On Land or at Sea, No National Monument Is Safe from Trump
The president opens the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts monument to commercial fishing. Lying 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the Northeast Can…
Federal, White House | |Trump Thinks Eliminating Environmental Regulation Will Stimulate Recovery. He’s 100 Percent Wrong.
The evidence shows that environmental protection is a boon to the economy. President Trump has signed an executive order encouraging agencies to all but ignore…
Federal, White House | |Trump Invites Offshore Drillers to Make the Same Mistakes Again
The administration’s rollback raises the risk of another Deepwater Horizon disaster. Newly released emails show that in 2017, the American Petroleum Institute …
Federal, White House | |Trump Tells States and Tribes They’re Thinking Too Much About Clean Water
The EPA shortchanges authorities’ ability to accept or reject proposals that threaten their waterways. The Clean Water Act gives states and tribes the right to…
Federal, White House | |Trump to Communities Trying to Protect Their Forests: Shut It.
Communities currently have 15 days to object to logging sales on nearby federal lands. The president says that’s unfair to logging companies. The Trump adminis…
Federal, White House | |Trump Proposes Logging Burned Land Without Environmental Analysis
Postfire logging has been called “mugging a burn victim.” Trump wants to make those muggings easier. The Bureau of Land Management has proposed to allow salvag…
Federal, White House | |EPA Describes Pebble Mine as a Potential Disaster, Yet Fails to Stop It Anyway
The agency bizarrely admits the mine puts Alaska’s Bristol Bay in grave danger but declines to save it. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this wee…
Federal, White House | |NRDC Action Fund Launches Six-Figure Anti-Fossil Fuel TV Ad Campaign in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (May 22, 2020) – The NRDC Action Fund today announced a six-figure plus TV and digital ad campaign, calling out Pennsylvania legislators who voted f…
Press Releases | |Bill 25 Propels Honolulu’s Homes to a Clean Energy Future
The NRDC Action Fund is driving climate action in cities across the country through The American Cities Climate Challenge. This post is written by Maria Stamas…
Uncategorized | |Trump Legalizes Inhumane Hunting Practices
Targeting bear cubs and wolf pups will now be allowed in Alaska’s national parks. The Trump administration has finalized a rule that reopens land in Alaska’s n…
Federal, White House | |Trump Issues Nonenforcement Order to All Federal Agencies
Ignoring threats to environmental health, worker safety issues, economic fair play violations, labor standards infractions, and more is not the way to get the …
Federal, White House | |Trump Sends Multimillion-Dollar Bills to Clean Energy Producers
Why is the administration handing cash to fossil fuels while crippling solar and wind? The Trump administration this week ended a two-year rent holiday for sol…
Federal, White House | |Six Environmental Champions Win NRDC Action Fund Endorsements
WASHINGTON (May 15, 2020) — The NRDC Action Fund today announced it has endorsed another five candidates for the U.S. Senate and one candidate for the U.…
Press Releases | |Six Environmental Champions Win NRDC Action Fund Endorsements
The NRDC Action Fund today announced it has endorsed another five candidates for the U.S. Senate and one candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives as par…
Trump EPA OK’s Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water
Perchlorate works great in rockets, but not so great in a child’s brain. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided not to regulate perchlorate…
Federal, White House | |Success in Greater Cincinnati for Clean Transportation
Residents in Hamilton County, home to the City of Cincinnati and its surrounding metropolitan area, showed their commitment to cleaner, more reliable public tr…
Uncategorized | |Colorado Deserves Leaders Who Protect Public Lands
Growing up in Colorado gave me an appreciation of the value of public lands that I carry to this day. Climax and Leadville were the hometowns of my early yout…
While Trump Tries to Silence Scientists, Journalists Hand Them a Mic
The Pulitzer Prize Board recognizes exemplary coverage of the climate crisis—and in turn, the importance of our free press. This week, The Washington Post won …
White House | |Why Is COVID-19 Relief Money Going to Trump’s Buddies in Coal?
Trump has already proved coal can’t be saved, but he’s still willing to toss the industry millions of taxpayer dollars. The Trump administration has gifted at …
Federal, White House | |Republicans Want to Bail Out Big Oil but Not States and Cities?
The oil industry made a bunch of bad investments, and they want you to absorb the losses. The Federal Reserve appeared to clear the way Thursday for a stealth …
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