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Happy (?) World Giraffe Day

Expert BlogElly Pepper
The species faces an alarming rate of habitat loss, not to mention the trade in giraffe parts, poaching, giraffe skin disease, vehicle collisions, and droughts.

House Votes to Suspend Pebble Mine Funding

Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an appropriations package, with an amendment to bar funding for the Pebble Mine permitting process.

Pebble Mine: Into the Lion’s Den

Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer
Junior Canadian mining company Northern Dynasty Minerals – owner of the beleaguered Pebble Mine – held its annual shareholder meeting in Vancouver last week. We were there, too, to deliver a message of relentless opposition to the ill-conceived project.

New York Passes Nation-Leading Climate Bill

Press ReleaseNew York
The New York State legislature today passed nation-leading climate legislation. This bill raises the bar for states in the fight against climate change by establishing the strongest greenhouse gas emissions limits in the United States, requiring 70 percent renewable electricity…

The Trans Mountain Migraine: Canada Chooses Oil Over Climate

Expert BlogJosh Axelrod
Forget what you think you know about Canada's environmental record: the day after joining the chorus of countries and other government entities acknowledging a "climate crisis," Canada announced its renewed support for a massive new tar sands oil pipeline.

As EPA Dismantles the CPP, NRDC Is Prepared to Fight Back

Expert BlogLissa Lynch
The Trump EPA has finally issued its irresponsible rulemaking repealing the Clean Power Plan and replacing it with a do-nothing rule that will produce only minor reductions in power plant carbon pollution, if any at all. With the climate crisis…

Congress Should Lift the Hood on Faulty Clean Cars Rollback

Expert BlogLuke Tonachel
Leaders in Congress are again raising their concerns about the Trump administration’s plan to rollback common-sense clean car and fuel economy standards. And for good reasons—consumers, workers and all those that depend on clean air and a stable climate will…

With ACE, EPA Blows Off Chance to Save Thousands of Lives

Expert BlogArjun Krishnaswami
The EPA replaced the Clean Power Plan with a do-nothing dirty power plan instead of seizing the opportunity to update and strengthen the existing CPP—the agency could have prevented up to 5,200 premature deaths in 2030 alone, with annual climate…

Trump’s Dirty Power Plan Will Aggravate the Climate Crisis

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Trump Administration’s plan purporting to deal with climate change, finalized today by the Environmental Protection Agency, is a Trojan Horse that would seriously set back the nation’s fight to avert a planetary disaster.