News & Commentary

P&G’s Forest Degradation Claim Warrants SEC Scrutiny

November 30, 2022 Expert BlogCanadaJennifer Skene, Shelley Vinyard

When 67% of Procter & Gamble’s voting shareholders resoundingly urged the company two years ago to address its role in driving deforestation and forest degradation, P&G had the opportunity to embrace environmental leadership, divesting itself from the destruction of climate-critical…

Memo to Maryland: Start Over on Workplace Heat Protections

November 16, 2022 Expert BlogUnited States, MarylandJuanita Constible

Maryland needs to shelve its weak and unenforceable proposal for workplace heat standards and start over again.

The Global North’s Myth Making Threatens COP27 Forest Pledge

November 8, 2022 Expert BlogCanada, United States, New YorkJennifer Skene

Logging Is One of Canada’s Greatest Climate Liabilities

October 18, 2022 Expert BlogCanadaJennifer Skene

P&G’s Leadership Has Failed Investors on Forest Protection

September 28, 2022 Expert BlogCanadaJennifer Skene

World Ozone Day: What The Ozone Treaty Does for Climate

September 15, 2022 Expert BlogMontreal, InternationalDavid Doniger

The Montreal Protocol does more than save the ozone layer -- it's a double bonus for climate protection. Next stop: Ratifying the Kigali HFC Phasedown.

NRDC Inflation Reduction Act Ad Campaign

August 17, 2022 Expert BlogCalifornia, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, WashingtonTimothy Edland

The campaign in 15 states and 14 congressional districts will educate the public about the Inflation Reduction Act and thank key senators and members of Congress for their support.

Canada’s Boreal Forest: Why It’s So Important

July 1, 2022 ExplainerCanada

Protecting the boreal is not only about saving trees and wildlife, says NRDC’s Jennifer Skene. It’s also about the people who’ve been living on the land for millennia and the urgent fight against climate change.

Toward a Renter's Right to Heat-Safe Housing

June 9, 2022 Expert BlogNew York City, Maryland, United StatesSam Whillans

Everyone deserves to stay safe and cool during extreme heat waves.

For Earth Day, A Growing Chorus Calls on P&G to Take Action

April 20, 2022 Expert BlogCanada, United StatesAshley Jordan

On the eve of Earth Day, consumers delivered an overwhelming message to Procter & Gamble (P&G): stop flushing away the world’s last remaining primary forests.

Canada Is Undermining Meaningful Certification

April 5, 2022 Expert BlogCanadaCourtenay Lewis

Canada is taking a page out of industry’s playbook by characterizing all of its voluntary certifications as being strong indicators of sustainable forestry.

Canada Is Hiding its Inaction Behind Certification

April 5, 2022 Expert BlogCanadaCourtenay Lewis

Canada has one of the world’s highest rates of logging primary forests, which are irreplaceable ancient forests that have never been industrially disturbed.

Canada’s Climate Plan Has a Logging Industry-Sized Hole

March 29, 2022 Expert BlogCanadaJennifer Skene

Canada’s approach to industrial logging has been one of obfuscation and denial, pushing these emissions off the books.

Scientists Urge Canada to End Primary Forest Logging

March 23, 2022 Expert BlogCanadaJennifer Skene

As Canada prepares to release its plan for achieving its climate targets, scientists from around the world have warned that Canada’s logging practices are incompatible with climate leadership and global climate goals.

Canada Should Mark Forests Day by Rejecting Logging Giveaway

March 21, 2022 Expert BlogCanada, OntarioCourtenay Lewis

Canada has near-finalized an ill-named “Conservation Agreement” with the province of Ontario, whose current government has attracted international attention for slashing environmental protections while promising to ramp up widespread industrial logging.

The True Cost of Undervaluing Our Forests

March 21, 2022 Expert BlogInternational, United States, CanadaJennifer Skene

As countries begin implementing the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, success will depend on embracing a truly global framework that looks beyond forests’ utility.

New Report Recognizes Some Risks of Bioenergy, Misses Others

March 8, 2022 Expert BlogInternational, United States, CanadaElly Pepper

The true test of the IPCC’s thoughts on bioenergy will be its report – expected to be released in April – on how the world should cut emissions.

SFI Offers Greenwashing of Unsustainable Logging

January 20, 2022 Expert BlogUnited States, CanadaCourtenay Lewis

As the climate crisis intensifies, scientists stress that conserving never-logged primary forests must be a global priority for protecting carbon stores.

For Thousands of Years, Indigenous Tribes Have Been Planting for the Future

November 30, 2021 DispatchIowa, Canada, Pennsylvania, OklahomaSusan Cosier

With yields of biodiversity and a more climate-resilient food supply, a movement is sprouting in BIPOC communities across North America to save heirloom seeds and preserve culture.

Glasgow Declaration Requires a Reckoning in Northern Forests

November 3, 2021 Expert BlogInternational, CanadaJennifer Skene

This Declaration rests on top of a broken international policy foundation that continues to paper over the destruction of climate-critical forests in the Global North.