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FSC Canada Pulls Even Further Ahead of the Pack

June 3, 2019 Expert BlogCourtenay Lewis

In order to honor Indigenous Peoples’ rights to make decisions about their traditional territories, stabilize the global climate, and protect threatened species, safeguards around forestry in Canada are urgently needed.

On June 8, We Celebrate Our Oceans, Our Future

June 3, 2019 Expert BlogSarah Chasis

To save our planet, we must protect oceans. Celebrate our beautiful and mysterious oceans on World Oceans Day. And learn how NRDC is fighting for their future.

Disaster Relief Long Overdue for Gulf Coast, Puerto Rico

June 3, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Congress passed a $19 billion package of aid for those hit by flooding this year and hurricanes last year after months of delay.

New Evidence Shows Pioneering Heat Action Plan Helps Millions Avoid Killer Heat

June 3, 2019 Press ReleaseIndia

A pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India and beyond, as more communities adopt their own Heat Action Plans (HAP) to shield people from dangerously hot weather worsened by climate change.

Case Study: Development Bank of South Africa's Climate Finance Facility

June 1, 2019 Resource

The Development Bank of Southern Africa’s (DBSA) Climate Finance Facility (CFF) is a specialized lending facility designed to increase private investment in climate-related infrastructure projects in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, which faces significant climate mitigation and adaptation…

Illinois Funds Fall Cover for Spring Savings Program

May 31, 2019 Expert BlogLara Bryant

NRDC has been collaborating with local partners in different states to encourage crop insurance pilot programs. Our partners in Illinois put a lot of hard work into advocating for this program & ensuring that farmers have this additional incentive to…

What The Trump Auto Mileage Standards Rollbacks Mean

May 31, 2019 Expert BlogDavid Pettit

The Trump Administration has proposed to roll back successful US clean car and fuel economy standards and to take away California’s—and other states'—ability to set clean car standards of their own.

The Top-Down Contamination of the EPA

May 31, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

One thing hasn’t changed since Andrew Wheeler replaced Scott Pruitt: Career staffers are still being pressured to lie for their boss.

Congress Extends Flood Insurance Program for Eleventh Time

May 30, 2019 Expert BlogJoel Scata

For the eleventh time since September 2017, Congress has extended the deeply in-debt National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) without reform. In the interim, five named hurricanes and multiple catastrophic floods, including the ongoing crisis in the Midwest, have wreaked devastation…

DTE's Rate Case and Your Energy Bill

May 30, 2019 Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez

The Michigan Public Service Commission recently ordered significant cutbacks to a proposed rate increase by DTE. See what the DTE rate case means to families’ monthly energy bills across Michigan.

Top Ten Facts About Wendy's, Beef, and Antibiotic Use

May 30, 2019 Expert BlogLena Brook

Is National Heat Awareness Day 2019 Coming Too Late?

May 30, 2019 Expert BlogJuanita Constible

National weather safety campaigns need to keep pace with the reality of the nation's altered climate.

Potential Progress on California Wildfire Issues

May 30, 2019 Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh

A California state commission has issued a long-awaited draft report on how to manage costs and liabilities associated with catastrophic wildfires, which remain both agonizing recent memories and a continuing threat linked in part to climate disruption. The initial response…

After Children Began Getting Sick by the Dozens, Parents Took a Hard Look at Their Town’s Toxic Legacy

May 30, 2019 DispatchIndiana, Massachusetts, North CarolinaSusan Cosier

The carcinogen TCE has been lurking in the ground beneath Franklin, Indiana, for decades. Now families are demanding answers.

Michigan Rate Case Primer

May 29, 2019 Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez

Do you ever wonder how your monthly energy bill is calculated? Or how to lower your bill? Are you curious about the equity implications of how it’s structured? If you answered yes to any of these questions, keep reading for…