDC Ad Hits Senator Rob Portman for His Polluter Protection Proposal

April 7, 2015 Expert BlogUnited StatesPete Altman

ALEC: Want to lose the "denier" label? Then admit climate change is a problem.

April 7, 2015 Expert BlogAliya Haq

Mutated Truths

April 7, 2015 PerspectivesLouisianaSarah Craig, Rocky Kistner

Five years after the BP disaster, the oil company says everything is back to normal. This shrimper begs to differ.

A Recurring Nightmare

April 7, 2015 PerspectivesLouisianaSarah Craig, Rocky Kistner

After a decade of catastrophes—Katrina, BP—this family is saying good-bye to a beloved bayou home.

President Obama is Right to Highlight Health Threats Posed by Dangerous Climate Change

April 7, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (April 7, 2015) – President Obama today unveiled an unprecedented and sweeping array of actions to lessen climate change’s adverse impacts on human health.

New Jersey Settles for Fraction of Damages Originally Sought from Exxon Over Contamination

April 6, 2015 Press Release

TRENTON, N.J. (April 6, 2015) – The State of New Jersey and ExxonMobil today released the details of a proposed settlement over damages due for decades of soil and groundwater contamination across more than 1,500 acres of wetlands, marshes, meadows…