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Take Action to Protect Bees During National Pollinator Week

June 22, 2020 Expert BlogNew York, New JerseyDaniel Raichel, Lucas Rhoads

This Pollinator week, let’s heed the science and skip the fluff. Here’s how you can take action now to protect pollinators and human health.

New Campaign Urges UK to End Biomass Subsidies

June 22, 2020 Expert BlogInternationalSasha Stashwick

A new campaign that NRDC is helping lead, Cut Carbon Not Forests, is aimed at directing public pressure on Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom to end financial subsidies to power companies that burn dirty biomass energy.

Morgan Stanley Dumps the Pebble Mine, Northern Dynasty

June 22, 2020 Expert BlogAlaskaJoel Reynolds

Multinational investment banking and financial services firm reports over 99 percent reduction in shares of Northern Dynasty Minerals, sole owner of widely condemned Bristol Bay mining scheme.

Nevada to Tackle Car Pollution

June 22, 2020 Press ReleaseNevada

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced today that his state would pursue low-emission and zero-emission vehicle standards.

Cut Carbon Not Forests: Hard-Hitting Campaign Urges UK Policymakers to Build a True Clean Energy Economy and End Dirty Biomass Subsidies

June 22, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited Kingdom

A coalition of environmental advocacy groups have launched Cut Carbon Not Forests, a hard-hitting campaign to expose the UK’s wasteful subsidies for companies that burn trees for electricity and to put pressure on policymakers to support reform. In the face…

Nevada Accelerates on Clean Cars

June 22, 2020 Expert BlogNevadaPatricia Valderrama, Noah Long

Governor Sisolak’s administration took a vital step today to reduce climate-warming and health-harming pollution from cars and trucks: initiating a Clean Cars rulemaking.

Sustainable Corridors: The Next Step in Transmission Lines in Chile

June 19, 2020 ResourceAmanda Maxwell

Improving vegetation management under transmission lines can bring benefits for the environment, communities, and companies.

Ann Arbor’s Climate Plan Centers Community Voices

June 18, 2020 Expert BlogMichiganAviva Meyers

In its journey toward carbon neutrality, Ann Arbor is employing innovative ways to engage with community members. The city seeks input from frontline populations in order to create an equitable future where all Ann Arborites can thrive.

Remembering Eeyou Pimatseewin, the Cree Life

June 18, 2020 PerspectivesCanada

Allan Saganash Jr. grew up in the bush, living off the land—then watched as industry shrank and changed his beloved boreal forest home. He’s determined to save what’s left.

New York Bans Utility Shutoffs during COVID-19 Emergency

June 18, 2020 Expert BlogNew YorkJoan Leary Matthews

New York is the first state to act via legislation to establish a statewide moratorium on all utility shutoffs—water, gas, electric, and telephone, including both publicly- and privately-owned utilities.

Study: Climate Crisis Disproportionately Harms Black Mothers and their Infants

June 18, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

A major study published in JAMA Open Network has confirmed that an increased risk of premature births and low birth weights is significantly associated with exposure to air pollution and heat during pregnancy–and Black women were among the most vulnerable…

High Court Protections for Dreamers Affirm Core American Values

June 18, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

In a victory for just and equitable immigration policy, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Trump administration effort to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which provides needed protections for undocumented immigrants who came to this country as children…

EPA Blows Up Court Order Over Rocket Fuel Contaminant in Drinking Water

June 18, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

EPA Increases Acceptable Levels Up to Six Times More for Perchlorate Linked to IQ Loss

Ann Arbor Sets Out Toward Carbon Neutrality

June 17, 2020 Expert BlogAviva Meyers

Ann Arbor passed its transformative Carbon Neutrality Plan, making it a climate action leader in the Midwest. The Plan describes how the city will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030.

NRDC Sues Trump Administration to Keep Commercial Fishing Out of Vulnerable Marine Monument

June 17, 2020 Expert BlogNRDC

The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is home to an extraordinary array of marine species. But the Trump administration is trying to strip it of its core protections.