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EPA’s Chance Is NOW to Finally Fix the Broken Lead & Copper Rule

Expert BlogUnited States, Michigan, InternationalErik D. Olson
Americans across political lines support action to fix lead in drinking water—and here’s how it can be done.
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Ohio Train Disaster Reveals Gaping Holes in Hazardous Chemical Controls

Expert BlogOhio, MidwestJennifer Sass, Erik D. Olson
The Norfolk Southern toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was an accident waiting to happen. We need regulatory action to prevent more—or even worse—accidents from happening.
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Alaska’s Tongass National Forest Gets the Protections It Deserves

NRDC in ActionAlaskaCourtney Lindwall
After a decades-long fight, the newly reinstated Roadless Rule will safeguard these wildlands from road construction and logging.

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One Year Since Court Restored ESA Protections For Wolves

Expert BlogCalifornia, Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Ontario, Oregon, Wisconsin, WyomingJennifer Sherry
Without these protections, wolf recovery could be stopped dead in its tracks—or even reversed—as we have seen happen when states with authority over wolf management work to cut populations down through aggressive measures.

Two First Nations Pledge to Save Lake Superior Caribou

Expert BlogCanada, OntarioJulee Boan
Two First Nations—Biigtigong Nishnaabeg and Michipicoten—are raising the alarm for the dwindling Lake Superior caribou, the southernmost remaining woodland caribou in North America.

Canada Should Mark Forests Day by Rejecting Logging Giveaway

Expert BlogCanada, OntarioCourtenay Lewis
Canada has near-finalized an ill-named “Conservation Agreement” with the province of Ontario, whose current government has attracted international attention for slashing environmental protections while promising to ramp up widespread industrial logging.

Evidence Mounts in P&G’s Role in Degrading Intact Forests

Expert BlogOntario, Quebec, CanadaAshley Jordan, Shelley Vinyard
A new NRDC analysis of Canadian logging companies supplying boreal pulp to the U.S. marketplace is showing just how toilet paper-thin Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) latest claims of sustainability are.

Ontario Takes an Axe to Environmental Protections

Expert BlogCanada, OntarioJennifer Skene
Ontario is rapidly ushering in an era of laissez-faire logging, ceding its forests, wildlife, and public health to the whims and interests of industry.

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