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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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In a Win for Health, the EPA Toughens Limits on Soot Air Pollution

Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Vijay Limaye, John Walke, Emily Davis
Today's agency action will deliver life-saving protections from dangerous air pollution.

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EPA’s Monkey Business Hides ACE Rule Emissions Increases

Expert BlogArjun Krishnaswami
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency repealed the Clean Power Plan and replaced it with a do-nothing dirty power plan last week. This blog digs into the analytical tricks the EPA used to confuse the public and hide the likely negative…

AB 936: Addressing Nonfloating Oil Not a Moment Too Soon

Expert BlogAnn Alexander
AB 936, authored by Assemblymember Robert Rivas, would make sure that California is as prepared as possible for a nonfloating oil spill, and able to respond quickly and properly if the worst happens.

G20 Coal Subsidies: Government Support to a Fading Industry

Expert BlogHan Chen
Last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made clear in its special report that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius would require a rapid phaseout of coal. Unfortunately, findings from our new report show that G20 governments have been…

New York Passes Historic Climate Bill

Expert BlogNRDC
The nation-leading plan sets the strongest greenhouse gas emission limits in the country while prioritizing the most at-risk communities.

Happy (?) World Giraffe Day

Expert BlogElly Pepper
The species faces an alarming rate of habitat loss, not to mention the trade in giraffe parts, poaching, giraffe skin disease, vehicle collisions, and droughts.

House Votes to Suspend Pebble Mine Funding

Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an appropriations package, with an amendment to bar funding for the Pebble Mine permitting process.

Pebble Mine: Into the Lion’s Den

Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer
Junior Canadian mining company Northern Dynasty Minerals – owner of the beleaguered Pebble Mine – held its annual shareholder meeting in Vancouver last week. We were there, too, to deliver a message of relentless opposition to the ill-conceived project.

The Trans Mountain Migraine: Canada Chooses Oil Over Climate

Expert BlogJosh Axelrod
Forget what you think you know about Canada's environmental record: the day after joining the chorus of countries and other government entities acknowledging a "climate crisis," Canada announced its renewed support for a massive new tar sands oil pipeline.