Secretary Haaland knows with every fiber of her body the value of the 1.35 million acres of lands originally designated as Bears Ears National Monument—not simply for their beauty and tranquility, but for their cultural significance and sacred power.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice have asked a federal court to transfer obligations in a consent decree relating to the Limetree Bay oil refinery from its prior, bankrupt owner to its current owner. EPA has…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today deferred to a federal court on whether to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) pending an environmental review, instead of asking the court to enjoin it.
Canada’s boreal forest is the world’s largest intact forest, but industrial logging operations are chipping away at it, undermining its role in stabilizing the global climate and as a refuge for many of North America’s iconic species. A new report…
ReportCanada, United StatesCourtenay Lewis, Ashley Jordan
By purchasing wood and pulp from the world’s largest remaining intact forest without key environmental and social safeguards, major U.S. corporations are profiting from and enabling ongoing forest degradation.
Fifty investment firms representing over $105 billion sent a letter to EPA and Congress urging permanent protection of Alaska's Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine.
A new NRDC analysis of Canadian logging companies supplying boreal pulp to the U.S. marketplace is showing just how toilet paper-thin Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) latest claims of sustainability are.
Expert BlogWashington, D.C., Michigan, United StatesJoan Leary Matthews
President Biden has released his bold infrastructure package, which basically declares war on lead in drinking water, both in our homes and our schools.
President Biden’s sweeping new economic recovery plan aims to revive a beleaguered economy from a devastating pandemic, help advance racial equity and stand up to the widening climate crisis. A critical piece of this plan is a commitment to eliminate…
New set-top boxes placed in our homes by your cable, satellite, or telephone company will soon use about 20 percent less energy than current models due to a new agreement reached with leading environmental groups. This is great news for…
Environmental leaders are urging President Biden to strengthen a suite of federal standards to protect the climate and people’s health from dangerous pollution that continues to spew from the nation’s coal and gas power plants.
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