Trump’s EPA Refuses to Give Americans More Time During the Pandemic to Respond to Its Pro-Pollution Proposals
The 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, t…
Presidential Candidates’ Climate Plans Explained
This is a seminal year for the climate movement. What’s happening today, and what happens in the U.S. presidential election in November, will have far-reaching…
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…
2020 Presidential Candidates on Ocean Issues
Our oceans make up more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, generate half of Earth’s oxygen, provide a critical source of food and a way of life for billio…
St. Louis is Poised to Be the Standout Leader on Climate Action in the Midwest
Solutions for climate change are happening across the nation, and in ways you may not think. Case in point? Buildings are the single-largest user of energy in …
Uncategorized | Stefan Schaffer and NRDC Action Fund |ELECTION UPDATE: Ohio’s Hamilton County Issue 7 is a Vote For Climate and a Vote For Transit
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 …
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 res…
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 internation…
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…
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 ab…
The Other Front in Trump’s War on the Environment
This week, senators will vote on whether to confirm former oil and gas lobbyist David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior. Much has been written about th…
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 F…
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…
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 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…
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…
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 i…
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 ai…
Kavanaugh’s Clouded Environmental Record
Unless something extraordinary happens, Chairman Chuck Grassley will gavel to order the Senate Judiciary hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the …
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…