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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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Keystone I Tar Sands Pipeline Spills 210,000 Gallons

Expert BlogAnthony Swift
TransCanada has announced that its Keystone I tar sands pipeline has spilled 210,000 gallons of tar sands oil on farmlands in South Dakota. This spill comes days before Nebraska’s Public Service Commission (PSC) decides whether to approve TransCanada’s proposed route…

Boreal Clearcutting Undermines Canada's Climate Leadership

Expert BlogAnthony Swift
New analysis by NRDC shows that clearcutting in Canada's boreal forest is a significant source of carbon emissions - and a failure to address them risks undermining the nation's climate leadership.

Logging Industry Needs to Face the Facts on Boreal Caribou

Expert BlogAnthony Swift
Canada's logging industry's campaign against federal caribou recovery plans ignores years of scientific research showing that habitat protection for the boreal caribou is urgently needed. Almost fifteen years after being listed under Canada's Species at Risk Act, it's time for…

Canada's Forest Workers Deserve the Truth

Expert BlogAnthony Swift
While the logging industry seeks to blame woodland caribou reocovery plans and other environmental protections for layoffs and wage reductions, government data show these are the result of the industry's investments in automation and mechanization, allowing them to maintain their…

Tar Sands Tailings: Alberta's Growing Toxic Legacy

Expert BlogAnthony Swift
NRDC and Environmental Defence Canada release "One trillion Litres of Toxic Waste and Growing: Alberta's Tailings Ponds" report detailing the enormous environmental, health and economic costs of the tar sands industry's growing toxic tailing ponds.

NAFTA Renegotiations Must Prioritize People and the Planet

Expert BlogInternationalAmanda Maxwell, Anthony Swift

President Trump has made renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) one of the main goals for his administration, and has recently revealed the general plan to do so. As this process moves forward, NRDC, the Sierra Club, and…

Trump Restarts Keystone XL Fight, Not the Tar Sands Pipeline

Expert BlogAnthony Swift, Danielle Droitsch
The Trump Administration’s approval of the cross-border permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline marks the beginning of what is likely to be a long fight over the dirty energy project.