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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.

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15 States Take Historic Action on Transportation Pollution

Expert BlogUnited StatesPatricio Portillo
A bipartisan group of governors representing 15 states from across the nation and the District of Columbia spoke in unison today, committing to zero-out toxic air pollution from medium- and heavy-duty trucks by 2050. The announcement is the largest-ever multi-state…

Food Systems Analyst

NRDC in ActionBaltimore, Nashville, Denver, Maryland, Tennessee, ColoradoJeff Turrentine
Andrea Spacht Collins is working to minimize food waste by changing the way we think about what we eat—and what we don’t eat, where it comes from, and where it ends up.

NRDC Food Matters Launches Two Regional Initiatives

Expert BlogEast, United StatesDarby Hoover, Madeline Keating
Starting with the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, we are launching a Food Matters Regional Initiative, with the goal of furthering larger-scale change related to food waste at a regional level.

Pipeline Victories Show the Power of People

Expert BlogUnited StatesGina McCarthy
These victories happened because people demanded better—and because of environmental and public health laws that require the government to listen.

Cities Respond to COVID Needs by Rescuing Surplus Food

Expert BlogMadeline Keating, Andrea Collins
When businesses closed to help control the spread of the pandemic and millions of people flocked to food pantries and emergency food distributors, Baltimore, Denver, and several cities across the country were well-prepared to respond to the needs of their…

Pritzker, Lightfoot: Stop Passing the Buck on Enviro Justice

Expert BlogChicagoMeleah Geertsma
On June 25, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“IEPA”) granted an air permit that will enable the relocation of a notorious metal shredding operation from Chicago’s wealthy and largely white Lincoln Park to the Southeast Side environmental justice community. In…

Why Illinois Needs a New “Normal”

Expert BlogIllinoisJ.C. Kibbey
Illinois can’t go back to the old “normal,” but as we recover from coronavirus, we can chart a new path forward that centers equity and sustainability.

2020 Benchmarking: Progress and Opportunity

Expert BlogUnited StatesStarla Yeh
The trends show that, as the U.S. economy recovers, there are significant opportunities ahead to push for a more prosperous clean energy future that prioritizes emission reductions and investments in the communities that have borne disproportionate pollution burdens.

The Potential Eviction Crisis Could Create a Debt Time Bomb

Expert BlogUnited StatesKhalil Shahyd
If Congress doesn’t urgently act, U.S. households that are most vulnerable to the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic face the increasing threat of evictions at the worst possible time—and America risks a consumer debt time bomb.

NRDC and Partners Win Ashden Award for Heat Action Plans

Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal
The winners of the 2020 Ashden Awards have been announced this week. NRDC is deeply honored to have received on behalf of esteemed partners for the award for Cool Cities for our work on Heat Action Plans and Cool Roofs…

Pollution Strikes Again on the Southeast Side

Expert BlogChicagoGina Ramirez
The EPA has begun remediation of another nearby ballfield, this time because of shockingly high levels of lead and arsenic in the soil that require immediate removal.

Nancy Beck Has Some Explaining to Do

Expert BlogUnited StatesDaniel Rosenberg
Nancy Beck's nomination hearing for the position of Chair of the Consumer Production Safety Commission (CPSC) was a disaster (for her). Her testimony was evasive, misleading and tone deaf.