News & Commentary

NRDC and a coalition of local groups, represented by Earthjustice, filed an appeal today to stop the construction of the Pacific Northwest’s first industrial-scale wood pellet biomass production facility. 

This legislative session, Colorado once again solidified its place as a climate leader by taking on new and innovative approaches to reduce emissions and protect the environment.

Senate Bill 218 passes to ensure Colorado’s utilities meet growing customer demand for electric cars, trucks, homes, and appliances.

SB24-230 offers a tremendous opportunity to fund transit service through a fee on oil and gas production in Colorado—linking a key source of climate and ozone pollution with a key solution.

Colorado urgently needs to step up to safeguard our wetlands and streams left vulnerable by the Sackett decision.

New poll results show overwhelming public support for government action to address the plastic crisis, including a strong global plastics treaty.

BOEM's offshore oil and gas lease sale offered nearly 73 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to the fossil fuel industry.

This past year saw continued climate action, with important policies that will reduce carbon emissions and air pollution while improving quality of life.

Cheers! NRDC and our partners toasted a good cause on Capitol Hill: growing organic!

New offshore leasing proposed by BOEM would cause unacceptable harm to our climate, ocean, and Gulf communities. But agency reforms can help lessen the impacts.

The region's communities and marine life will continue to be exposed to the catastrophic risk and ongoing damage of these inherently hazardous industrial operations at sea.

BOEM's proposed rule falls short in requiring oil and gas companies to demonstrate they are financially able to fully remove and clean up platforms & pipelines.

Help our West Coast marine life and ask the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to require stronger management measures.

With broad bi-partisan support, Nevada enacted legislation to make it the third state to ban outdoor, non-agricultural uses of neurotoxic neonic pesticides.

A new report finds that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative delivers on jobs, emissions reduction, and economic benefits—and provides a framework to address equity in the future.

Idaho advances sweeping wolf reduction plan that is out of synch with modern science, the views of the public, and the complex reality of the environment.