Expert Blog

The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.

Today, on behalf of ourselves, our members, and many other environmental groups, we’re submitting an 85-page comment letter to the Trump administration opposi...

by Michael Jasny

July 21, 2017

Today the Trump administration took the next big step towards opening the east coast to offshore oil. It proposed permitting the oil and gas industry to harm...

by Michael Jasny

June 04, 2017

NRDC and our partners are pushing back against the offshore industry’s latest bid to open the east coast to oil and gas development....

by Michael Jasny

May 01, 2017

Trump's executive order will open up our oceans to Big Oil—making life difficult or inhospitable for animals residing in the sea. ...

by Michael Jasny

April 28, 2017

When it comes to an endangered species like the southern resident orca, business as usual cannot suffice....

by Michael Jasny

April 12, 2017

Another day, another act of madness....