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

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.

Wall Street Journal attack on EPA’s proposed protections for Bristol Bay is high on rhetoric, wrong on the facts, and ignores comprehensive scientific record showing unacceptable adverse effects from widely condemned gold and copper mine proposed for Bristol Bay headwaters.

As farmers grapple with everything from extreme weather events to heat stress to wildfires, and agriculture becomes less predictable in the face of a changing climate, it is essential for governments to help farmers transition to practices that increase resilience…

When President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, he made sure billions in transportation funding would come to California to modernize and clean up our transportation system. Two bills would help the state prioritize climate and equity in…

Fly-in meetings and paid media urge the EPA to veto Pebble Mine and permanently protect Bristol Bay.