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 | |Majority want EPA’s Pruitt fired, poll finds
A new national poll finds nearly 60 percent of Americans say President Trump should fire EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt over his many ethical scandals. Just 33 percent of survey respondents approve of Pruitt’s job performance, while 43% disapprove.The bad news for Pruitt comes on the heels of numerous reports…
Updates | |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 | |Sen. Bob Casey endorsed by the NRDC Action Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 16, 2018Contact: Denis Dison, NRDC Action Fund | [email protected] | 202-717-8293Washington – United States Senator Bob Casey (D-Penn.) today earned the endorsement of the NRDC Action Fund, a national organization working to build political support for protecting the planet and its people. Casey is running…
Trump’s Anti-Environment Budget Highlights the Stakes this November
Credit: flickr/justgrimesBudgets reflect values, and President Trump’s values are out of step with the majority of Americans who want a healthier, safer and more prosperous future. Come November, though, the American people will have an opportunity to send representatives to Washington who reflect their values, not Mr. Trump’s.Americans want…
Updates | |Poll: Illinois Dems favor strong pro-environment candidate for governor
A new poll commissioned by the NRDC Action Fund finds Illinois Democratic primary voters strongly prefer gubernatorial candidates who are willing to stake out an aggressive pro-environment platform.According to research conducted by Global Strategy Group in January, Democratic primary voters favor making Illinois a national leader in renewable energy…
Updates | |Rick Scott’s Dirty Drilling Deal With Donald
Five days after releasing an extreme plan to expose all of America’s coasts to offshore drilling, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rushed to Florida to meet with Gov. Rick Scott, who, under political pressure, flip-flopped to publicly oppose the Interior Department’s drilling plan. Apparently without even making Zinke leave the…
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 | |Tell Congress: Stop the Arctic Giveaway
Republican leaders in Congress are trying to open our pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to catastrophic oil drilling — the worst threat to the Arctic Refuge in decades. They’re using a huge tax cut bill to allow drilling on the refuge’s coastal plain. Billionaires and wealthy corporations…
Updates | |Voters Rewrite 2018 Political Playbook
This year’s decisive election results remind us that voters, not pundits or political operatives, will decide what we can accomplish in America. Voters yesterday proved we are paying attention, we are outraged and we will put a stop to the Trump administration’s attacks on our health and environment.The Trump…
Updates | |Virginia’s Golden Opportunity to Lead
Virginia's Rappahannock River at sunrise.On Tuesday, Virginians have an opportunity to reject the Trump administration’s reckless and destructive environmental agenda. Showing up to vote has rarely, if ever, been more important.Reversing the damage caused by the Trump administration’s unraveling of common-sense health and environmental safeguards won’t be easy,…
Updates | |Senator Rubio: Loyal To Oil, Or Florida’s Beaches?
Congress is on the brink of turning Florida’s vital beaches and ocean economy into a sacrifice zone for private oil companies. Unless Florida’s delegation and Senator Rubio, in particular, stand up against attempts to hide expanded offshore drilling in the federal budget and tax bill that is moving through…
Updates | |Donald Trump vs. the Pursuit of Happiness
To stop President Trump’s and his congressional allies’ assault on human health and the environment, return to America’s founding principles.President Trump and his allies in Congress are pursuing a dangerous agenda that would unravel popular, common-sense protections for clean air, clean water and a stable climate. They think political…
Updates | |Budget Brings Job Killing Offshore Drilling Close To Florida’s Shores
Congress begins official consideration of the nation’s budget this week, and while Capitol Hill ponders our fiscal fate, residents of Florida and our friends and families in Houston, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Caribbean are still desperately attempting to recover from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Our communities are still reeling without adequate food, water or electricity. Lives…
Updates | |Tropical Storm Harvey: Another American Deluge
As we lend our immediate support to Gulf Coast communities, we must also protect people from such future disasters by addressing infrastructure, safety measures, flood policies, and climate change.People in Houston are evacuated on rescue boats as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise, August 28, 2017.David J. Phillip/APIn just…
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 | |Scott Pruitt Defends the Indefensible
The budget testimony from the EPA Administrator leaves us wondering who exactly is protecting our environment and health.On the basis of congressional testimony Thursday from our nation’s top environmental steward, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, I can’t help but wonder: Who’s protecting our environment and health?It certainly isn’t…
Updates | |Paris Pullout: Fight Back at the Ballot Box
When the president and our elected representatives in Congress ignore reason, science and public opinion, the only way to get their attention is at the ballot box – our universal democratic right.In pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement, Donald Trump certainly ignored the science. He didn’t…
Updates | |A Budget That Scorches the Planet
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServicePresident Trump opened a new front in his assault on our environment and health on Tuesday, releasing detailed budget proposals that amount to a scorched-earth campaign — literally and figuratively.The budget calls for draconian cuts in programs that help clean up and protect…
Updates | |Join us at the People’s Climate March
This Saturday in Washington and cities around the world many will be marching to demand climate action. NRDC Action Fund staff, donors and friends will be part of the NRDC presence at the People’s Climate March to send a clear message that we want a healthier world for future…
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