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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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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.
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In a Win for Health, the EPA Toughens Limits on Soot Air Pollution

Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Vijay Limaye, John Walke, Emily Davis
Today's agency action will deliver life-saving protections from dangerous air pollution.

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La biodiversidad de América Latina es crítica

Expert BlogInternationalJessica Carey-Webb

Latinoamérica es hogar de una gran variedad de plantas, animales y formas de vida. De hecho, América Latina es una de las regiones con mayor biodiversidad del mundo. Este 22 de mayo, Día Mundial de la Biodiversidad, con la ayuda…

Enfrentando una creciente amenaza: El enmallamiento de balle

Expert BlogUnited StatesDillon Hanson-Ahumada

El enmallamiento de ballenas en la costa oeste va en aumento y amenaza a muchas otras especies de ballenas en la costa de los Estados Unidos – pero una solución está al alcance de la mano

La complicada situación de la Amazonía

Expert BlogBrazilJessica Carey-Webb
El Amazonas es una región compleja y en constante evolución que contiene una riqueza natural y cultural extremadamente importante que vale la pena conservar.

¡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…