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More than 40 years ago, Congress told Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to do a better job of ensuring that the public had a say in its decisions. The nation’s top energy regulator never did, and, as a result, landowners…

According to NRDC’s new report Washington DC just distinguished itself—we are in the top 10 most lead-pipes-per-100,000 people of any state (or District) in the US. Not great news for the as many as 31,000 households drinking water through a…

As climate change fuels soaring temperatures worldwide, low-cost adaptation strategies can help cities to keep cool.

The Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2021 is a step in the right direction to a more heat-aware and heat-ready nation.

Groundbreaking voter led ballot initiative to curb single-use plastic pollution impacts on people, wildlife and climate qualifies for November 2022 election

Oil and gas extraction activities, including fracking, drilling, and production, can release radioactive materials that endanger workers, nearby communities, and the environment.

The U.S. oil and gas industry produced an estimated one trillion gallons of produced water in 2017. And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste—can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM. A new…

This is the time for Congress and the Biden Administration to go big and fully fund the replacement of all lead service lines in America because the cost of going home to a house with lead pipes could be even…

With last week's new Executive Order, and the re-introduced Farm System Reform Act, US leaders seem intent on real change to confront food system consolidation, a driver of inequity and harm to the environment and public health

New science on how fracked gas pipelines threaten socially vulnerable populations.

Two bills introduced in the House recognize the importance of reducing food waste to tackle the climate crisis, and lay the groundwork for quality job creation, significant GHG reductions, and improved soil health.

We can still stop the slow-moving runaway train that is the antibiotic resistance crisis.

There are five important ways to improve the rules' outcomes for climate and communities' health.

On July 8, I participated in the EPA's Chicago Community Roundtable to discuss the need to update the outdated Lead and Copper Rule.

Summer is just beginning, and it’s already made this much clear: The time for climate action is now.