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EPA Greenlights More Toxic Tailpipe Pollution

May 14, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed delaying new standards that would limit toxic tailpipe pollution that cause soot and smog.

The Cost of the United States’ Dependence on Oil

May 12, 2026 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAlexandra Adams

The country's entire economy is more vulnerable to oil price and supply shocks. In a global market, that means there’s one solution: Reduce dependence on oil.

Trump Administration Repeals Landmark Public Lands Rule

May 11, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The Department of the Interior repealed the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, eliminating the regulatory requirement that conservation be weighed alongside mining, drilling, timber, and grazing across 245 million acres of public lands.

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Keystone Light Tar Sands Pipeline: Same Problems, Different Name

May 1, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., Canada

President Trump signed off on a key permit to construct the Bridger Pipeline Expansion project, often referred to as “Keystone Light” because it would pump huge volumes of Canada’s sludgy tar sands oil along a portion of the controversial canceled…

NRDC’s Issue with Tissue Shows Procter & Gamble Fails Sustainable Toilet Paper Test

September 16, 2024 Press ReleaseUnited States, Canada

American bathrooms are stocked with toilet paper and tissues sourced from the Canadian boreal forest, one of the world’s largest and most ecologically important intact forests. For the sixth year in row, Procter & Gamble failed the toilet paper sustainability…

“State of the Forest” Report Countering Canada's Annual Account of Logging’s Sustainability

January 18, 2024 Press ReleaseCanada

In a first-of-its-kind joint report released today, leading North American environmental organizations have challenged the Canadian federal government’s annual account of the country’s forestry sector that understates the impacts of industrial logging.

Audit reveals government failure to transparently report logging emissions and shows flaws in Canada’s Two Billion Tree plan

April 20, 2023 Press ReleaseOttawa

Foundational flaws across key pillars of Canada’s forest and climate policy jeopardize its ability to meet its climate and nature commitments.

Canadian Logging Industry Carbon Emissions On Par With Tar Sands Operations:

October 18, 2022 Press ReleaseCanada

Groundbreaking Report Debunks the Myth that Logging is Carbon-Neutral

P&G Board Members Face Shareholder Vote Over Forest Destruction in Supply Chain

September 20, 2022 Press ReleaseUnited States, Canada

A proposal to shareholders urges Procter & Gamble (P&G) investors to vote against current members of the board of directors, due to the company’s failure to address unsustainable sourcing of wood pulp and palm oil from climate-critical forests in the…

Major Toilet Paper Makers Are Wiping Out the Climate-Critical Boreal Forest, While the Marketplace Embraces Eco-Friendly Options

September 13, 2022 Press ReleaseCanada

Top American TP brands like P&G’s Charmin get “F” grades in NRDC’s new report & scorecard, as more sustainable options enter the market.

Canadians Want Action to Protect Forests – New EKOS Poll Confirms

March 28, 2022 Press ReleaseCanada

On the eve of the release of Canada’s major new climate plan, an EKOS poll shows that the vast majority of Canadians want the federal government to take stronger action to protect forests and address logging industry emissions.

Report: Heading into COP26, Canada is hiding more than 80 million tons of carbon emissions from logging

October 28, 2021 Press ReleaseCanada

Missing the Forest: How Carbon Loopholes for Logging Hinder Canada’s Climate Leadership

Canadian Loggers Forego Sustainability Practices, Opt to Continue Clearcutting Climate-Critical Boreal Forest, Finds New NRDC Analysis

October 7, 2021 Press ReleaseCanada

P&G’s claims that its tissue supply chain is sustainable are debunked

Report: Tissue Market Is Shifting to Sustainability, But P&G Doubles Down on Flushing Climate-Critical Forests for Toilet Paper

September 15, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States, Canada

NRDC’s 2021 “Issue With Tissue” Scorecard Highlights Kimberly-Clark’s New Online Offering of 100% Recycled Toilet Paper & Bamboo Tissue Products Make the Grade, for the First Time

ANALYSIS: Industrial Logging in Canada’s Boreal Forest Is Unsustainable, Accelerates Climate Change

April 7, 2021 Press ReleaseCanada

P&G’s Sourcing Complicit in Destroying One of the World’s Last Intact Forests

New Report: Canada’s Climate Goals Undermined by “Logging Loophole”

July 16, 2020 Press ReleaseCanada

Canada’s ambitious climate goals are threatened by a “logging loophole” that allows industrial logging to clearcut the carbon-rich boreal forest, unleashing emissions neither adequately counted nor regulated under current law, according to a new analysis released today by Nature Canada…

139 Groups Tell P&G to Stop Turning Canada’s Oldest Trees into Toilet Paper

October 8, 2019 Press ReleaseCanada

Facing protests outside its shareholders meeting and petitions from over 200,000 consumers, P&G is urged to stop sourcing from threatened species habitat and increase recycled fibers in tissue products to save forests and the climate

Canadian Logging Company Attack on Environmentalists’ Free Speech Fails

January 23, 2019 Press ReleaseCanada

In a victory for free speech, a U.S. federal court dismissed all claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in a lawsuit brought by a Canadian logging company against environmental groups Greenpeace and Stand.earth, advocates seeking to…

“Amazon of the North”: Canada’s Boreal Forest Could Save the Planet – But Only If Trudeau’s Government Saves It First

July 25, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

Clearcutting Canada’s boreal forest threatens Indigenous Peoples’ rights, the survival of wildlife like the iconic boreal caribou, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s commitment to combat climate change, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The…

Largest Area of Boreal Forest in the World Protected Under Partnership with Alberta, Tallcree First Nation

May 16, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

The world’s largest area of protected boreal forest will be created in partnership with the Government of Alberta, the Tallcree First Nation and the Canadian government, along with an industry group and environmental organization.

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