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The voice of NRDC's environmental experts
- Mission Impossible?
- posted by Dan Lashof, 5/19/13
- Dan Lashof, Program Director, Climate & Clean Air, Washington, D.C.: On Friday ...
- My Bike to Work Day: 4 cities, 22 miles, 1000+ calories
- posted by Lizzeth Henao, 5/17/13
- Lizzeth Henao, Program Assistant, Santa Monica: This week I’ve been doing something ...
- Latin America Green News: new energy efficiency initiative in Chile, environmental regulation changes proposed in Costa Rica, and mining controversy in Mexico
- posted by Denée Reaves, 5/17/13
- Denée Reaves, Program Assistant, International, Washington, D.C.: Latin America Green ...
- New Draft Fracking Rules Give Industry a Free Pass
- posted by Frances Beinecke, 5/17/13
- Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City: When I talk to people who live ...
- Dusky Shark One Step Closer to Protection under the Endangered Species Act
- posted by Brad Sewell, 5/17/13
- Brad Sewell, Senior Attorney, New York: Today marks an important day for sharks off ...
- San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf - yet another reason to support endangered species protections (VIDEO)
- posted by Sylvia Fallon, 5/17/13
- Sylvia Fallon, Senior Scientist, Washington, DC: Happy Endangered Species Day! ...
- New Poll: How American's Feel about Wasting Food
- posted by Dana Gunders, 5/17/13
- Dana Gunders, Project Scientist, Food and Agriculture, San Francisco: Sustainable America ...
- Obama Administration to Industry: Frac-As-Usual on Public Lands
- posted by Briana Mordick, 5/16/13
- Briana Mordick, Staff Scientist, San Francisco: With the release of its revised draft ...
- Experts Affirm the Benefits and Importance of California's Clean Energy and Climate Leadership
- posted by Stefanie Tanenhaus, 5/16/13
- Stefanie Tanenhaus, MAP Energy Fellow, San Francisco: In the face of daunting challenges, ...
- Obama Administration Caves To Fracking Industry in New Proposed Rules
- posted by Matthew McFeeley, 5/16/13
- Matthew McFeeley, Attorney, Washington, D.C.: This afternoon, the federal Bureau of ...
News and views from OnEarth magazine
- Frog Fungus and the Pregnancy Test of Doom
- posted by Jason Bittel, 5/17/13
- By Jason Bittel Things are not going well for frogs. A type of ...
- Overinflated: Why the NYC Bike Share Backlash Is a Good Thing
- posted by Tom Vanderbilt, 5/15/13
- By Tom Vanderbilt No revolution is deserving of the label if it ...
- Son of the Keeling Curve's Namesake on What It Means to Reach 400 ppm
- posted by Susan Freinkel, 5/14/13
- By Susan Freinkel In 1958, a year before Ralph Keeling was born, ...
NRDC's Spanish voice
- La calidad del aire en América Latina: altos niveles de contaminación requieren una fuerte acción gubernamental
- posted by Amanda Maxwell, 5/6/13
- La nube sofocante de humo que se situó sobre Beijing en enero de este año fue un recordatorio ...
- La visita de Obama a México es una oportunidad para revisar la cooperación ambiental entre México y Estados Unidos
- posted by Carolina Herrera, 5/2/13
- La visita del presidente Obama a México esta semana será la segunda vez en menos de seis ...
- Consejos para celebrar el Día de la Tierra a diario
- posted by Noah Horowitz, 4/18/13
- Se aproxima el Día de la Tierra, pero puedes lograr mucho en los próximos minutos y todos ...
- ¡Sí se puede! En el Día de la Tierra pidamos mayor acción contra el cambio climático
- posted by Carolina Herrera, 4/17/13
- El tema central de muchas celebraciones del Día de la Tierra 2013 es ‘el rostro del cambio ...
An on-the-ground view of China and the environment
- Two Zijin Senior Staff Fined 1.15 Million RMB and Other Recent China Environmental Law, Public Participation, and Climate Change News
- posted by Greenlaw, 1/14/11
- 紫金矿业两高管被罚115万以及其他最近的中国环境法、公众参与及气候变化的新闻 Two Zijin senior staff fined 1.15 million RMB, Zijin to donate ...
- NRDC Beijing Office-DSM Staff Engineer – Job Opening
- posted by JingJing Qian, 1/12/11
- The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is seeking a full-time staff engineer for the Demand Side ...
- The Warriors of Qiugang – A New Documentary on the Struggle to Save China’s Environment
- posted by Alex Wang, 1/10/11
- A great deal has been written about the struggles to resolve China’s overwhelming environmental problems, ...
- Progress and Retreat for Environmental Transparency in China: Announcing the 2009-10 Pollution Information Transparency Index (PITI) Results
- posted by Alex Wang, 1/4/11
- Environmental transparency in China showed both progress and retreat over the past year, and many ...
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