The world faces an indisputable plastic pollution crisis. More than 99% of plastic is created from chemicals sourced from fossil fuels. That plastic is causing serious environmental problems at every step of its lifecycle. President Biden can take key steps...
Recycling food and other organic waste into compost provides a range of environmental benefits, including improving soil health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, recycling nutrients, and mitigating the impact of droughts.
In 2019, New Hampshire issued rules regulating four Per- and polyfluoroalkyl in the state’s drinking water and groundwater. 3M has produced these dangerous chemicals for years and is now challenging the new rules. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and NRDC (Natural...
NRDC, Clean Air Task Force, and other groups submitted public comments March 18, 2019, opposing EPA’s proposal to review carbon pollution standards for new coal-fired power plants.
Joint addendum of declarations in support of States’, Environmental and Public Health organizations’, Power Companies’, and Energy Trade Associations’ responses opposing motions to stay implementation of EPA’s Clean Power Plan rule, filed December 8, 2014, in the D.C. Circuit Court...
Comment letter submitted to EPA by NRDC and other organizations regarding EPA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) on the disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals and mixtures.
Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice and Natural Resources Defense Council partnered to garner technical and legal specifications and comments on a wide host of environmental issues related to the draft Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the...
This report, referred to as the Green Budget, highlights the environmental and conservation communities’ Fiscal Year 2013 National Funding Priorities. The Green Budget, prepared annually by a coalition of national environmental and conservation organizations,1 illustrates how federal investments can help...
The 110th Congress has the opportunity to turn the tide and provide a real investment in the environment to help create a stable and sustainable future.
This June 2003 NRDC study of drinking water quality in 19 U.S. cities finds that pollution and deteriorating, out-of-date plumbing are sometimes delivering drinking water that might pose health risks to some residents—and unless steps are taken now, tap water...
America's wetlands, which provide critical wildlife habitat as well as pollution and flood control, are drained, filled and polluted at an alarming rate. This July 2002 report from NRDC and the National Wildlife Federation looks at the potentially damaging consequences...
