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Momentum is building for New York City to lock in a citywide curbside food scraps and yard waste composting collection program beginning as early as January 2023.

Instead of our teachers being able to focus solely on their lesson plans and our students having time to just focus on homework, they’ve had to fight the city to get it to prioritize their health.

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is the strongest congressional climate action yet—in the moment we need it most.

Legislators can protect California from these dangerous pesticides by passing AB 2146, a bill authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan.

NRDC has three priorities for EPA's IIJA funded grants for consumer recycling education and outreach.

One of my friends recently suggested that the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant was on the verge of becoming “another Lazarus.” The analogy is misplaced.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes a $15 billion commitment to replace the nation’s lead pipes, but key improvements are needed to equitably distribute funding and align this assistance with need.

This model makes it easier for municipalities to collect data on food waste and surplus food generation, increase awareness of the problem of food waste, and reduce disposal of food waste in landfills and incinerators.

The upcoming White House conference presents a rare opportunity for the Biden administration and Congress to advance racial justice, health, environmental protection, and local prosperity. 

AB 1931 would direct hundreds of millions of federal dollars to removing lead sources from our drinking water system. But the state and water utilities need to recognize they have a problem first.

Read our recap of the environmental wins that passed in New York State's 2022 legislative session. With the tools to prevent climate catastrophe being dismantled at the federal level, this kind of bold action at the state level is more…

Amid a decades-long concern about widespread U.S. antibiotic overuse in livestock, the FDA continues ignoring the public health need to track and make that use visible.

A new report finds overwhelming public health and economic benefits from Illinois adopting the Advanced Clean Trucks and Heavy-Duty Omnibus Rules.

A judge has decided that the port put the profits of its tenant, China Shipping, above of the health of harbor workers and local residents.