Trumpcare 2.0: President Launches Next Assault on Public Health
When Americans learned last month that President Trump’s plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act would result in 24 million people losing their health insurance…
Fight Washington’s Attack on Environmental Enforcement
On the morning of January 9, 2014, residents near Charleston, West Virginia contacted local officials with reports of an unusual sweet smell in the air, the so…
Polluting Pruitt, After Record Opposition, Takes Over EPA
By Pete Altman Today, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a “longtime adversary of the EPA,” as the Washington Post put it, takes over t…
Updates | Denis Dison |Pruitt unfit to protect health, environment at EPA
Big polluters want to help pick the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator, and that’s a big problem. This week we learned energy industry execut…
Will Trump ignore U.S. business leaders on clean energy?
To hear him tell it, the president-elect isn’t a politician – he’s a businessman and an expert negotiator. But his ideas on energy policy run counter to …
The election is over. Our resolve isn’t.
The American people have spoken. They delivered a sweeping rejection of business as usual in Washington. They voted for change. They voted for something that, …
Despite Trump Win, Americans Will Defend Our Environment and Health
WASHINGTON (November 8, 2016) – Businessman Donald J. Trump has been elected the 45th president of the United States. The following is a statement from Rhea Su…
Updates | Denis Dison |Will we turn our back on the world?
On Friday, four days before Election Day, the Paris global climate accord takes effect, setting the United States, China and more than 185 other countries on t…
Here’s how to vote climate on Election Day
Election Day is here. And when it comes to fighting climate change and keeping American families healthy and safe, you know your vote in this election counts m…
Updates | Jeff Popkin |Judd Apatow Stars in Climate Change Election PSA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: NRDC Action Fund, Denis Dison, (202) 717-8293, [email protected] Funny Or Die and NRDC Action Fund Team Up to Encourage American…
Updates | Denis Dison |Richard Burr’s silence on climate change is dangerous for North Carolina
North Carolinians should elect Deborah Ross their next U.S. Senator. Your children will thank you for it. Hurricane Matthew, a record-setting storm that dumped…
NRDC Action Fund endorses Deborah Ross for U.S. Senate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Denis Dison, NRDC Action Fund | [email protected], (202) 717-8293 WASHINGTON (October 19, 2016) — The NRDC Action Fund today…
Updates | Denis Dison |NRDC Action Fund President: Trump is Big Polluters’ Dream Candidate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Denis Dison, NRDC Action Fund | (202) 280-0018, [email protected] WASHINGTON (October 19, 2016) – NRDC Action Fund President…
Updates | Denis Dison |We Want a Cleaner, Healthier Futuro
One bright spot in this dark presidential election is the political energy it has unleashed in the Latino community. In the streets, on social media, and (ojal…
NRDC Action Fund: Clinton has the right climate solutions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Denis Dison, NRDC Action Fund | [email protected], (202) 717-8293 WASHINGTON (October 11, 2016) – Secretary Hillary Clinton …
Updates | Denis Dison |About Pence’s “War on Coal”
At Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, Donald Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, alleged that over the past seven and a half years, President Obama…
Beyond Blue and Red, Latino Voters Are Thinking Green
When I began trying to rally Latino leaders around climate change in 2004, I raised a few eyebrows: “Does she know the number of Latinos without health insuran…
Climate Change and Trump’s Muddled Mess of a Morning
It’s been an odd morning for Donald Trump and his position(s) on climate change. Called out by Hillary Clinton in front of tens of millions of viewers last nig…
Updates | Denis Dison |Trump climate inaction would “bury our future”
September 26, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: NRDC Action Fund, Denis Dison, (202) 717-8293, [email protected] WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2016 – Tonight’s p…
Updates | Denis Dison |The Candidates on Climate: High Stakes – Clear Choice
As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump prepare to face off Monday night in the first of three scheduled presidential debates, there may be no core issue over whic…