Get Back to Work on the Build Back Better Act
Last week’s devastating wildfire in my hometown of Boulder, Colorado—pushed by hurricane-force winds and fueled by drought-ravaged grasslands—sent thousands fl…
Chicago Passes Strong Climate Budget to Grow a Clean Energy Economy and Advance Environmental Justice
The city of Chicago has officially passed a down payment of nearly $200 million toward climate action and achieving a just, equitable, and sustainable environm…
Congress | |New Ad Thanks Rep. Delgado for Leadership on Safe Drinking Water
President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda isn’t just about creating jobs and fighting climate change. The legislative package now being debated on Capitol Hil…
Poll: Democrats Risk Losing Majority Without Climate Action
Democrats will find it difficult to motivate the young voters they need to maintain control of the House and Senate next year if they are unable to pass the si…
To Build Back Better, Fix Trump’s Disastrous Tax Giveaways
NRDC and the NRDC Action Fund opposed the 2017 Trump tax giveaway to corporations and the wealthy because, among many other injustices, it starved our governme…
Poll: New Mexicans support moving to 100% clean energy economy
A new poll from the NRDC Action Fund and Conservation Voters New Mexico shows that New Mexican voters are ready to transition into a renewable future. As Congr…
Marco Rubio is Missing in Action on Climate Change
Florida’s senators have abandoned their responsibility to represent the interests of their constituents when it comes to climate change. This crisis has dire c…
The Filibuster Rule is Broken: It’s Time to Fix It
The Senate filibuster rule is broken. It’s time to fix it through reforms that encourage bipartisanship without enabling a petulant and self-serving minority t…
IPCC: We’ve Already Warmed the Planet to Catastrophic Effect, but the Level of That Catastrophe Is Up to Us
There’s no going back, but there is a way forward: Act now and go big. Early this morning, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the fi…
Congress | |Orphan Wells: The Bill Comes Due for 150 Years of Drilling
We need a down payment from President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, but industry should be on the hook. A century and a half after arriving here, the Calif…
Congress | |A Week of Action to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The NRDC Action Fund has joined more than 500 organizations from the environmental, faith and public health communities calling on Congress to eliminate taxpay…
Does Bipartisanship Have a Prayer?
As an environmentalist, I’ve never seen support for clean air, safe water and sustainable habitat as something that should divide us, red state and blue. If an…
A Travesty for the GOP—and a Crisis for the Country
Liz Cheney is no friend of a healthy environment. Last year alone, the Wyoming Republican voted against critical measures to confront climate change, maintain …
Americans Support “Going Big” on Jobs and Infrastructure
It turns out “going big” on infrastructure is pretty popular with the American public. New polling shows Americans (of all political stripes) overwhelmingly su…
Tell Your Senators, Regardless of Party: Pass the For the People Act
The bill will set standards for federal elections and restore essential voter protections—superseding the wave of state-level hurdles being created by the GOP.…
The Fight Begins to Build Back Better
President Biden’s “American Jobs Plan,” announced yesterday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the next step on his bold campaign pledge to create millions of goo…
How the American Rescue Plan Act Fights Climate Change
The American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law by President Biden earlier this month, contains significant provisions that begin to fulfill Biden’s campaign pro…
What the Recent Wins in Georgia Could Mean for Biden’s Climate Agenda
The arrival of Senators-elect Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff will make it easier for the next president to get some things—but not everything—done. The victori…
Georgia’s Battle for the Senate Meets the Fight for the Climate
When it comes to action on social and climate justice, the differences between the plans of candidates Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff and the dismissa…
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 …
