The Questions That Should Be Asked in Columbia
Imagine a country where the air was so polluted it destroyed whole forests, sickened children and the elderly, and caused nearly 200,000 premature deaths a year, a place where industrial wastes...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s Decision on Ozone: Bad Policy and Bad Politics
I’ll admit it. I was originally a Hillary Clinton supporter in 2008. I liked then-Senator Obama’s passion but I was comforted by Clinton’s experience in what I felt was a tumultuous time. After Obama...
View ArticleNRDC Action Fund, LCV Blast Pennsylvania Rep. Altmire for Voting Against...
Throughout this year, Pennsylvania Rep. Jason Altmire (PA-4) has voted repeatedly to repeal, delay and weaken the important healthy air safeguards our kids and families need to protect us from...
View ArticleLCV, NRDC Action Fund Launch $350K Ad Buy Blasting Rep. Altmire for Voting...
Votes to Block Mercury, Smog Protections Expose More Pennsylvania Families to Dangerous Pollution ***VIEW THE AD HERE*** PENNSYLVANIA – Today, the League of Conservation Voters and NRDC Action Fund...
View ArticlePresident Obama Has the Power to Act Now on Climate Change
Now that President Obama has officially been sworn in for a second term, speculation about his governing priorities has reached a fevered pitch. Will he reform immigration first? Will gun control be...
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When It Comes to Fighting Climate Change, We Need All the Tools in Our Tool...
The passing of another Earth Day seems to have some pundits waxing nostalgic. One such pundit, Nicholas Lemann of the New Yorker, wrote a glowing piece about the hundreds of thousands of Americans who...
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Fond Farewell to Retiring Environmental Champions
Late Thursday night, three of the longest-serving environmental champions in Congress took their final votes. Representatives John Dingell, George Miller, and Henry Waxman are retiring. They surely...
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Jeb Bush Trashes Father’s Clean Air Legacy to Woo Far Right-Wing
Jeb Bush trashed the Clean Air Act last week. He was speaking to the far right-wing Club for Growth, notorious for mounting mostly unsuccessful challenges from the right against Republican candidates...
View ArticleAs Paris Approaches, Be Confident in the Clean Power Plan
The United States is playing a leadership role in the run-up to the Paris climate conference. The United States announced its own commitment—its “intended nationally determined contribution”...
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NRDC Action Fund’s Weekly News Summary
This is what the NRDC Action Fund has been reading this week: It’s unlikely Trump could revive coal – To garner support in coal country, Donald Trump pledged last week to revive the coal mining...
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