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When Climate Anxiety Makes for Great Art

November 15, 2022 PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

In “Evanston Salt Costs Climbing,” climate change is never mentioned, but it’s all anyone can think about.

Delivering the Promise of the Infrastructure Law

November 15, 2022 Expert BlogUnited StatesValerie Baron, Shelley Poticha

A year ago President Biden signed the blockbuster 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure law, and it’s clear that this time we have a chance to do it right. Too often in the past, spending on highways divided and destroyed communities of…

Climate Tipping Points Are Closer Than Once Thought

November 15, 2022 ExplainerInternational, United StatesCourtney Lindwall

Exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming could trigger several and lead to irreversible climate impacts.

Right Whale Moms and Calves at Risk from Fast Vessels

November 14, 2022 Expert BlogGeorgia, Florida, New Jersey, EastDr. Francine Kershaw

California Refiners’ Price Gouging: The Worst Whodunit Ever

November 14, 2022 Expert BlogCaliforniaAnn Alexander

The strength of California’s economy and climate goals depends on legislators having the courage and wherewithal to end the oil industry’s literal highway robbery.

Colorado River Basin Tribes Address a Historic Drought—and Their Water Rights—Head-On

November 14, 2022 DispatchColorado, Arizona, New MexicoTim Vanderpool

Their growing inclusion in the region’s water management will likely prove priceless.

COP27: India Climate Event Highlights Solutions for Extreme Heat and Cooling Needs in Heat-Stressed Countries

November 14, 2022 Press ReleaseInternational, India

At COP27 today, environmental leaders from India, Egypt, the United Nations, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and others highlighted the increasing challenges facing hundreds of millions of people in heat-stressed countries and solutions that can protect their health and wellbeing…

Advancing Global Heat Resilience & Climate-Friendly Cooling

November 14, 2022 Expert BlogIndia, GujaratPrima Madan, Dr. Vijay Limaye

As the world warms, we need smart cooling solutions.

Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Preparing Communities in India for Extreme Heat Events

November 14, 2022 ReportAhmedabad, IndiaDr. Kim Knowlton, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Dr. Vijay Limaye, Sameer Kwatra

After a deadly heat wave hit the city of Ahmedabad in May 2010, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) began to develop coordinated action to reduce the devastating health effects of heat stress on the local population.

Food Waste Needed in Nationally Determined Contributions

November 14, 2022 Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalYvette Cabrera

To drive down emissions and keep global warming below the critical 1.5ºC, food loss and waste reduction is a top climate solution that must be accounted for in countries’ Nationally Determined Commitments (NDCs) towards the Paris Climate Agreement.

COP27: NRDC: Presidents Biden and Xi Agree to Tackle Global Climate Crisis

November 14, 2022 Press ReleaseInternational

U.S. President Biden and China President XI met today at the G20 meeting in Bali and agreed to work together again to address the global climate crisis.

World Wildlife Conference in Panama: Time to Meet the Moment

November 13, 2022 Expert BlogInternationalZak Smith

NRDC at the World Wildlife Conference

November 13, 2022 Expert BlogInternationalZak Smith, Paul Todd, Elly Pepper

NRDC is on the ground in Panama City, Panama, at the World Wildlife Conference—officially the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES.

At COP27: EPA Moves to Cut Climate-Warming Methane Pollution

November 11, 2022 Press ReleaseInternational

At the COP27 international climate talks today, the Environmental Protection Agency released an updated proposed rule to cut methane and other harmful pollutants from oil and gas operations across the U.S. This proposal will help address the global climate crisis…

COP27: President Biden Boosts Climate Action Globally

November 11, 2022 Press ReleaseInternational

President Biden continued reasserting U.S. climate leadership as he addressed the global community at the COP27 international climate talks today, pledging to increase U.S. support for domestic and international efforts to address the climate crisis.