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L.A. Takes a Fresh Look at Recycled Water

DispatchLos AngelesLauren Evans
Facing dwindling freshwater supplies, the city is ready to stop dumping millions of gallons into the Pacific—and to follow Orange County’s lead.

The California WaterFix project

Court CaseCaliforniaClosed
The California WaterFix project was no fix at all. In a victory for the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, California abandoned its two-tunnel project in May 2019.

Pennsylvania's Gas Power Problem, Part 1: The Build-Out

Expert BlogUnited States, PennsylvaniaMark Szybist
For most of the last decade, the biggest energy story in Pennsylvania has been fracking—the use of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling to extract shale gas—and the dramatic increase in gas production that fracking has driven.

The Biodiversity Report: Not All Gloom and Doom

Expert BlogKatie Umekubo
Nature is in dire decline. We have read about it all week now. However, let’s not let this important take-away get lost in the shuffle: there’s still time to reverse course.

Cautious Optimism Over Canada's Big Orca Announcement

Expert BlogMichael Jasny
Today, Canada announced new measures to protect the Southern Resident orcas, one of the most endangered, and beloved, populations of whales on either side of the border. Together with the orca bills signed on Wednesday by Washington Governor Jay Inslee…

DOE's Process Rule: Wonky Changes Could Have Big Impact

Expert BlogLauren Urbanek
NRDC submitted comments this week in response to the Department of Energy’s proposed changes to its Process Rule for setting energy efficiency standards, citing several grave concerns over their divisive nature and the peril in which they would place timely…

Utilities, States, Thousands More Oppose Lighting Rollback

Expert BlogNoah Horowitz
Electric utilities across America, low-income consumer groups, national and local environmental organizations, 24 governors, 17 state attorneys general, almost 18,000 individual letter-writers, and the American Chemical Society all sent in letters urging the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to abandon…

Canada's Recovery Measures for Endangered Killer Whales a Positive Step

Press ReleaseCanada
A coalition of six conservation groups commend the federal government’s new measures to support Southern Resident killer whale recovery. The measures are the boldest yet; greater whale-watching restrictions, expanded voluntary slow downs for international shipping and the creation of no-vessel…

New York Power Plants to be Coal-Free by 2020

Press ReleaseNew York
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the adoption of final regulations to make New York coal-free by the end of 2020. The newly issued regulations require all power plants in the state to meet stringent emissions limits for carbon dioxide and will…

When Your Planet Calls 911

Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
The systems that allow life on earth to exist are breaking down. We’re responsible. But we also have the power to turn things around.

NGOs Call for NOAA to Strengthen Seafood Import Standards

Expert BlogSandy Aylesworth
We know that some seafood is fraudulent or not what it claims to be. But did you know that up to one third of wild-caught U.S. seafood imports are harvested using illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing practices?