The RNC Eschews a New Platform—and Recycles Its 2016 Climate Change Denial
Why make up a new set of climate denials when you’ve already rejected science so categorically already? The Republican Party has made the extraordinary decisio…
NRDC Action Fund: Senate Climate Report Puts People Over Polluters
WASHINGTON (August 25, 2020) –The U.S. Senate Select Committee on the Climate Crisis is expected to release a report providing a framework for Congress to act …
Press Releases | |The Biggest Moments from This Week’s (Virtual) Democratic National Convention
This year’s socially distanced DNC saw fewer big hats and balloon drops—but the same big push for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mat…
Elections | |Trump Invites Oil Drills into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The move threatens 60 years of legal protections for this near-pristine land in our country’s far north. The Trump administration has finalized its plan to bri…
Federal, White House | |Trump Tells Oil and Gas Companies They Can Stop Curbing Methane Emissions
The rollback undoes a historic 2016 rule to control one of the worst greenhouse gases. The Trump administration has relieved fossil fuel companies of their leg…
Federal, White House | |Trump Proposes Redefining Showerhead So He Can Waste Water
Apparently, his royal locks demand more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute. The U.S. Department of Energy is changing the definition of showerhead so that Pr…
Federal, White House | |NRDC Action Fund: Biden Picks Proven Leader and Seasoned Fighter in Harris
WASHINGTON (August 11, 2020) –Joe Biden today announced he has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) to be his running mate, making her the first woman of color…
Press Releases | |Kamala Harris for Vice President!
The U.S. senator from California is serious about climate action, passionate about racial justice, and tough on environmental crime. By selecting Senator Kamal…
What’s Up with This Year’s Virtual Democratic National Convention?
Everything’s on the line. Here’s what you need to know to tune in as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris make their case for a stronger, more just America. This year’s…
Pebble Mine: Calls to Stop Reckless Mining Scheme Intensify
Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Jr. announce opposition to proposed Bristol Bay mine, reflecting widespread condemnation of destructive Canadian mining project. …
Trump Quietly Offers Another Handout to the Oil Industry
The federal government was already undercharging for oil and gas taken from federal lands. Trump wants to ask the industry for even less. The Trump administrat…
Federal, White House | |Vote to Restore Gray Wolves to Colorado
Update: Colorado voters passed Proposition 114 in the November 3, 2020 election Coloradans will soon decide whether to restore endangered gray wolves to our ho…
State, Uncategorized | |Trump Refuses to Free the Lower Snake River of Its Dams—Ignoring Science, Tribes, and Starving Orcas
The Trump administration admits that removing the four dams would give endangered salmon their best chance against extinction, feed imperiled whales, and help …
Federal, White House | |Biden’s Plan Is More than a Climate Plan
Joe Biden has provided a road map to an economically, environmentally, and morally superior future. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden relea…
NRDC Action Fund Campaign Urges Voting by Mail in 2020
WASHINGTON (July 28, 2020) – The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental organization, today announced it has joined the “National Vote by Mail Day of Actio…
Press Releases | |Trump’s EPA Won’t Stop Uranium Miners from Contaminating Water
Toxic radioactive heavy metals and chemicals from uranium mines put drinking water off-limits for generations—and in places where there is no water to spare Wh…
Federal, White House | |The Army Corps of Engineers’ Environmental Analysis for Alaska’s Pebble Mine Is Fatally Flawed
The final environmental impact statement makes a mockery of the National Environmental Policy Act, ignoring a broad consensus of condemnation. Hopes were not h…
Federal, White House | |Trump’s Airline Emissions Standards Are Meaningless
The first-ever rule to limit greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft wouldn’t actually accomplish anything new. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) u…
Federal, White House | |Trump’s Lax Soot Standards Could Kill More Than 140,000 People
New study shows what Trump pretends not to understand: Breathing soot is bad for you. According to a new study published in the journal Science Advances, the T…
Federal, White House | |Gina McCarthy: Trump Agenda Benefits Polluters, Not People
WASHINGTON (July 16, 2020) – President Trump is expected to deliver remarks at the White House today touting his administration’s deregulatory record. The spee…
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