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 …
Cory Gardner Is Only an Election-Year Environmentalist
In Washington, Senator Cory Gardner votes with Donald Trump and against the environment an astounding 90 percent of the time. But when he’s running for office …
Rush to Confirm a Justice Silences Voters’ Voices
Days after the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are already eager to rush throu…
Six Environmental Champions Win NRDC Action Fund Endorsements
The NRDC Action Fund today announced it has endorsed another five candidates for the U.S. Senate and one candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives as par…
LCV, NRDC Action Fund Launch $200K Digital Ad Campaign in Support of Clean Energy Tax Credits
Washington, D.C. — The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and the NRDC Action Fund will spend a combined $200,000 on digital ad campaigns thanking envir…
Congress, Press Releases | |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…
House Passes First Climate Bill in a Decade
WASHINGTON (May 2, 2019) – The House of Representatives today, in a bipartisan vote, passed H.R.9, the Climate Action Now Act. The following is a statement fro…
Congress, Press Releases | |GOP’s Climate Deniers Feeling the Heat
At a recent forum in Washington, leading climate science skeptic Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute told attendees that one of the “dangers” o…
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 “th…
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…
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 …
Congress | |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 environme…
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 Representat…
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…
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…
8 Senate Races We’re Watching This Year
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) The NRDC Action Fund’s primary goal in the 2018 election cycle is to defend—and with some luck expand—our Senate Green Firewall. To t…
