Exploring Climate Impacts Close to Home
I work in Washington, D.C., where summers are a thermal seesaw between icy office buildings and the hot, sticky streets below. Our disgusting heat and humidity...
Expert Blog
The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Mapping Methane: Do You Live Near an Oil and Gas Facility?
In May of 2016, EPA finalized the first national standards for limiting methane from the oil and natural gas sector, the nation’s largest industrial source of...
NRDC Launches Digital Ad Buy on EPA Methane Rules
Today NRDC is launching a significant digital ad buy in DC following EPA's release last week of standards to reduce methane pollution from new sources within...
It's Official: 2015 Was Hottest Year on Record
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) just announced today that 2015 is the new global temperature record for hottest year since...
Breaking More Climate Records
Temperature records are being broken yet again. And these are the type of records we do not want to be breaking. U.S. scientists reported Monday that the first...
What Global Warming "Hiatus"? New Research Shows Temperature Keeps Rising Without Pause
One more straw is slipping from the climate deniers grasp. According to a new study published online yesterday in the journal Science, another denier gambit on...