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- On the Ground in New Orleans
An NRDC Fact-finding Mission, October 2005
Photo Album - A photo journal from NRDC experts gathering first-hand information about the health and environmental after-effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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- NRDC's Washington, DC Office
Photo Album - NRDC's Washington home shows that offices can be economic, aesthetically-pleasing, and environmentally friendly. Take a tour of our DC office, and find out about the many "green" features that make it a model of environmentally-sound design.
- Laguna San Ignacio Gray Whale Nursery
Photo Album - Laguna San Ignacio in Baja California, Mexico is best known as winter home to the gray whale. Every year the whales migrate over 10,000 miles from their summer feeding grounds above the Arctic Circle to the waters along the west coast of the Baja peninsula, where they have adopted the warm, shallow lagoons for their calving nurseries. Here they spend the months of December to March birthing, feeding their calves, breaching, and spyhopping.
- The Birds of Hawaii's Hakalau Forest
Photo Album - Hawaii's Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge protects endangered birds and their rainforest habitat. This photo gallery contains images of nine of Hakalau's unique forest birds.
- Picturing Smart Growth
Visions for Sustainable Communities Across America
Guide Cities and towns across the country are embracing smart growth as a better solution to meet the needs of their growing populations. Smart growth principles accommodate growth and development while saving open space, revitalizing neighborhoods and helping cool the planet. See visions created through photo-editing software for how 70 communities across the country could apply smart growth principles to improve their streets and neighborhoods.
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- Its Time to Clean Up and Green Up Los Angeles
- posted by Adrian Martinez, 4/15/13
- Celebrating victories for health in the Los Angeles harbor area
- posted by Adrian Martinez, 3/28/13
- Port of Los Angeles to vote on whether to approve the SCIG Rail Yard Project
- posted by Morgan Wyenn, 3/6/13
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- Asthma and Air Pollution
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