This Solves Nothing
President Trump is issuing an Executive Order to promote oil and gas drilling off America’s beaches and coasts. This shapes up as a major belly flop. Or man o...
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Throwing Caution to the Winds—and Waves
Drilling in the Arctic Ocean entails terrible risks. And efforts are afoot in Congress to make them even worse, by jettisoning safety regulations for the...
Protections for our Arctic and Atlantic Oceans. Thanks, Obama!
President Obama today has once again stood up for the health of this and future generations by saving the U.S. Arctic and key areas of the Atlantic from the...
How-To Guide: Permanent Protection for U.S. Marine Waters
President Obama has made excellent use of a time-honored tool for protecting vulnerable public seas from development. Like his predecessors dating back to...
Tragic Trajectories: It’s Time to End Arctic Drilling
It doesn’t take a genius to see that drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean is a really bad idea. Now, a new NRDC report, The Fate of the Arctic in Offshore Oil...
Momentum Builds to Save Arctic and Atlantic Oceans for Good
In a major, end-of-term accomplishment, President Obama has taken a decisive stand to keep drill rigs out of our publicly-owned Arctic Ocean, building on his...