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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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Taking Trump’s EPA to Court to Stop Methane Pollution

Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger, Meleah Geertsma

NRDC and partners went to court Monday to block the Trump EPA’s illegal suspension of critical Clean Air Act safeguards against leaks of methane and other dangerous air pollution from the oil and gas industry.

Clean Power Plan Litigation’s Latest Turn

Expert BlogDavid Doniger
No matter what Trump's EPA chief does, NRDC and our partners will defend the agency's authority to curb carbon pollution under the Clean Air Act.

Defending the Climate in the Trumpocene: NRDC Goes to Court

Expert BlogDavid Doniger
Future geologists will define the Trumpocene as the period of official climate denial and presidential attempts to roll back climate action, prop up declining energy firms, stop scientific and economic research on the health of our home planet, and destroy…

The Pruitt Emails: A Petrochemical Puppet Show

Expert BlogDavid Doniger, Lissa Lynch
More from the Pruitt emails. See how the oil refiners and petrochemical industry enlisted the Oklahoma attorney general—now the head of EPA—to fight the agency's standards.

The Pruitt Emails: A Natural Gas Ventriloquism Act

Expert BlogDavid Doniger, Lissa Lynch
See how Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt -- now EPA Administator -- worked hand in glove with the oil and gas industry to block pollution controls. The emails tell the story.

Scrapping the Clean Power Plan Will Not Be Easy

Expert BlogDavid Doniger
State attorneys-general are working hand in glove with the big polluters to roll back the Clean Power Plan and other clean air, clean water, and safe climate protections. But dismantling the Clean Power Plan will harder than they think.

Being World Climate Pariah Won’t Help Trump Meet Other Goals

Expert BlogDavid Doniger
The question now is whether President-Elect Donald Trump will govern less divisively than he campaigned. On climate change, there’s every reason for deep concern. Candidate Trump said he wants to “cancel” the historic Paris Climate Agreement; his transition team features…