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Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

May 18, 2024 ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier

Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.

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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

April 19, 2024 Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant

The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.

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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

April 10, 2024 ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall

These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.

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Proponents of CA Water Infrastructure Cause Permit Delays

January 31, 2023 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

The permitting process isn’t broken. What’s most lacking is good faith by proponents of new infrastructure projects.

Saying Goodbye to Ken Balcomb, Whale Scientist and Defender

January 30, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesGiulia C.S. Good Stefani, Joel Reynolds

Renowned field scientist created extensive data base to identify and track whale species, advocated over decades for their protection from U.S. Navy and other powerful interests.

Fighting a Flood of Misinformation about CA Water

January 26, 2023 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

For more than a decade, the science has been clear that we need to reduce diversions from the Bay-Delta in average and drier years.

Whale Strandings Emphasize a Need for Practical Solutions

January 23, 2023 Expert BlogNew Jersey, New YorkDr. Francine Kershaw, Alison Chase

Recent whale deaths highlight the need to limit vessel speeds, invest in ropeless fishing systems, and adopt responsible offshore wind.

Earth to EPA: “End the Threat,” Protect Bristol Bay Now

January 12, 2023 Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Broad-based coalition calls on EPA to finalize its recommended Clean Water Act veto of the Pebble Mine.

New Rule Would Let Oil Industry Harm Most Endangered Whale

January 9, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesMichael Jasny

The National Marine Fisheries Service has proposed to do, literally, nothing to further protect marine mammals.

U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program Needs Strengthening

January 4, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesSandy Aylesworth, Molly Masterton

New NRDC report provides recommendations to improve seafood traceability and combat IUU fishing.

Right Whale Dealt Terrible Blow in Omnibus

December 20, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Francine Kershaw

This rider is a rebuke of deliberative policy, respect for science, and the fundamental commitment that this country has made, through its laws and traditions, to protect our most endangered species.

Senate Passes Measures to Combat Illegal Fishing

December 19, 2022 Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalMolly Masterton, Valerie Cleland

A defense package with IUU fishing reforms is headed to the president's desk.

CA's New Scoping Plan Affirms Organic Ag as Climate Solution

December 16, 2022 Expert BlogCaliforniaLena Brook

The first-ever inclusion of organic farming in state climate policy.

Big Win: Congress Takes Action to Protect Whales

December 13, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesRegan Nelson

Congress has enacted the most consequential legislative package for marine mammals in years.

How Do States Distribute Federal Clean Water Grant Funds?

December 13, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesBecky Hammer

States take a wide variety of approaches to deciding which communities should have access to funds that support needed wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades.

DWR's Unsustainable Initial Water Supply Allocation for 2023

December 12, 2022 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

Instead of gutting environmental protections, maybe this is the year that California finally reforms these unreasonable water supply contracts.

The Next Wave of Ocean Conservation

December 7, 2022 Expert BlogCaliforniaAnupa Asokan, Sandy Aylesworth

California has the power to lead, but must raise its ambition.

Pebble Mine Veto: China Laughing?! It’s Pebble Weeping!

December 5, 2022 Expert BlogAlaska, United StatesJoel Reynolds

Replying to EPA’s recommended veto of destructive Bristol Bay mine, desperate Canadian owner argues yet again, against law and science, that the proposed agency decision after 12 years of federal review remains “peremptory,” based on “wildly speculative” assumptions, and an…

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