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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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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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New Ads Urge EPA to Finish the Job and Veto Pebble Mine

Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Broad-based coalition rolls out new media campaign on TV, print, and digital platforms in Washington DC, calling on EPA to “Finish the Job” and permanently protect Bristol Bay from the Pebble Mine.

The Unlikely Takedown of Keystone XL

NRDC in ActionNebraska, South Dakota, Canada, MontanaCourtney Lindwall
The notorious tar sands pipeline was a lightning rod in the fight against climate change and the seemingly unstoppable oil industry. NRDC advocates were part of a broad coalition that helped stop Keystone XL—for good.

Pebble Mine: Permit Denial Is Not Enough

Expert BlogAlaskaJoel Reynolds

As Bristol Bay Tribes unite to demand EPA action now, Canadian owner of destructive mining scheme remains undeterred by federal permit denial, overwhelming opposition, and catastrophic risk to world’s greatest wild salmon fishery.

Bristol Bay Tribes to EPA: Veto Pebble Mine Now and Forever

Expert BlogAlaskaJoel Reynolds

As Pebble Limited Partnership reacts to permit denial, shareholder lawsuits, and grand jury subpoenas, Tribes and millions of supporters urge EPA to ensure lasting protection of world’s greatest wild salmon fishery.

Opposition to Forest Bills Risks Canada’s Global Reputation

Expert BlogCanadaJennifer Skene

As California and New York bills to address deforestation, intact forest degradation, and Indigenous exploitation move forward in the face of Canadian opposition, Canada will have to reckon with the precarious position in which it has found itself—a country that…

Corporate Takeover Adds to Urgency for Protections in Boreal

Expert BlogCanadaCourtenay Lewis

Paper Excellence’s announced acquisition of Domtar spells trouble for Canada’s boreal forest, and adds to a myriad of reasons why governments and companies need to prioritize safeguarding the boreal’s carbon-rich forests, biodiversity and Indigenous rights.

P&G and its Suppliers’ Words Undercut FSC

Expert BlogUnited States, CanadaCourtenay Lewis, Shelley Vinyard

The collaboratively-established Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is widely considered by to be the strongest forest certification body in Canada. While FSC is not perfect, it is far superior to its key competitor, the industry-created Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), which has…

Stop Pebble Mine Ad Runs in The Hill

Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Ad Calls on EPA to Veto the Pebble Mine and Permanently Protect Bristol Bay, Alaska. A bipartisan coalition of local, state, national and international groups – representing Bristol Bay Tribes, commercial fishermen, sportsmen, businesses, and conservation organizations – ran a…

Canada’s Forward Step on Climate Falls Short

Expert BlogCanadaAnthony Swift
Canada’s failure to commit to reducing its emissions by up to 52 percent by 2030 puts it out of step with the United States, demonstrating a failure to come to grips with the long term trajectory of its tar sands…

Canadian Trade Group Opposes U.S. Anti-Deforestation Bills

Expert BlogCanada, New York, CaliforniaAnthony Swift
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) claims that applying proposed anti-deforestation legislation in California and New York to the boreal forest would threaten its business model.

Northern Exposure: The Unseen Loss of Northern Forests

Expert BlogCanada, United States, InternationalJennifer Skene
Over the last 30 years, while the international community has rightly mobilized to combat the rapacious pillaging of tropical forests, Northern countries have successfully deflected attention from themselves, decrying forest loss in the Global South while obfuscating their own destructive…