Why the Lights are Out in Texas
A historic freeze this week plunged every county in Texas into a winter weather advisory and caused the state’s electricity system to fail, with 4 million cust…
State | |Energy Code Offers a More Electric Future for Seattle
The Seattle skyline over the Puget Sound as seen from West Seattle (Credit: Kristie McLean via Flickr) The NRDC Action Fund is driving climate action in cities…
Uncategorized | |San José Should Go All-In on All-Electric Buildings
Photo: San José, CA The NRDC Action Fund is driving climate action in cities across the country through The American Cities Climate Challenge. This post is wri…
Uncategorized | |The Climate Movement Helped Biden Win the White House
Climate-conscious voters are growing in number—and expecting real action on what the president-elect calls “one of the greatest battles of our time.” The 2020 …
Elections | |Every Vote Must Be Counted
Trump’s desperate attempts to hold onto power will not be tolerated. No doubt that it was deeply disappointing to wake up this morning without a declared winne…
Elections | |2020 Election: Big Wins for the Environment
Check here for the latest updates on the victories of pro-environmental candidates and the outcomes of ballot initiatives across the United States. UPDATE: On …
NRDC Action Fund and IBEW Team Up to Urge Support for Issue 1 in Columbus, Ohio
Written jointly by: Dan Sawmiller, Senior Advisor for NRDC Action Fund Ed Moore, Business Manager and Financial Secretary for IBEW Local 683 For too long we’ve…
Uncategorized | |Biden and Trump Clash Over the Environment in Final Presidential Debate
Last night, the candidates sparred on environmental justice, the Paris Agreement, a clean energy economy, and, oddly, “tiny windows.” Less than two weeks out f…
Elections | |Trump Lets Dangerous Coal Ash Ponds Pollute Indefinitely
Ignoring massive toxic spills and years of research, Trump pretends unlined coal ash ponds are safe. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced t…
Federal, White House | |The Worst Polluters Are Getting an Easy Ride Under Trump
Clean Water Act prosecutions dropped 70 percent and Clean Air Act prosecutions dropped 50 percent, compared to those during the Obama years. The Trump administ…
Federal, White House | |Our Fact-Check of the Vice Presidential Debate on the Candidates’ Environmental Claims
Both Kamala Harris and Mike Pence made big statements Wednesday night on everything from fracking to climate change. Some were much truer than others… The firs…
Elections | |Trump Administration Denies Wolverines Protection Under the Endangered Species Act
Climate change is rapidly shrinking the habitat of this iconic and dwindling North American species, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has apparently forg…
Federal, White House | |Trump Administration Tells Tribes They Have No Say in Oil Drilling on Their Lands
The Supreme Court ruled that half of Oklahoma is tribal land—yet the EPA says the tribes don’t get to control fossil fuel extraction on those lands. The Trump …
Federal, White House | |Trump Is Stalling on the Country’s Most Important Climate Change Report
The Trump administration should have started working on the next National Climate Assessment already—but it hasn’t yet recruited a single scientist. The Trump …
Federal, White House | |The Trump Administration Tried to Suppress a Study Showing Oil Drilling’s Threat to Alaska’s Polar Bears
U.S. Geological Survey director Jim Reilly, who—surprise, surprise—used to work for the oil industry, is telling scientists how to count polar bear dens in the…
Federal, White House | |NRDC Action Fund 2020 Voter Guide: COLORADO
In a state where 40 percent of voters self-identify as Independents, anything can happen on Election Day. As wildfire season continues to stretch further into …
Trump Repeals Decades-Old and Very Effective Air Pollution Rule
The “once in, always in” policy has prevented 1.7 million tons of hazardous emissions from entering the country’s air. The U.S. Environmental Protection …
Federal, White House | |For the First Time Ever, Climate Change Gets Prime Time in a Presidential Debate
During a bleak night of insults and interruptions came a few important reminders (from Biden) about the climate crisis, COVID-19, and, ahem, democracy. Last ni…
Elections | |NRDC Action Fund 2020 Voter Guide: CALIFORNIA
The Democrats at the top of the ticket are expecting a safe win in the Golden State—but much tighter races for California are happening further down the ballot…
Elections | |The Trump Administration Says It’s Doing a Good Job Cleaning Toxic Waste Sites—Don’t Fall for It.
The president is using an accounting trick to claim credit for past administrations’ work in remediating Superfund sites. Under Donald Trump, the U.S. Environm…
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