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A Monumental Matter at Bears Ears—Land of Sacred Power

April 9, 2021 Expert BlogUtahSharon Buccino

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.

Transportation Policies for NY to Achieve Its Climate Goals

April 9, 2021 Expert BlogNew YorkKathy Harris

If New York is to succeed in reaching its ambitious climate goals, it will need specific and bold transportation-focused goals and policies—while also considering long-term, sustainable ways to fund them. The comprehensive package of goals and policy recommendations can be…

Deferring Action on Pipeline Advanced by Trump, Biden Administration Leaves Communities Vulnerable

April 9, 2021 Press ReleaseMidwest

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.

Biden Administration Opens Investigation Into Troubled St. Croix Oil Refinery

April 9, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

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…

NRDC et al. v. McCarthy et al.

April 8, 2021 Court CaseUtahClosed

When the BLM reopened the area around Utah’s Factory Butte to unrestricted off-road vehicle use, it put this fragile ecosystem at risk.

New Report Shows Toll of Unsustainable Logging in the Boreal

April 7, 2021 Expert BlogCanadaCourtenay Lewis

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…

By a Thousand Cuts: How Powerful Companies’ Wood Sourcing Is Degrading Canada’s Boreal Forest

April 7, 2021 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.

Investors Say No to Pebble Mine, Yes to Bristol Bay—Again

April 7, 2021 Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer

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.

Evidence Mounts in P&G’s Role in Degrading Intact Forests

April 7, 2021 Expert BlogCanadaAshley Jordan, Shelley Vinyard

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.

ANALYSE : L’exploitation forestière industrielle dans la forêt boréale canadienne n’est pas durable et accélère le changement climatique

April 7, 2021 Press Release

Le système d’approvisionnement de P&G se rend complice de la destruction de l’une des dernières forêts intactes au monde

ANALYSIS: Industrial Logging in Canada’s Boreal Forest Is Unsustainable, Accelerates Climate Change

April 7, 2021 Press ReleaseCanada

P&G’s Sourcing Complicit in Destroying One of the World’s Last Intact Forests

Announcing the US Food Loss and Waste Policy Action Plan

April 6, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesAndrea Collins, Yvette Cabrera

Reducing food waste in the U.S. is a solvable problem.

A Huge Push to Remove Toxic Lead in School Drinking Water

April 6, 2021 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.

Coming Soon: New Set-Top Boxes that Use 20% Less Energy

April 6, 2021 Expert BlogUnited StatesNoah Horowitz

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 Urge Biden Administration to Curb Dangerous Power Plant Pollution

April 6, 2021 Press ReleaseUnited States

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.