News & Commentary

How Management Affects Carbon Stored in Forest Soils

December 5, 2023 Expert BlogWashington, D.C.Dr. Daniel Rath, Carolyn Ramírez

This World Soil Day, let’s take a minute to appreciate how forests, and specifically forest soils, store carbon.

How Neonics Can Harm Soil Health and Soil Biodiversity

December 5, 2023 Expert BlogNew YorkDr. Daniel Rath, Daniel Raichel

This World Soil Day, let's acknowledge the effects that neonic pesticides can have on soil health and biodiversity, and the farms that depend on them.

Biden Administration Must Redo Its Assessment of Dakota Access Pipeline

October 24, 2023 Expert BlogNorth Dakota, South DakotaDr. Michele Bustamante, Amy Mall, Dr. Matthew McKinzie, Dr. Jennifer Sass, Dawn Woodard

The recent Draft Environmental Impact Statement ignores the threats to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s drinking water source and violates tribal treaty rights and sovereignty in a severe environmental injustice.

P&G Shareholders Signal Discontent Over Forest Failures

October 23, 2023 Expert BlogOhio, Washington, D.C.Shelley Vinyard

At P&G's October 10th annual shareholder meeting, shareholders with tens of billions of dollars' worth of shares voted against company leadership over its failure to address risks associated with its forest sourcing.

The World Is Mobilizing Against Big Biomass

October 18, 2023 Expert BlogWashington, D.C.Courtenay Lewis, Elly Pepper, Rita Frost

This week, communities around the world will highlight that the production and export of forest-based biomass threatens communities and the climate.

Leaders Call for Forest Accountability in Climate Week Event

September 22, 2023 Expert BlogNew YorkJennifer Skene

Leading voices call for global accountability on protecting the world's climate-critical forests in NRDC's Climate Week panel event. 

Climate Week Participants Should Recognize Bioenergy as a Boondoggle

September 13, 2023 Expert BlogWashington, D.C.Courtenay Lewis, Elly Pepper, Matt Williams

As Climate Week NYC begins, governments and companies shouldn't be fooled by industry claims that turning carbon-storing forests into wood pellets will save us.

P&G's Board Needs an Overhaul

September 11, 2023 Expert BlogWashington, D.C.Shelley Vinyard

Descendants of P&G's founders are calling for their fellow shareholders to oppose four members of P&G's Board of Directors because of the company's unsustainable sourcing practices.

Another Court Victory for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

August 18, 2023 Expert BlogWashington, D.C.Lucas Rhoads

A court sided with NRDC in its latest lawsuit to protect the endangered rusty patched bumble bee, paving the way for critical habitat protections. 

Supporting Agroforestry Through the California Healthy Soils Program

August 3, 2023 Expert BlogWashington, D.C.Arohi Sharma, Dr. Daniel Rath

California can continue its leadership in climate smart agriculture by using the Healthy Soils Program to unlock agroforestry’s full potential to fight climate change.

Poll Shows 82% of People Support Incentives to Farmers for Soil Health

July 18, 2023 Expert BlogWashington, D.C.Lara Bryant, Matthew Kaplan, Dr. Daniel Rath, Claire O'Connor

 Most Americans agree that global warming is a crisis that deserves our attention and action. 

The Supreme Court Gets Clean Water Supremely Wrong

June 29, 2023 Expert BlogWashington, D.C.Jon Devine

The Supreme Court got the facts, the law, and the policy wrong in its recent ruling attacking wetland protections under the Clean Water Act.

New York Is Exposing the Fashion Industry for What It Is: a Climate Nightmare

February 13, 2023 DispatchNew York, New York City, InternationalNicole Greenfield

The state’s Fashion Act seeks to set a new trend of holding big brands accountable for their exploitation of workers and the environment.

The Global North’s Myth Making Threatens COP27 Forest Pledge

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

A 22-Year Court Battle Ends with Justice for the Penobscot River

October 11, 2022 NRDC in ActionMaineNicole Greenfield

After more than a half century of toxic mercury contamination, Maine’s longest river is finally getting cleaned up—a major win for the public interest over corporate polluters.

Congress Should Reject Any Dirty Permitting Proposal

September 13, 2022 Expert BlogUnited States, VirginiaAmy Mall, Gillian Giannetti, Jon Devine

Gearing Up for an Even Bigger Climate Fight in New York

July 14, 2022 Expert BlogNew YorkRich Schrader

NRDC is preparing for the New York State legislative session in 2023, where we'll fight hard alongside our allies and partners for important bills that will protect our state and our planet from the worst effects of climate change.

Mount Vernon: Where Environmental Injustice Became a Sewage Nightmare

June 27, 2022 NRDC in ActionNew YorkNicole Greenfield

For decades, residents of this majority-Black suburb of New York City have been dealing with a noxious infrastructure crisis with little recourse. Finally, they’re getting some relief.

Canada Fighting a Rising Tide of Support for NY Forest Bill

May 31, 2022 Expert BlogCanada, New YorkJennifer Skene

Canada’s stunning display of hypocrisy and doublespeak spotlights the discordance at the heart of its forest and climate policy.

On Drax's AGM, its Smokestacks Tell the Truth About Biomass

April 27, 2022 Expert BlogEast, InternationalElly Pepper

Today, Drax will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM), where it will tell its shareholders and the world how great it's doing and claim that our planet's future depends on industrial biomass energy.