News & Commentary

Trump’s Pick to Lead His New Climate Change Panel Says CO2 Has Been “Demonized”

March 1, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The appointment of William Happer shows that as public opinion and government reports increasingly back climate science, deniers (including the president) are getting desperate.

The Political Divide on Coal vs. Renewables Is Fake News

February 22, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

New polls show that all Americans—Democrats, Republicans, and independents alike—want to close the book on our dirtiest fossil fuel.

Is the Future of Grocery Shopping B.Y.O. Container?

February 15, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

A new wave of entrepreneurs aim to wean consumers from single-use plastic.

A Coal-to-Diesel Refinery Is the Last Straw for These Hoosiers

February 13, 2019 DispatchIndianaSusan Cosier

The air in southwestern Indiana is bad enough without the emissions from yet another proposed polluter.

Climate Change Takes Fashion Week by Storm (and by Drought and by Fire . . .)

February 12, 2019 PerspectivesNew York City, United StatesCourtney Lindwall

Model, actor, and designer Luka Sabbat can make just about anything look good—even an air mask. Behold the future of fashion.

Why Is HUD Ghosting America’s Hurricane-Ravaged Communities?

February 8, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The Trump administration promised $16 billion to help places like Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida weather future storms. Now, nearly a year later, it won’t even return their calls.

Welcome to Oslo! NO PARKING.

February 1, 2019 Latest NewsInternationalJeff Turrentine

More and more European cities are effectively banning automobiles from their city centers—and it seems to be working out just fine for local businesses.

These Montanans Don’t Want an Industrial Slaughterhouse in Their Backyard

February 1, 2019 DispatchMontanaLora Shinn

In the small city of Great Falls, residents push back against a Big Ag plant that would consume 3.5 million gallons of water—and produce 102,995 pounds of waste—per day.

The Path to Climate Justice Is Intergenerational

January 30, 2019 DispatchNew York CityNicole Greenfield

And this team of Brooklyn-based grassroots activists helping to hold the world’s five largest investor-owned fossil fuel producers to account isn’t easily intimidated.

Dutch Artist Thijs Biersteker Gives Trees a Voice—in Lights

January 30, 2019 PerspectivesUnited StatesClara Chaisson

And it turns out the trees have a lot to say about climate, pollution, and the world we’re creating for them.

Salt of the Earth, Courtesy of the Sun

January 30, 2019 NRDC in ActionGujarat, India

By powering their pumps with solar energy instead of diesel, Indian salt farmers are investing in their own brighter futures.

The Carolinas Face a Climate Trifecta: Floods, Fire, and Heat

January 28, 2019 DispatchNorth Carolina, South CarolinaRobynne Boyd

The National Climate Assessment’s outlook for the two coastal states is daunting, but local leaders are starting to dig in for a fight.

Climate Change Is Already Driving Mass Migration Around the Globe

January 25, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

To ignore this fact—as the Trump administration insists on doing—is to hamper U.S. foreign policy.

Less Carbon, More Money

January 18, 2019 ExplainerUnited StatesPerrin Ireland

A recent climate assessment raised red flags about a shrinking economy. But maybe it doesn’t have to play out that way for millennials—we can start demanding with our dollars for a green, just economy.

In Nighttime Shots of Massive Wildfires, a Photographer Shows Us the Light

January 15, 2019 PerspectivesWest, United StatesPatrick Rogers

Stuart Palley’s award-winning images depict a devastating and natural ecological process—but one we are all very much a part of.

Wind and Solar Are the Final Nails in Coal’s Coffin

January 11, 2019 Latest NewsTexasJeff Turrentine

If you want to know where coal is headed, look no farther than Texas—where this dirty fuel is in its death throes.

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.

Minnesotans, It’s Your Turn to Stop the Flow of Tar Sands Oil

January 8, 2019 DispatchMinnesotaSusan Cosier

The Line 3 pipeline project has kept a low profile, but the stakes couldn’t be higher for the indigenous communities it threatens—and our climate.

Finally, a Legislative Check on a Runaway White House

January 4, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

What the 116th Congress can do—starting right now—to block Trump’s anti-environment agenda.

There’s Actually Some Good News in That Scary IPCC Report

January 3, 2019 ExplainerInternationalPerrin Ireland

Looking for a silver lining in the harrowing United Nations climate change report? Here it is: We can determine the impact of climate change by the political, economic, and social choices we make today.