NRDC Action Fund 2020 Voter Guide: PENNSYLVANIA
In a state that elects Republicans and Democrats in more or less equal measure, every vote counts—and every vote is hard-won. It’s little wonder presidential c…
Elections | |Trump Ignores EPA Data Showing Pesticide Threatens Children’s Brains
A large body of data shows chlorpyrifos causes learning disabilities, but Trump’s EPA is looking the other way. Five years ago, scientists at the U.S. Environm…
Federal, White House | |Biden/Harris vs. Trump/Pence: Your Guide to Watching the 2020 Presidential Debates
Here’s the when, where, and how for tuning in to the debates as the candidates tackle today’s biggest issues (or try to). Pop the popcorn. Warm up your Twitter…
Elections | |Rush to Confirm a Justice Silences Voters’ Voices
Days after the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are already eager to rush throu…
Trump Recommends a Climate Change Minimizer as NOAA Chief Scientist
Ryan Maue, a self-described “lukewarmist,” is the second climate contrarian headed to NOAA within a month. The count is now at two for climate contrarians head…
Federal, White House | |For Mayors, Confronting the Climate Crisis Is Not Optional
Leading the way forward through these unprecedented times of climate disasters, the American Cities Climate Challenge is helping mayors work together to achiev…
Local | |Biden Understands Climate-Fueled Wildfires Are a Human Tragedy
Seldom is the choice between presidential candidates spelled out more clearly than it was on Monday. With wildfires torching more than five million acres from …
EPA Cancels Environmental Justice Discussions, as Trump Suggests They Are “Anti-American”
No, polluting low-income neighborhoods and communities of color is simply wrong and racist—and it’s high time government agencies started addressing it. The U.…
Federal, White House | |Trump Fans Flames of Climate Crisis While West Is Burning
Voting for Joe Biden is the most important individual action each of us can take this year to affect our climate future for the better. The West Coast is burni…
Elections | |NRDC Action Fund: Trump’s Climate Lies Hurt Americans
WASHINGTON (September 14, 2020) – President Trump and former Vice President Biden today each delivered comments about the wildfires in the western U.S. Gina Mc…
Press Releases | |A Climate Change Denier at NOAA
Trump appoints David Legates, a climatologist who couldn’t hack it at the Delaware state government, to a leadership position at our country’s leading climate …
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NRDC Action Fund: Trump Policies Put Bullseye on Florida
WASHINGTON (September 8, 2020) – President Trump today touted his environmental record at an event in Florida and announced he would extend a ban on offshore d…
Press Releases | |NRDC Action Fund: Trump’s Environmental Record Disastrous for Floridians
WASHINGTON (September 8, 2020) – President Trump is expected to deliver remarks in Florida today touting his environmental record. Kevin S. Curtis, executive d…
Press Releases | |Donald Trump Declares Himself One of History’s Greatest Environmentalists and Saves Florida from His Own Offshore Drilling Plan.
And he did it all with a straight face. President Trump has given one of the most extraordinary speeches of his (or perhaps any) administration, telling voters…
Federal, White House | |NRDC Action Fund Endorses 14 for House, Senate
WASHINGTON (September 3, 2020) — The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental advocacy organization, today announced its endorsement of 14 more candida…
Press Releases | |Trump Gives Coal Plants a Pass on Toxic Wastewater, While Ignoring Public Health Consequences
Trump’s big favor to coal results in lax controls for arsenic, mercury, and selenium dumped into U.S. waterways. The Trump administration has weakened standard…
Federal, White House | |Trump Tells U.S. Forest Service to Get Out of the Way of Oil Drills
Proposal would undermine the Forest Service’s ability to protect forests. The Trump administration wants to make it easier—much easier—for oil and gas companie…
Federal, White House | |Trump Blames Clean Energy to Distract from His Failings
We must speed up the just and equitable shift we need away from burning coal, gas, and oil and toward cleaner ways to power our future. In the face of his epic…
Federal, White House | |Critically Endangered Whales Fall Victim to Trump’s Interference in Science
The administration’s political considerations around expanding offshore drilling threaten the survival of the North Atlantic right whale. The Trump administrat…
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