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, in all honesty, none of us has ever seen,...
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NRDC Action Fund’s Weekly News Summary
Here’s what the NRDC Action Fund has been reading this week: Donald Trump taking questions at a town hall meeting in Roanoke, Va., in July. Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times When a crackpot runs...
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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, the overwhelming unpopularity of the...
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A Budget That Scorches the Planet
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service President Trump opened a new front in his assault on our environment and health on Tuesday, releasing detailed budget proposals that amount to a scorched-earth...
View ArticleParis Pullout: Fight Back at the Ballot Box
When the president and our elected representatives in Congress ignore reason, science and public opinion, the only way to get their attention is at the ballot box – our universal democratic right. In...
View ArticleScott Pruitt Defends the Indefensible
The budget testimony from the EPA Administrator leaves us wondering who exactly is protecting our environment and health. On the basis of congressional testimony Thursday from our nation’s top...
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Deadly Water and Dashed Coverage: GOP’s Two-sided Attack on Americans’ Health
By Lauren Karpinski The disastrous Senate “health care” bill, crafted behind closed doors, would result in tens of millions of Americans losing their health insurance. While Trumpcare would limit...
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Donald Trump vs. the Pursuit of Happiness
To stop President Trump’s and his congressional allies’ assault on human health and the environment, return to America’s founding principles. President Trump and his allies in Congress are pursuing a...
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Virginia’s Golden Opportunity to Lead
Virginia’s Rappahannock River at sunrise. On Tuesday, Virginians have an opportunity to reject the Trump administration’s reckless and destructive environmental agenda. Showing up to vote has rarely,...
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Rick Scott’s Dirty Drilling Deal With Donald
Five days after releasing an extreme plan to expose all of America’s coasts to offshore drilling, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rushed to Florida to meet with Gov. Rick Scott, who, under political...
View ArticleVote for the Leadership We’ve Been Waiting For
The next presidency and the next Congress will be driven, if not defined, by the grinding pandemic, its economic fallout and the need to address racial injustice. Layered atop those intertwining crises...
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