Trump Takes a Torch to the National Environmental Policy Act
The Trump administration sets its sights on dismantling the Magna Carta of U.S. environmental law. The 1970 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is nicknam…
Federal, White House | |Trump Muzzles Americans with NEPA Change
WASHINGTON (July 15, 2020) – The Trump administration is set to announce new regulations today under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that ar…
Press Releases | |Gina McCarthy: Biden’s Climate Plan Will Boost U.S. Economy
WASHINGTON (July 14, 2020) – Vice President Joe Biden today announced a new plan to rebuild the American economy in part by tackling the climate crisis head-on…
Press Releases | |Voter Suppression Should Enrage Us into Action
Stacey Abrams spoke to NRDC Action Fund members about what’s at stake in November’s election—and what we must do to ensure every vote is counted. Every corner …
Elections | |Trump Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette Says 100 Percent Renewables Is Not Possible—Wait, What?
Pack it in, scientists and innovators. An anti-visionary has spoken. Scientists around the world have been debating how to get the world to 100 percent renewab…
Federal, White House | |Stop the Coal Industry from Polluting North Carolina
As the Trump administration escalates its assault on a broad range of bedrock environmental protections – including the Endangered Species Act, Clean Car Stand…
State | |Honolulu’s Bill 2 Takes a Fresh Look At Parking For a More Affordable, Resilient City
Photo: Randy Caldwell/Flickr The NRDC Action Fund is driving climate action in cities across the country through The American Cities Climate Challenge. This po…
Uncategorized | |NRDC Action Fund Endorses 9 House, Senate Candidates
WASHINGTON (June 30, 2020) — The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental advocacy organization, today announced its endorsement of nine (9) more candi…
Press Releases | |Trump’s Nominee to Manage Federal Lands Instead Wants to Sell Them
William Perry Pendley: yet another Trump nominee who rejects the basic duties of his job. The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ove…
Federal, White House | |Sharpiegate’s Conclusion: The White House Pressured the National Weather Service to Retract a Completely Accurate Statement
The culprit behind Sharpiegate will surprise no one. A new report from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Inspector General confirms what everyone in the world …
Federal, White House | |Trump Administration Makes It Harder to Put Your Retirement Money in Socially Responsible Companies
President Trump doesn’t want your investments making the world a better place. The U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposed rule recently that would make it …
Federal, White House | |NRDC Action Fund Endorses Biden for President
WASHINGTON (June 24, 2020)—The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental advocacy organization, today announced its endorsement of Joe Biden for president of …
Press Releases | |For Our Children, Our Planet, and Our Future, We Need Joe Biden
Times like this reveal why federal leadership matters. We must do everything we can to ensure Biden is our next president. More than 100,000 Americans dead fro…
Elections | |“Mobility Choices” for San Diego Climate and Equity
The NRDC Action Fund is driving climate action in cities across the country through The American Cities Climate Challenge. This post is written by Carter Rubin…
Uncategorized | |Donald Trump Is Now at War with Science AND Maps
Having learned nothing from Sharpiegate, Trump’s EPA altered a Wisconsin pollution map. What is it with Donald Trump and maps? During the 2019 hurricane season…
Federal, White House | |Trump Risks California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument in Search of Worthless Oil
Even when the value of oil was virtually nothing, Trump was still willing to destroy one of our country’s treasured landscapes to get it. In the midst of a his…
Federal, White House | |The Polluter President: Tracking Trump’s Attacks on the Environment
Donald Trump promised “crystal-clean water and air,” but his administration has been systematically unraveling the bipartisan framework that protects the envir…
NRDC Action Fund Endorses 11 House, Senate Candidates
WASHINGTON (June 12, 2020) — The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental advocacy organization, today announced its endorsement of 11 more candidates …
Press Releases | |Trump to Bring Offshore Drilling to Florida, Defying Overwhelming Opposition
Floridians know offshore drilling threatens their environment and economy. Trump doesn’t care. For 35 years, both parties have agreed that drilling for oil off…
Federal, White House | |Trump’s Unprecedented Attack on Birds
Under a radical legal reinterpretation, the oil and gas industry won’t have to worry about killing birds. The Trump administration is moving forward with a pla…
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