Trump’s Car Emissions Rollback Is a Disaster
Photo: George Clerk/iStockIt’s bad for the environment, the economy, and public health.After years of deliberation, the Trump administration has chosen this moment to formally propose weakening carbon pollution and fuel efficiency standards for automobiles. Under an Obama-era rule, fleet-wide fuel economy was set to rise to 54.5 miles per…
Federal | |Trump’s EPA Refuses to Give Americans More Time During the Pandemic to Respond to Its Pro-Pollution Proposals
Photo: 123RFThe public health professionals who would have the most to say about the agency’s new rules are a little busy right now.Despite the current COVID-19 crisis, the Trump administration sees no reason to extend the public comment period on rules it is proposing—mostly rules that would roll back existing…
Federal | |The Trump Administration Issues a Free Pass to Pollute During Pandemic
Photo: DreamstimeThe move will leave Americans in the dark about the levels of contaminated air and water coming into their communities.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday that it would essentially stop enforcing important parts of the nation’s environmental laws. The unprecedented order will allow industries to decide…
Federal | |GUEST BLOG: You brought your 2-year-old to Springfield to fight for clean energy?!
By Kristen Youngman, activist and NRDC Action Fund supporter TUESDAY 3/3 8:43PM“I don’t think you should bring him.” my mom said.“Why?” I ask.“He’s not even three yet.” she worries.Many might question waking up your toddler son at 5:30am on a Wednesday to hop on a three-hour bus ride to…
Uncategorized | |Bill 25 Could Propel 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.Honolulu’s City Council has a choice to make this month. Will it adopt forward-looking requirements for builders, giving residents access to clean, affordable energy in buildings that reflect…
Uncategorized | |ELECTION UPDATE: Ohio’s Hamilton County Issue 7 is a Vote For Climate and a Vote For Transit
(Photo: Luke Sharrett for NRDC Action Fund)This spring Hamilton County residents will be making their voices heard at the ballot box and with Issue 7 have the opportunity to support transit, investment in roads and bridges, climate and economic recovery. While in-person voting on March 17 was suspended due…
Uncategorized | |Climate Change and the 2020 Presidential Candidates: Where Do They Stand?
(This post was last updated on January 14, 2020.)Climate change is getting unprecedented attention from many of the 2020 presidential candidates. They are responding to the threats posed by a rapidly warming climate, the economic opportunities in switching to clean energy and the increasing concern of American voters: according…
2019: A Year of Climate Action
This was the year that the climate crisis broke through, with a massive youth-led movement taking to the streets in cities across the globe and the international media amping up coverage of climate-fueled storms and wildfires, climate science and climate politics.It was the year the 2020 U.S. presidential candidates…
Care About the Climate Crisis? It’s Time to Go All In.
NASA just reported June 2019 was the hottest month in recorded history, and July’s global average temperature will likely be even hotter. All-time heat records are being broken with alarming regularity now both in the U.S. and across the world, and obvious impacts are everywhere - severe floods, fires,…
Climate Deniers Warn GOP Lawmakers: Stay Loyal
“I don’t lose any sleep over it.”Those were the words Interior Secretary David Bernhardt used at a House hearing on May 15 to describe his level of concern about CO2 levels reaching 415 ppm in Earth’s atmosphere, an astounding level of carbon pollution that, if left unchecked, would doom…
Climate Change Will Hit Economies Hardest in Trump States, Report Finds
A recent report from the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program has found that states President Trump won in the 2016 election - including Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia - are among the most vulnerable to the economic impacts of climate change. Overall, 15 of the 16 states…
We Need Our Federal Workers on the Job
Our public servants undertake many tasks that we don’t often notice: They clear ice off the roads in national forests and ensure the local toxic Superfund site is being cleaned up; they inspect our drinking water systems and make sure the bathrooms at national parks have toilet paper.With President…
Federal | |10 Climate Champions Coming to Washington
Sen.-elect Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)The 2018 midterm elections swept dozens of pro-environment candidates into Congress, and several of these newly-elected members are themselves scientists or environmental advocates. They’re the type of forward-thinking leaders who the NRDC Action Fund worked hard to help elect in 2018, and who America needs in…
Are You Ready for November 6th?
With less than a week to go until Election Day, many races are deadlocked and control of Congress is up for grabs. The margins may be small, but the stakes are enormous. This is our biggest chance yet to tell President Trump and his pro-polluter allies in Congress that…
As Washington Waffles, Climate Action Shifts to the States
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) (Photo: Diana Robinson)A report issued last week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is alarming and unsettling, but it also reiterates the need for climate champions across all levels of government. Simply put, we’re running out of time to prevent the worst impacts…
State | |New Climate Report Raises Stakes on 2018 Elections
A polar bear drifts on a melted glacier. (Photo: NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland mission)The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gathered in South Korea this week and delivered a dire warning: unless unprecedented steps are taken by the world’s governments to reduce emissions in the next decade, our planet…
The Green Wave Starts Today
The planet needs us this November. If President Trump and his allies in Congress continue their assault on the environment, our water will be less safe, our air will get dirtier, and climate change will continue to threaten our economy, our health, and our way of life.Electing pro-environment candidates…
Elections | |NRDC Action Fund endorses Sen. Tim Kaine for re-election
Washington – The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental organization, today announced its endorsement of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in his campaign for re-election this year.“Tim Kaine understands that a safe environment, healthy families, and climate action are essential to continued economic growth,” said NRDC Action Fund Executive…
Press Releases | |Big divide on environment, clean energy in Pennsylvania’s Senate race
Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.) this week won Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary, setting up a general election matchup against incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.). Since his first year in Congress, Barletta has voted to weaken the environmental protections that keep our land, air, and water safe and clean, racking up…
Updates | |Ohio Senate race a choice between environmental champion and “climate change denier”
Congressman Jim Renacci’s (R) victory in Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary sets up a crystal-clear choice for Ohio voters this fall. Do they want Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) to continue fighting for the Great Lakes, for more clean energy jobs in Ohio and for a safe environment for Ohioans and all Americans? Or do…
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