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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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President Biden Centers Workers in the Clean Energy Economy

Expert BlogUnited StatesSam Gilchrist

President Biden's recent climate executive order is already ground-breaking in terms of protecting our climate and beloved public lands, but it goes further to ensure that all affected workers are included as a critical part of building the clean energy…

Defending the Science on PFAS

Expert BlogDr. Anna Reade
In 2020, 16 experts on PFAS, including myself, published an article providing a scientific explanation for why a class-based approach to the over 9,000 separate but related PFAS chemicals is appropriate and necessary. Industry scientists have recently published a comment…

Strong Support Exists for a Bold 30x30 Vision

Expert BlogAlison Chase
The climate Executive Order includes an ambitious pledge to protect 30 percent of America’s lands and inland waters and 30 percent of its ocean area by 2030, also known as 30x30. Recent nationwide polling reveals that 30x30 receives broad support. Four out…

Let's Protect the West Coast from Offshore Drilling

Expert BlogIrene Gutierrez
President Biden’s bold executive order sets in motion a suite of actions to fight the climate crisis, including pausing new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and in offshore waters.

Black Walden Came First. Thoreau, After.

DispatchMassachusettsCourtney Lindwall
A little-known community of formerly enslaved Black residents in Concord, Massachusetts, took up home in Walden Woods long before Henry David Thoreau arrived. Today, local activists are working to ensure the stories of Black Walden stay alive.

At Last, Justice at the National Bison Range

Expert BlogAmy McNamara, Helen O'Shea
NRDC is grateful to have been able to stand in solidarity with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in their efforts to bring the National Bison Range home to the Flathead Indian Reservation. This is a homecoming worthy of celebration.

MISO Transmission Plan Misses the Mark

Expert BlogToba Pearlman
In 2020, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) ignored the demand for the regional transmission necessary to transition the Midwest into a clean energy hub. This year MISO can and should do better by building regional transmission.

Biden Sets Stage for Climate Resilient Food & Agriculture

Expert BlogAllison Johnson, Andrea Collins
The connections between climate change and resilience, land use, food production, nutrition, and what we eat have never been clearer. President Biden’s sweeping executive order on climate directs every federal agency to advance our country’s climate strategy – and identifies…

Cincinnati Empowers Building Owners to Go Green

Expert BlogEmily Barkdoll
Cincinnati is working toward equitable energy access in residential buildings through a new small-grants initiative to encourage building owners to make energy-efficient upgrades to multifamily buildings, specifically those with low-income tenants.

The High Cost of P&G's Inaction

Expert BlogAshley Jordan, Shelley Vinyard
More than 100 days after P&G’s voting shareholders sent an overwhelming message to the company to stop fueling deforestation and forest degradation, P&G still has not announced an action plan. This delay is inexcusable and costly to communities, the planet…

Launching America’s Reinvigorated Climate Agenda: Week One

Expert BlogJake Schmidt
This first week of the Biden-Harris administration is off to an impressive start on efforts to tackle the climate crisis. They have launched an all-hands-on-deck approach to mobilize America and the world towards greater climate action, less pollution, more jobs…

Biden Executive Order Can Help U.S. End Fossil Fuel Finance

Expert BlogHan Chen
President Biden’s Executive Order put a spotlight on the need to end US support and financing for fossil fuels abroad. Here are my thoughts on how the Biden-Harris Administration can move forward quickly to adopt an ambitious climate finance plan…