Week 81: Under Trump, National Wildlife Refuges Are No Place for Bees
Plus, Trump’s wildfire hot air and the job-killing effects of fuel efficiency rollbacks. Bayer Over Bees Would you be surprised to learn that the federal gover…
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…
Updates | Denis Dison |Environmental Justice, Hillary Clinton, and the Rising American Electorate
By Ellice Ellis The water crisis in Flint, Michigan thrust environmental justice issues into the national spotlight during the 2016 Democratic presidential pri…
Updates | Jeff Popkin |NRDC Action Fund’s Weekly News Summary
This is what the NRDC Action Fund has been reading this week: Did the tobacco industry learn its denial from big oil?– Green groups find that the tobacco indus…
Updates | Jeff Popkin |GOP politics hurting coal-mining communities
A profound market shift towards cleaner fuels, renewables, and energy efficiency is dramatically reducing demand for coal. And the nation is finally addressin…
Updates | Denis Dison |NRDC Action Fund Endorses 14 for House, Senate
WASHINGTON (September 3, 2020) — The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental advocacy organization, today announced its endorsement of 14 more candida…
NRDC Action Fund: Biden Picks Proven Leader and Seasoned Fighter in Harris
WASHINGTON (August 11, 2020) –Joe Biden today announced he has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) to be his running mate, making her the first woman of color…
Six Environmental Champions Win NRDC Action Fund Endorsements
WASHINGTON (May 15, 2020) — The NRDC Action Fund today announced it has endorsed another five candidates for the U.S. Senate and one candidate for the U.…
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…
Time for Senator Portman to Clear the Air
What’s Senator Rob Portman’s position on climate change? For years, Sen. Portman’s pronouncements on the issue have amounted to a series of shifting, clever ev…
Why does Sen. Kirk keep voting against clean water?
For more than two years now, the people of Flint, Mich., have been warned to drink bottled or filtered water because the stuff coming out of their taps is tain…
Trump’s GOP accelerates assault on the environment
If the selection of climate denier Donald Trump as their standard-bearer wasn’t an obvious enough clue, Republican leaders this week dropped any pretense that …
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…
Michigan’s Future is on the Ballot
Not since the Great Recession have the stakes been higher for Michigan families and autoworkers. The state has an incredible legacy with a highly skilled workf…
Duke Energy’s Plan to Keep North Carolina Addicted to Fossil Fuels
North Carolina can be a leader in clean energy, growing jobs and cutting harmful emissions in the process, but not without Duke Energy’s commitment to those go…
Support San José’s Plan for Cleaner Energy in Buildings
Help the city fight climate change by commenting on the draft Existing Building Electrification Plan, which will empower locals to electrify their homes and bu…
Local | Olivia Walker and Elizabeth Stampe |NRDC Action Fund Endorses 17 Clean Energy Champions
WASHINGTON (April 13, 2022) – The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental organization, announced today it has endorsed another 17 candidates for election t…
Week 28: Trump’s Wall Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Break Laws (Environmental or Otherwise)
The president won’t subject his offensive border project to environmental review, but his administration will subject the EPA museum to censorship. Wall of Sha…
Week 31: I’ve Got Beef, with Scott Pruitt
The EPA chief puts cows ahead of clean water, the monuments mystery, ExxonMobil’s history of denial, and more science censorship. Don’t Give Me Your Bull . . .…
Week 138: NOAA v. Hurricane Donald
President Trump revokes the Clean Water Rule and doubles down on his fake weather forecast, while the Bureau of Land Management hitches up its wagons to move w…