Drax Purchase Would Implicate the United Kingdom in Loss of Canadian Forests
The operator of the world’s largest wood-burning power station is doubling down on its destructive wood-burning business model....
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Bipartisan Effort to Prevent Pandemics and Biodiversity Loss
In a rare bipartisan move for Congress, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced the Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020, which w...
We Must Prevent Future Viruses by Ending Wildlife Trade
The bottom line is that the wildlife trade is a threat to our public health that only stands to become greater, meaning that we could have greatly reduced the r...
In “Biodiversity Superyear,” Will IUCN Rise to the Occasion?
(C) Shutterstock.com With the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress (WCC) taking place in just a few months, World...
Lawsuit Lands Fatal Blow on Pro-Trophy Hunting Council
After a lawsuit by NRDC and partners—represented by Democracy Forward—the Department of the Interior told a court that no future meetings of the Internation...
NRDC and Allies Sue Trump Administration to Protect Pangolins
The illegal wildlife trade is pushing pangolins toward extinction. The administration must use the Endangered Species Act to save them. ...