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A brightly colored illustration showing a green hydrogen hub. A container ship on a waterway and a hydrogen production and storage facility are in the foreground, a solar panel array and wind turbines are in the mid-ground, and a city and sunset sky are in the distance.

Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.
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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.

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Transporte público sustentable en América Latina

Expert BlogInternationalAmanda Maxwell
Los sistemas de transporte público limpios y sustentables son una solución clave para reducir los impactos tóxicos del transporte sucio que ya afectan la salud pública, el medio ambiente y el clima. Latinoamérica ya ha demostrado que existe una abundancia…

¡La población de la mariposa monarca aumentó! Y disminuyó…

Expert BlogDr. Sylvia Fallon
Excelentes noticias nos llegan desde México: el conteo anual de la población de mariposas monarca que se reproduce al este de las Montañas Rocosas en Canadá y Estados Unidos y que viaja a sitos de hibernación en México se incrementó…

Territorios Indígenas en Canadá y Colombia son ahora Patrimonio Mundial

Expert BlogJames Blair
Two parks separated by about 4,000 miles— one a coniferous forest, the other a tropical jungle—but both significant homelands of Indigenous Peoples, have been named World Heritage sites. This week, UNESCO designated Pimachiowin Aki in Canada and Chiribiquete National Park…

i-Tree ahora disponible en México

Expert BlogErika Moyer
Probablemente lo primero que piensas cuando escuchas la palabra “árboles” es un bosque verde e intacto, ¿verdad? Pero ¿qué hay de los árboles en las ciudades? ¿Qué tan importantes son? ¿Nos preocupamos por ellos en América Latina? Fui a México…

Conservación y comunidad en Laguna San Ignacio

Expert BlogMexicoJames Blair
NRDC has a long history in Laguna San Ignacio, one of the last unspoiled nurseries for Pacific gray whales in Baja California Sur, Mexico. NRDC’s President, Rhea Suh, recently described her “deeply moving, thrilling” encounter with the whales of the…