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 January. Will it adopt forward-looking requirements for builders, giving residents access to clean, affordable energy in buildings that reflect…
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…
Press Releases | |This Week: More Reasons to Fire Scott Pruitt
This week, we have even more reasons to fire Scott Pruitt. Plus, new reports add to our understanding of the dangers of offshore drilling.Scott Pruitt’s Dirty Politics. “How the Environmental Protection Agency became the fossil-fuel industry’s best friend.” The New Yorker Our take: This must-read account of the EPA…
Updates | |The tax cut bill is an environmental catastrophe. How did your senators vote?
The U.S. Senate has approved a huge giveaway to fossil fuel companies and other polluters to fund a massive tax cut for corporations and the wealthy. The tax cut bill opens the pristine Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, threatens the federal government’s ability to protect clean air…
Updates | |Deadly Water and Dashed Coverage: GOP’s Two-sided Attack on Americans’ Health
By Lauren KarpinskiThe disastrous Senate “health care” bill, crafted behind closed doors, would result in tens of millions of Americans losing their health insurance. While Trumpcare would limit coverage for those who become sick, the GOP is simultaneously pursuing another bill aimed at making it more likely Americans will get sick…
Updates | |Call Your Senators: Tell Them to Vote NO on Scott Pruitt’s EPA Nomination!
button { color: #900; font-weight: bold; font-size: 100%; padding: 8px; }We need to put…
Uncategorized | |Kaine KOs Pence in Environmental Showdown
By Wesley WarrenOlympic boxing is here but another matchup between Clinton-Kaine and Trump-Pence is coming this fall. With the conventions behind us, it’s a good time to do an autumn election debate preview. And because the records of the VP choices are less well known, let’s start with a…
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