GOP Climate Denial Comes Roaring Back at First Debate
Republicans’ embrace of outright climate denial came roaring back at last night’s first debate of the 2024 presidential primary contest. And given the gl…
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…
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…
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…
Biden’s Plan to Get the Lead Out of Our Water (and Children’s Bodies)
Lead poisons people, particularly children. That’s why the federal government mandated lead-free gasoline and prohibited the sale of lead-based paints decades …
Federal, Uncategorized | |What an Electric F-150 Means for America
As the unveiling of Ford’s electric vehicle shows, the U.S. shift to EVs has started—but it’s just the beginning of our cleaner future. President Biden’s visit…
Federal | |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…
Biden Can Unite the Country by Taking Strong Action on Climate Change
The American people have been united for decades on the importance of clean air, clean water, and access to economic opportunity. Now, as President Biden takes…
Federal, White House | |How We Helped Make 2020 “The Climate Election”
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the White House on a bold promise to rebuild America, invest in our long-neglected infrastructure and create jobs while tacklin…
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…
Biden and Harris See Pennsylvania’s Future—and it’s Clean
Pennsylvania is one of the country’s fastest-growing markets for clean energy. It employed some 94,000 people in the state before the pandemic hit, with more t…
Biden Understands Climate-Fueled Wildfires Are a Human Tragedy
Seldom is the choice between presidential candidates spelled out more clearly than it was on Monday. With wildfires torching more than five million acres from …
Colorado Deserves Leaders Who Protect Public Lands
Growing up in Colorado gave me an appreciation of the value of public lands that I carry to this day. Climax and Leadville were the hometowns of my early yout…
Trump’s Assault on Science, Truth and Our Health
It’s common sense that science should inform our nation’s public policies and guide governmental decision making and communications. That’s been the hallmark o…
White House | |Historic Win for Climate Action in Virginia
Virginians secured a decisive victory for climate action in yesterday’s election, with control of both chambers of the legislature flipping to a climate and cl…
In 2020, Winning is Everything
In a speech today in Pittsburgh, President Trump doubled down on his all-fossil-fuel energy agenda–ignoring the scientific community, the business commun…
U.S. Leadership Absent in Amazon Emergency
The Amazon is experiencing devastating forest fires, and the fallout may be felt for generations to come. This is terrible news for nature and wildlife, for th…
Federal, White House | |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…
Election Outcomes Lead to Climate Action Across U.S.
In Washington, D.C., this month, climate change headlines have focused on the Green New Deal and the establishment of the new U.S. House Select Committee on th…
