News & Commentary

Has Climate Gentrification Hit Miami? The City Plans to Find Out.

March 11, 2019 DispatchMiamiRobynne Boyd

As the sea rises, low-income neighborhoods on high land are starting to feel squeezed out.

Army Corps Releases a Slapdash Environmental Review of Alaska’s Pebble Mine

March 1, 2019 Latest NewsAlaskaCourtney Lindwall

But the proposed gold and copper mine’s catastrophic threats to the waterways, salmon, and people of Bristol Bay haven’t changed.

The Desire to Stop Canadian Tar Sands Transcends Borders

January 10, 2019 NRDC in ActionAlberta, Canada, Nebraska, Chicago, IllinoisNicole Greenfield

For more than a decade, NRDC has worked with indigenous communities in Alberta, U.S.-based grassroots groups, and intergovernmental bodies to halt the expansion of dirty tar sands oil.

As Miami Battles Sea-Level Rise, This Artist Makes Waves with His “Underwater Homeowners Association”

December 6, 2018 PerspectivesFlorida, United StatesPatrick Rogers

Xavier Cortada’s elevation markers are a colorful yet painful reminder of what Floridians stand to lose from climate change.

These Alaska Residents Are Watching Their Hometowns Slide Into Rising Waters

October 29, 2018 DispatchAlaskaAlisa Opar

At least 31 villages now face imminent threats from climate change and may have to relocate, at a cost of as much as $200 million each.

Street Art and Augmented Reality Get Real About Climate in Miami

August 28, 2018 PerspectivesMiami, United StatesPatrick Rogers

Linda Cheung’s innovative Miami Murals project is blinging out the topic of climate change.

The South Is Warming Up to Solar

May 11, 2018 DispatchGeorgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, MississippiRobynne Boyd

In the past five years, solar capacity in the South has increased nearly thirtyfold.

Scientists to Florida’s Flamingos: Welcome Home

March 14, 2018 Latest NewsFloridaJason Bittel

The effort to designate the Sunshine State’s famous pink birds as natives could have huge implications for their survival.

Alaska's Previously Defeated Pebble Mine Project Has a New Investor

February 23, 2018 Latest NewsAlaskaCourtney Lindwall

The proposed mine, resurrected by EPA administrator Scott Pruitt last year, now has financial backing from Canada's First Quantum Minerals.

Scientists Are Battling a Mysterious Pathogen Destroying Coral Reefs off Florida’s Coast

February 12, 2018 DispatchFloridaRobynne Boyd

Hope is not lost, but the cause of devastating “white syndrome”—not to be confused with coral bleaching—remains unknown.

The Emancipation of Manny-T, the Emaciated Manatee

February 1, 2018 Latest NewsFloridaJason Bittel

When an animal’s on the Endangered Species List, every life saved is a victory.

The March for Equity, the Environment, and Women Are One, Says This Advocate

January 19, 2018 NRDC in ActionFlorida, Miami, Washington, D.C.Nicole Greenfield

NRDC’s Sasha Forbes talks environmental justice, and why women are often at the helm of this work.

Drilling for Tax Cuts: The Devastating Alaska Provision

December 8, 2017 Latest NewsAlaskaJeff Turrentine

Most Americans, including many congressional Republicans, are strongly opposed to oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. So why is it attached to the tax bill?

Florida’s Endangered Key Deer Survived Hurricane Irma—but Their Future Is Stormy

November 17, 2017 Latest NewsFloridaJason Bittel

From climate change to kidnappings, the threats are adding up against these tiny, adorable cervids.

These Southern Cities Are Going 100 Percent Clean (Energy)

October 23, 2017 DispatchAtlanta, Georgia, Columbia, South Carolina, Orlando, St. Petersburg, FloridaRobynne Boyd

Here’s how they’re getting started.

The Fight to Keep Oil and Gas Rigs Out of Our Waters. For Good.

October 3, 2017 NRDC in ActionAlaska, Florida, California, Washington, United StatesMelissa Denchak

NRDC played a key role in banning offshore drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic. Once again, it’s fighting to protect those oceans—and the rest of America’s waters.

The Effort to Replant the “Amazon of the South”

September 25, 2017 DispatchGeorgia, Florida, AlabamaRobynne Boyd

These Southerners are bringing the longleaf pine forest back—with some love, seeds, fire, and snakes.

Dear Pebble Mine: No Still Means No

August 22, 2017 Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Backers of the Pebble Mine—a giant gold and copper mine proposed at the headwaters of Bristol Bay’s legendary salmon runs—continue to ignore the will of the people of Bristol Bay, whose overwhelming opposition to the mine has not wavered in…

Where We Drill, We Spill: Commemorating Exxon Valdez

March 24, 2017 Expert BlogAlaskaFranz Matzner

What’s It Like to Be the Artist-in-Residence at America’s Least Visited National Park?

March 1, 2017 PerspectivesArctic, AlaskaClara Chaisson

“Awful,” says writer and painter Ben Shattuck―but in the good way.