News & Commentary

When I heard that more than 126,000 gallons of crude oil had been dumped into the ocean off Huntington Beach, I had to check it out for myself.

Development of the PennEast Pipeline has been put on hold! This fracked gas pipeline would be disastrous for the Delaware River Basin and would exacerbate the climate crisis—here’s how we can stop the pipeline permanently.

If next year is dry in California, modeling from the Bureau of Reclamation shows that Shasta Reservoir would store nearly 750,000 acre feet less water in April 2022 than it did in April 2014—a year that was an unmitigated disaster…

The future of the Northern Rockies wolves remains highly uncertain. USFWS needs to act quickly to prevent a reversal of one of its greatest conservation success stories.

Damon has been working to protect wildlife habitat and increase access to nature for low-income communities of color for more than 13 years at NRDC.

NRDC has seen a steady decline in total water usage institution-wide and has taken steps to advance water stewardship.

A chorus of diverse voices has united with a clear message: The federal government needs to restore protections before decades of investments and hard-earned conservation progress are lost.

As proposed, Sites Reservoir would make California’s water problems worse.

Groundbreaking voter led ballot initiative to curb single-use plastic pollution impacts on people, wildlife and climate qualifies for November 2022 election

We shouldn't wait until our rivers and reservoirs run dry before we start to conserve; we need to save every drop possible now so it will be available to us later.

Department of Interior advances leasing for offshore wind energy development in California offshore waters, ending years-long impasse with the Department of Defense.

Casitas Lofts—the proposed luxury housing development along the Los Angeles River—is still alive and poised to exacerbate LA’s housing crisis while cutting off access to nature for low-income neighborhoods along the L.A. River