Americans Vote for Powerful Check on Trump’s Anti-Environment Agenda
Americans from coast-to-coast have voted for change, rejecting President Trump’s pro-polluter politics.
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A New Call to National Climate Action
Minutes after opening the 116th Congress last week, incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi issued a stirring call to national action on what she called “the existential threat of our time: the climate crisis.”In Pelosi we have a leader who is listening to the science—and to the American people across the…
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…
Latest Climate Reports Demand Bold, Immediate Action
The Trump administration tried to bury the Fourth National Climate Assessment by releasing it on Black Friday, hoping most Americans would be too busy bargain shopping to notice the blockbuster report. But that tactic backfired spectacularly as mainstream news outlets pounced on the story.Based on the assessment by scientists…
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Coastal South Carolina Voters Reject Offshore Drilling
The environment was one key reason Republicans lost the midterms, according to an op-ed from Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), in yesterday’s NY Times:The environment matters to voters. As a party, we have somehow forgotten that conservatism should apply to more than just financial resources. Being conservative should entail being conservative…
Americans Vote for Powerful Check on Trump’s Anti-Environment Agenda
Americans from coast-to-coast have voted for change. They rejected President Trump’s pro-polluter politics, instead handing control of the House of Representatives to a leadership team that embraces common sense environmental safeguards and welcomes the clean energy economy.Lawmakers in the House will be able to hold the Trump administration accountable…
10 Anti-Environment House Members We Won’t Miss in 2019
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), climate denier and endangered incumbent.The 2018 election is likely to bring a lot of new faces to Washington, and some anti-environment House incumbents will likely be out of a job. Here are several we certainly wouldn’t miss if they are defeated. These races, some rated…
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