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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Public Policy
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The Earth's Best Defense
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NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.3 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. Worth Magazine has named NRDC one of America's 100 best charities, and the Wise Giving Alliance of the Better Business Bureau reports that NRDC meets its highest standards for accountability and use of donor funds. NRDC was founded in 1970 by a group of law students and attorneys at the forefront of the environmental movement. NRDC lawyers helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws. Today, our staff of more than 300 lawyers, scientists and policy experts -- a MacArthur "genius" award-winner among them -- work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Beijing. The New York Times calls us "One of the nation's most powerful environmental groups." The National Journal says we're "A credible and forceful advocate for stringent environmental protection." With the support of our members and online activists, NRDC works to solve the most pressing environmental issues we face today: curbing global warming, getting toxic chemicals out of the environment, moving America beyond oil, reviving our oceans, saving wildlife and wild places, and helping China go green.
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Is the seafood you're eating sustainable? More than 20,000 seafood products display the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) label globally, but its limited requirements mean that not all certified fisheries are actually sustainable.
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To avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasizes the importance of limiting the global average temperature to 1.5 degrees. While countries must aim to stay well below this threshold, even preventing a tenth or hundredth degree of warming can make a difference.
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A number of corporations have made commitments to reduce their environmental footprints in recent years. Levi's stopped manufacturing clothing with toxic PFAS chemicals, while Kimberly-Clark—the owner of household brands like Kleenex and Cottonelle—adopted a new policy to limit forest degradation. These commitments are the result of direct demands of consumers and shareholders who want companies to do better.
When Customers and Investors Demand Corporate Sustainability
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Director of Food Waste Yvette Cabrera talks with Waste360 about what her role entails, the work she leads, and the importance of building a better food system. https://lnkd.in/e_eeUqjB
NRDC's Yvette Cabrera Works Towards A Better Food System
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People working in the environmental space are constantly exposed to setbacks and losses associated with climate change. The American Psychological Association (APA) acknowledges the growing state of “eco-anxiety,” and calls for climate communicators, planners, policymakers, public health professionals, and other leaders to take mental health issues seriously.
It's Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety
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NRDC teamed up with Governors Island Arts to present “Other of Pearl,” a new art exhibit about climate change by artist Jenny Kendler. The exhibit points out extractive activities as the origin of the climate crisis, and asks visitors to confront resulting environmental issues like pollution, ocean noise, and sea-level rise. At the conclusion of the exhibit, the pearl sculptures from the show will be auctioned to raise funds to help create a new oyster reef alongside project partner Billion Oyster Project. “Other of Pearl” is located on New York City’s Governors Island and is free and open to the public through the end of October: https://lnkd.in/eam-fhRA Photos by Timothy Schenck and Julienne Schaer
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For the last four decades, federal judges deferred to expert officials at agencies like the EPA and FDA to reasonably interpret and implement laws. This was known as Chevron deference—but today, the Supreme Court threw it out, sidelining experts and making the U.S. less safe. Here’s how it used to work: Congress wrote a law that cut the air pollution that crosses state lines and harms communities downwind. Because it's so complicated, Congress left some details for the EPA’s air pollution team to figure out. The EPA came up with a cost-efficient plan, but some judges tried to say that their own preferred policy was required instead. In 2014, the Supreme Court stepped in and said the EPA could determine the plan because of Chevron deference. With that deference gone, judges can now easily overrule policy experts. There are over 850 unaccountable federal judges across the U.S., with different ideologies and backgrounds. They should not be allowed to impose their own policies—and political views.
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Corporate polluters and their allies shouldn't get to control our water standards. And yet in North Carolina, they successfully pressured environmental agency leadership to delay critical rulemaking on toxic chemicals called PFAS. Without regulation, these dangerous chemicals invade our water, plants, animals, and eventually our bodies. That's why state-level action is desperately needed and long overdue, says NRDC expert Corinne Bell. https://lnkd.in/eeYNdvss