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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

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

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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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.

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Trump EPA’s Industry-Friendly TSCA Policy Starts to Unravel

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the agency cannot ignore legacy uses of a chemical, and that its regulations do not allow it to pick and choose amongst uses of a chemical and sources of exposure as…

Preserving Dead Parrots in Order to Save the Living

Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel
The people of Papua New Guinea treasure feathers from the Pesquet’s parrot for use in ceremonial headdresses. But the practice could be driving the birds to extinction.

Superbug Deaths on the Rise, Yet Again

Expert BlogDavid Wallinga, MD
Overuse of antibiotics in American livestock is helping to create a future without many of the advantages of 'modern medicine', according to leading experts from the World Health Organization to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Oil Industry Cons About the EV Tax Credit

Expert BlogUnited StatesDan West

The oil industry is engaged in an all-out lobbying assault to kill the consumer tax credit for plug-in electric vehicles (EV tax credit), even though it enjoys permanent tax credits that cost American taxpayers billions each year. In fact, the…

Congress Shows How U.S. Must Lead to End Illegal Fishing

Expert BlogUnited StatesElizabeth Murdock

House Committee hearing illuminates the dirty secrets tied to the seafood we eat—from pirate fishing to shark finning to seafood slavery—and how the U.S. should leverage existing law to stamp out illegal fishing.

Keeping the Lights On with Clean Energy

Expert BlogCaliforniaPeter Miller

California needs to ensure a reliable supply of electricity. But we need to do it as much as possible with clean resources, to avoid further burdening vulnerable communities that have historically hosted polluting facilities and to reduce our climate pollution…

Attack on Dishwasher Standards Hurts Consumers, Environment

Expert BlogJoe Vukovich
Under the guise of responding to consumer complaints that today’s energy- and water-efficient dishwashers take too long, the Department of Energy has proposed creating a new class of dishwashers that wouldn’t be subject to any water or energy efficiency standards…

Cities Convene in Denver to Share Food Waste Solutions

Expert BlogMadeline Keating
At the second Summit we continue to deepen networks and share knowledge as cities strategize to turn the dial on food waste reduction and increased food rescue. The Summit is providing city staff and partners with in-person opportunities to discuss…

California Leads the Way Again—This Time on Light Bulbs

Expert BlogNoah Horowitz
California has once again demonstrated its environmental leadership by adopting updated energy efficiency standards that will prohibit the sale of inefficient light bulbs in the state as of January 1, 2020. Today’s California state-level action is needed because of the…

New Report: Congress Should Update DOE Clean Energy Programs

Expert BlogArjun Krishnaswami
A new NRDC report lays out our recommendations to update and expand the U.S. Department of Energy’s clean energy innovation programs to more effectively address climate change, especially given that congressional direction to DOE hasn’t been updated in almost 15…

USDN/NRDC Food Waste Learning Group for Local Governments

Expert BlogUnited StatesMadeline Keating, Andrea Collins
In fall 2018, we launched the NRDC-supported food waste learning group for USDN, focused on using peer-to-peer learning to share information about food waste prevention, food rescue, and food scrap recycling strategies in local governments. NRDC is also deploying tools…