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Global Warming 101

GuideUnited States, InternationalAmanda MacMillan, Jeff Turrentine

Everything you wanted to know about our changing climate but were too afraid to ask.

NRDC Comment on Climate Recommendations for Fisheries and Protected Resources (PDF)

Comments
In this comment submitted to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NRDC details ways NOAA can accelerate the transition to climate-ready fisheries and climate resilience for protected resources. This includes: strong implementation of existing core conservation requirements, expanding the...

WHC Letter to Protect Vaquita (PDF)

Letters
Coalition letters sent to protect endangered vaquita. Coalition letter to National Marine Fisheries Service to protect endangered vaquita. Coalition letter to Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to protect endangered vaquita. Coalition letter to...

CITES Letter to Protect Vaquita (PDF)

Letters
Coalition letters sent to protect endangered vaquita. Coalition letter to National Marine Fisheries Service to protect endangered vaquita. Coalition letter to Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to protect endangered vaquita. Coalition letter to...

NMFS Letter to Protect Vaquita (PDF)

Letters
Coalition letters sent to protect endangered vaquita. Coalition letter to National Marine Fisheries Service to protect endangered vaquita. Coalition letter to Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to protect endangered vaquita. Coalition letter to...

Kern County Oil & Gas Petition (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC and groups file a petition against a county board of supervisors action to allow 40k oil and gas wells within Kern County.

Federal Appeals Court Decision on CPSC Phthalates Ban (PDF)

Legal filings
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision on 3-1-2021 that found two procedural flaws in the CPSC’s 2017 phthalates rule, but left the rule in place while the agency addresses those errors.