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Youth to Global Leaders: Act Now!

December 13, 2019 Expert BlogSophia Ptacek

Millions of young people have taken to the streets this past year to demand that global leaders act against the climate crisis.

Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple’s Food Waste

December 13, 2019 OverviewNew York City

NRDC is helping to transform New York City into a leader in the fight against food waste and a model for other cities around the country.

Great Lakes Levels Are Rising—a Sign of Things to Come?

December 13, 2019 DispatchMidwestSusan Cosier

Stronger storms and harsher cold snaps could mean more dramatic ups and downs for lake levels in the future.

A New Deal for the Okapi, Africa’s “Unicorn”

December 13, 2019 Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel

How protecting the okapi could bring income, sanitation, health services, and security to a remote area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A Home for Orcas

December 13, 2019 Expert BlogGiulia C.S. Good Stefani

The Southern Resident orcas are at their lowest abundance in 40 years.

Why the EPA Needs Another William Ruckelshaus (1932–2019)

December 13, 2019 PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The agency’s first administrator built the EPA from scratch—and established the nonpartisan, antipolluter culture that the Trump administration has all but abandoned.

Pebble Mine: The Opposition Intensifies

December 13, 2019 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin cites reckless Bristol Bay mine as project that “doesn’t make any sense,” asks “why would we do it?”

Latin America Energy and Decarbonization Updates from COP25

December 13, 2019 Expert BlogColumbia, Chile, Honduras, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Paraguay, UruguayCarolina Herrera

Latin America Nature and Justice Updates from COP25

December 13, 2019 Expert BlogColumbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Brazil, BoliviaCarolina Herrera

Proposed Alternative Response to Crossword "Sell-by" Clue

December 12, 2019 Expert BlogAndrea Collins, Nina Sevilla

Items past the sell-by date are still good! For many people, sell-by dates – and the plethora of other dates on our food – cause a lot of confusion which leads to unnecessary food waste. And when we waste food…

New York State Greenlights Boost for Community Solar

December 12, 2019 Expert BlogCullen Howe

Electric Utilities’ Energy Efficiency Progress in 2019

December 12, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesRalph Cavanagh

America’s electric utilities have emerged as essential partners in the nation’s ongoing clean energy transition, as acknowledged forcefully in a joint statement last year by their principal trade association and NRDC, and that continued throughout 2019 (although we don’t, of…

Very High Livestock Antibiotic Use Undercuts Effective Drugs

December 12, 2019 Expert BlogDavid Wallinga, MD, Avinash Kar

Beef and pork industries must do better to help curb antibiotic resistance.

REQUIEM: A WHITE WANDERER Luftwerk in Collaboration with Katherine Young, a Musical Performance and Immersive Art Installation Inspired by Seismic Data from an Ailing Iceberg

December 12, 2019 Press ReleaseChicago

Developed in partnership with Experimental Sound Studio and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Presented by the Millennium Park Foundation in collaboration with the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events as part of the Year of Chicago…

COP25: What World Leaders Should Do on Climate Action

December 12, 2019 Expert BlogJake Schmidt, Brendan Guy, Han Chen

The 20 major emitters that account for approximately 80% of global emissions have stood nearly mute at COP25 in Madrid.