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California needs to make changes by making the Advanced Clean Fleets Rule stronger in order to benefit its community.

The vast majority of Californians support phasing out PFAS in clothing and textiles

Adopting a 10-knot speed limit for all offshore wind project vessels will help ensure this new American industry advances with strong protections for whales and sea turtles.

2022 Bristol Bay wild salmon run breaks all-time record while beleaguered Canadian owner of widely opposed Bristol Bay gold and copper mining scheme continues to fight EPA’s proposal for veto long sought by region’s residents.

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

Numbers of critically endangered right whales have significantly increased off of southern New England, which has implications for species management, including for fisheries, the maritime industry, and the emerging offshore wind energy sector.

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

This is what all gas stations look like to EV drivers: Dominion's new EV-charging programs will move Virginians away from these polluting clunkers and into a cleaner, cheaper driving future.

NRDC is preparing for the New York State legislative session in 2023, where we'll fight hard alongside our allies and partners for important bills that will protect our state and our planet from the worst effects of climate change.

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…

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.

A new wind project offshore New York will include added protections for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

A broad-based coalition of groups representing millions of supporters are running full-page ads urging the public to support EPA action to protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine. 

Funding deadline looms for agreement between Alaska Native village corporation and two land conservation organizations to protect 44,000 acres of salmon habitat in Upper Bristol Bay, blocking access corridor needed for widely condemned mine.

On June 14, San Jose's City Council unanimously took an important step to tackle the city's biggest source of climate-changing emissions: cars on the road.