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Cues from the Midwest Floods: Is Your Community Prepared?

May 7, 2019 Expert BlogJuanita Constible

As we think about the kind of future we want, we should be asking our elected officials this critical question: What are you doing to prepare for the present-day impacts of climate change?

U.N. Report: Human Impacts Pushing Forests to the Brink

May 7, 2019 Expert BlogJennifer Skene

Deal of the Century: Tie the USMCA to Paris

May 7, 2019 Expert BlogDan West

Improving NAFTA has been one of President Trump’s key priorities, and, unlike much of what the Trump administration has tried to do, one goal the Natural Resources Defense Council has shared.

America’s Utilities Unite to Support Lighting Standards

May 7, 2019 Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh

Utility Low-Income Efficiency Programs in Need of Upgrade

May 7, 2019 Expert BlogMaria Stamas, Miles Muller

California’s Energy Savings Assistance (ESA) program—designed to help low-income households save money on their monthly energy bills through no-cost weatherization services while improving their health, comfort, and safety—hasn’t been saving as much energy as it could be, and hasn’t been…

Climate Change Drives the Politics of Climate Change

May 7, 2019 Expert BlogRoland Hwang

Opening Remarks for the Milken Institute 2019 Global Conference panel: “If We Do Nothing: Earth’s Climate at the Tipping Point."

Greater Chaco Region Wins Reprieve From Fracking

May 7, 2019 Press ReleaseNew Mexico

Federal Appeals Court Holds BLM Illegally Approved Oil and Gas Drilling in Sacred Landscape

NAFTA Rewrite Must Include Climate Pledge

May 7, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States, Canada, Mexico

The Natural Resources Defense Council today told Congress that it should withhold a vote for the reworked North American Free Trade Agreement unless it is amended to include a pledge that each of the three nations will adhere to the…

You Can Make a Difference and Take Transformative Actions

May 6, 2019 Expert BlogInternationalJulia Prochnik, Jessica Russo

The United Nations (UN) released another alarming report about our planet and the harmful causes hurting our ecosystems. After the recent UN IPCC report, this will be the second report reminding all of us that change must happen to protect…

IPBES and the Threats to the World's Fresh Water

May 6, 2019 Expert BlogKate Poole

Could “Liking” an Anti-Pipeline Facebook Post Soon Be Illegal?

May 6, 2019 Expert BlogJosh Axelrod

A new South Dakota law—written in consultation with the company that owns Keystone XL—could punish people for exercising their right to peaceful protest. Is it a harbinger of things to come?

NRDC to World Bank: “Location, Community, and Climate-Smart”

May 6, 2019 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

New NAFTA Must Address Climate Change

May 6, 2019 Expert BlogAmanda Maxwell

Improving the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been one of President Donald Trump’s key priorities, and, unlike much of what the Trump administration has tried to do, one goal NRDC has shared. The 25-year-old agreement needs updating, notably…

PA Has a Climate Action Plan—Now PA Needs Climate Action

May 6, 2019 Expert BlogMark Szybist

U.N. Biodiversity Report: A Million Reasons to Better Protect Our Natural Systems

May 6, 2019 Expert BlogSusan Casey-Lefkowitz

Human civilization is under threat. We must save nature in order to address this emergency.