Trump Proposes Logging Burned Land Without Environmental Analysis
Postfire logging has been called “mugging a burn victim.” Trump wants to make those muggings easier. The Bureau of Land Management has proposed to allow salvag…
Trump’s Unprecedented Attack on Birds
Under a radical legal reinterpretation, the oil and gas industry won’t have to worry about killing birds. The Trump administration is moving forward with a pla…
Trump’s EPA Refuses to Give Americans More Time During the Pandemic to Respond to Its Pro-Pollution Proposals
The public health professionals who would have the most to say about the agency’s new rules are a little busy right now. Despite the current COVID-19 crisis, t…
GUEST BLOG: You brought your 2-year-old to Springfield to fight for clean energy?!
By Kristen Youngman, activist and NRDC Action Fund supporter TUESDAY 3/3 8:43PM “I don’t think you should bring him,” my mom said. “Why?” I ask. “He’s not even…
ELECTION UPDATE: Ohio’s Hamilton County Issue 7 is a Vote For Climate and a Vote For Transit
This spring Hamilton County residents will be making their voices heard at the ballot box and with Issue 7 have the opportunity to support transit, investment …
Democratic Challengers Already Beating Trump on Climate
As Democratic presidential hopefuls gather for tonight’s debate in Des Moines, it’s heartening to see all of them solidly united around the urgent need f…
Rubio’s climate change answer fail
The question finally came. For months, Republican candidates have been ignoring or belittling the fact that climate change endangers millions of Americans with…
Updates | Denis Dison |Energy, Jobs and the Election
The fossil fuel industry is betting big on the dirty energy sources of the past. They’re working furiously, and spending millions, to attack pro-environment ca…
Updates | Denis Dison |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…
Call Your Senators: Tell Them to Vote NO on Scott Pruitt’s EPA Nomination!
We need to put pressure on key U.S. senators to stand up to Trump and his Big Polluter allies, and oppose climate change denier Scott Pruitt’s confirmation as …
Endangered species now in Washington’s crosshairs
Nearly half a century after President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law, Congress, the Trump administration and anti-environment lobbyists acros…
Save the Senate’s “Green Firewall”
It’s no secret that the Trump administration wants to neuter the EPA’s ability to enforce our clean air and clean water laws, repeatedly submitting budgets tha…
St. Louis is Poised to Be the Standout Leader on Climate Action in the Midwest
Solutions for climate change are happening across the nation, and in ways you may not think. Case in point? Buildings are the single-largest user of energy in …
Uncategorized | Stefan Schaffer and NRDC Action Fund |Trump EPA OK’s Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water
Perchlorate works great in rockets, but not so great in a child’s brain. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided not to regulate perchlorate…
Trump Tells States and Tribes They’re Thinking Too Much About Clean Water
The EPA shortchanges authorities’ ability to accept or reject proposals that threaten their waterways. The Clean Water Act gives states and tribes the right to…
On Land or at Sea, No National Monument Is Safe from Trump
The president opens the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts monument to commercial fishing. Lying 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the Northeast Can…
Voter Suppression Should Enrage Us into Action
Stacey Abrams spoke to NRDC Action Fund members about what’s at stake in November’s election—and what we must do to ensure every vote is counted. Every corner …
Elections | Gina McCarthy |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 …
Cities Take the Lead on Climate Action in This Year’s Election
Across the United States—in places like Columbus, Denver, and San Antonio—climate is on the ballot. In keeping with a year of unprecedented events, climate cha…
Biden Win Sets Stage for Bold Climate Action
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2020 – By electing Joe Biden, Americans have chosen a leader who has promised to tackle the climate crisis starting on Day One. A statement…