The Trump Plan to Decimate California's Salmon
These are challenging times for California as we face the current public health and economic crisis. As we fight this pandemic in global solidarity, we must...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Scientists Raise Red Flags Over the Trump Delta BiOps
It's hard to overstate the Trump Administration's hostility to science. After all, it’s more difficult to justify opening up vast swaths of public land to oil...
Debating the Many Ways of Melting Icebergs as Titanic Sinks
On August 21 st and 22 nd , California’s Water Board was scheduled to take long-anticipated action to improve water quality in the San Joaquin River basin side...
A Fresh Chance to Achieve a Sustainable Water Future for CA
The water world has been abuzz this past week with confirmation that the proponents of the massive, twin tunnel water diversion project in the Delta (aka “...
When Is a Fish Not Just a Fish?
Today, the Endangered Species Coalition released its 2017 Top Ten Endangered Species Report—“ Suppressed: How Politics Drowned Out Science for Ten Endangered...
Alaskan River & Wilderness Protected; Let's Keep It That Way
Guest blog by Anna Wearn, NRDC Water Program The wild Susitna River, a critical artery of Alaska’s fishing industry, has been spared once again from the threat...