Expert Blog

The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.

Technologies and culture

Small communities, unique cultures, and isolated single-industry towns may be uniquely vulnerable to the health risks posed by polluting industries. Under...

October 31, 2007

Salon.com and the good life

This week marks the beginning of "The Good Life," a new column on salon.com about living an environmentally responsible life as a citizen and consumer. As the...

October 30, 2007

NRDC in Prime Time!

I caught last night’s episode of “How I Met Your Mother” and was happily surprised to see that one of main storylines was, well, kind of related to my own life...

by Kate Sinding -
October 30, 2007

Yes, Growth Can Be Good

Passionate defender of nature Edward Abbey once said that "growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell." Skepticism about growth isn't unusual...

October 29, 2007

$100 per barrel oil?

In a first since they began trading on NYMEX in 1983, futures for oil hit $92 . This continues an eye-popping runup in prices this year, as you can see in the...

October 26, 2007

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