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Giraffes Win International Protections to Limit Their Trade

August 22, 2019 Expert BlogInternational, AfricaElly Pepper

The protections will ensure that all giraffe parts trade were legally acquired instead of from poached giraffes trade by requiring countries to make non-detriment findings before allowing giraffe exports.

New NRDC Tool Compares Electric Generation Cost by Resource

August 22, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesMadhur Boloor

The tool will help state policymakers and regulators, project developers, institutions, and the public better understand the rapidly changing economics of the power sector

Community and Environmental Organizations Push Michigan Public Service Commission to Reject DTE’s Long-Term Energy Plan

August 22, 2019 Press ReleaseMichigan

Environmental and community organizations today are calling for Michigan’s Public Service Commission to reject the proposed long-term energy plan from DTE following testimony from experts revealing how DTE’s plan will hold back a transition to cleaner, more affordable energy. Experts…

Trump’s EPA Ignores Threat of Hazardous Spills

August 22, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Environmental Protection Agency made clear today that it will continue ignoring its responsibility to curtail chemical spills from industrial facilities, a decision that is in blatant disregard of the Clean Water Act and a settlement the agency agreed to…

New NRDC Tool Calculates Cost of Electricity by Resource Used

August 22, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today launched a tool that can help utilities, institutions, state and local policymakers, and the public get better answers about the changing economics of today’s power sector.

World Wildlife Conference: Parties Vote to Help End Giraffes’ Silent Extinction

August 22, 2019 Press ReleaseInternational

Global Community Votes to Protect Giraffes Under CITES

Cost of Building Power Plants in Your State

August 22, 2019 OverviewUnited States

Use the levelized cost of electricity tool to explore the cost of building and operating a new power plant in your state using different technologies.

Back-to-School: Lead in Drinking Water Questions Answered

August 22, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesJoan Leary Matthews

Tips on how parents can make sure their child’s drinking water at school is lead-free.

Connectivity and Conservation: Grizzly Bears in the Lower 48

August 21, 2019 OverviewUnited States, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho

These interactive maps discuss the issue of grizzly bear conservation and present potential corridors that could help reconnect the Yellowstone grizzlies with populations to the north.

Global Effort to Decarbonize Buildings Is Accelerating

August 21, 2019 Expert BlogInternationalMerrian Borgeson

Efficient electrification of heating and strong investment in energy efficiency are the lowest cost and best paths to decarbonize our buildings, in the U.S. and around the world.

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Attack on Endangered Species Act

August 21, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Environmental Groups Head to Court Over Trump-Bernhardt’s Extinction Plan

How Trump’s ESA Rollbacks Will Affect Foreign Species

August 21, 2019 Expert BlogInternational, United StatesElly Pepper

By creating hurdles to species protections, the Trump Administration will hamstring the much-needed leadership that the U.S. has provided to the global wildlife conservation community for decades.

NRDC and Partners Go to Court to Save the Endangered Species Act

August 21, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesNRDC

The lawsuit is a response to the Trump administration’s recent dismantling of our most effective law for protecting wildlife—the worst blow to the act since its inception.

An Artist Who Finds Uncommon Meaning in Common Trees

August 21, 2019 PerspectivesNew York CityPatrick Rogers

Hugh Hayden’s exquisite wooden sculptures and installations comment on race, immigration, and the American environment.

Pebble Mine Environmental Review Falls Flat

August 21, 2019 Expert BlogAlaskaJoel Reynolds

CEO’s enthusiastic spin fails to mask widespread criticism of data gaps, unsupported conclusions, and failure to meet industry standard practice.