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We Can All Speak for the Trees: A Guide to Advancing Sustainability and Equity Through Forest Planning

September 24, 2020 ResourceSharon Buccino

Land designated as a National Forest belongs to the American people—and we, ordinary citizens, have a say in how that land is managed. This guide will help individual citizens and advocacy groups engage in forest planning and ensure sustainable and…

Pebble Mine Self-Destructs, CEO Resigns, Permit Denial Urged

September 24, 2020 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Pebble Limited Partnership CEO Tom Collier resigns two days after release of undercover videos showing him bragging to hoped-for investors about political influence to promote a massive 200-year mining scheme at the headwaters of Bristol Bay.

The Climate Crisis Is Inflicting Costly Damage to Our Health

September 24, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Vijay Limaye

We can’t ignore the profound and expensive human suffering triggered by climate change. Watch our video to see why.

PA Governor Wolf Vetoes Legislation to Block Climate Action

September 24, 2020 Press ReleasePennsylvania

Governor Tom Wolf today vetoed House Bill 2025 which sought to strip the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) of its existing legal authority to regulate carbon pollution across all sectors and block Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas…

Why You Should Care About the CFTC Report on Climate Risk

September 24, 2020 Expert BlogRoger Baneman

The recent CFTC Report on climate risk and the US financial system is an important call for action.

2020 Road from Paris: Climate Ambition Is Not Canceled

September 24, 2020 Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal

Find out more about India's action on climate change in 2020 in the Road from Paris Issue Brief released at Climate Week NYC.

Governor Newsom Announces a Suite of Climate Actions

September 23, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the State of California will ensure 100 percent electric passenger vehicles by 2035, as well as a host of additional actions.

Advocates Demand Regulation of Toxic Neonic-Treated Seeds

September 23, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

A group of health and environmental organizations filed a legal petition today, calling upon the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to regulate the planting of crop seeds coated with neurotoxic neonicotinoid insecticides (neonics) and close a loophole that allows the…

California Must Regulate Toxic Neonic-Coated Crop Seeds

September 23, 2020 Expert BlogDaniel Raichel, Samuel Eisenberg

Pesticide-treated seeds, like these, pollute water and harm bees—yet they go unregulated in California. NRDC filed a petition to close a state loophole that lets them fall through the cracks.

Gov. Whitmer Issues Most Ambitious Action on Climate in the Midwest, Advocates Call for Additional Community Centered Climate Solutions

September 23, 2020 Press ReleaseMichigan

Gov. Whitmer issued an executive order today that commits Michigan to the most ambitious path to combat the climate crisis in the Midwest to date. The order sets a goal of dramatically cutting carbon pollution and achieving carbon-neutrality across the…

Gov Newsom Announces All New Cars Will Be Electric by 2035

September 23, 2020 Expert BlogDr. Simon Mui, Alex Jackson

Governor Newsom of California issued the first of a potential series of actions to fight climate change, starting first with a massive venture to ensure all Californians have options beyond burning fossil fuels in cars, trucks, and buses.

House Bill Would Deliver Needed Steps Toward a Clean Economy

September 23, 2020 Expert BlogMarc Boom

This package pulls together over 60 different bills that, taken as a whole, would significantly improve how our government approaches energy systems - putting climate action, clean jobs, and reducing environmental harms to communities at the forefront of building a…

New OCI Analysis Gives Big Oil Much Needed Reality Check

September 23, 2020 Expert BlogSusan Casey-Lefkowitz

A new report from Oil Change International provides a reality check on the myth that Big Oil is changing—showing failure after failure in reducing climate pollution.

Climate Benefits from GE Dropping New Coal Plant Projects

September 22, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

General Electric, one of the world's largest builders of coal-fired power plants, announced today that it will stop building new coal plants, a course of action long recommended by NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council), other groups and investors as…

Green Finance Institute, NRDC and Rocky Mountain Institute to Develop Global Green Bank Design Platform Addressing Climate Solutions

September 22, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

A State of Green Banks 2020 report will be published in November providing a comprehensive review of green banks worldwide and guiding the Platform’s development