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Endangered Gulf of Mexico Whale Granted Long-Overdue Protections

April 12, 2019 Expert BlogNRDC

As the threat from offshore drilling looms large, the species’ population has dwindled to just 33 individuals. Now they have a chance to survive.

North Carolina Hog Permit Fails to Protect Environment and Public Health

April 12, 2019 Press ReleaseNorth Carolina

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today issued the Swine General Permit, in addition to two other permits for animal operations. While the permit takes some steps in the right direction, it fails to adequately protect the environment and continues…

Administration Lists Gulf of Mexico Whale as Endangered After Lawsuit

April 12, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

A federal agency listed the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale as endangered today, after years of ignoring legal requests to protect the whale.

Trump Is Trying to Stand in the Way of Electric Cars. They’re Breezing Right Past Him.

April 12, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

While the president mocks low-emission vehicles, the rest of the country is busy paving the way for their big day.

Pebble Mine: “Don’t Look Behind that Curtain!”

April 11, 2019 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Underfunded owner of reckless Bristol Bay mine refuses to address continuing questions about financial viability of current mine plan.

David Bernhardt Takes Over as New Interior Secretary

April 11, 2019 Expert BlogNRDC

If his past four months as the department’s acting secretary are any indication, our public lands, oceans, and wildlife are in trouble.

EPA: Polluter GE Off the Hook for Toxic PCBs in Hudson River

April 11, 2019 Expert BlogMark Izeman

The Hudson River—one of the most important and historic waterways in our country—is the latest target of the Trump administration’s unprecedented assault on the environment.

ATSDR Report Confirms Glyphosate Cancer Risks

April 11, 2019 Expert BlogDr. Jennifer Sass

This week the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released the long-awaited Draft Toxicological Profile for Glyphosate. And, it supports and strengthens the 2015 cancer assessment of another health agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

U.S. Power in 2018: The Good, the Better, and the Gassy

April 11, 2019 Expert BlogAmanda Levin, Sophia Ptacek

The first numbers on last year’s energy trends are in, and there are two pieces of great news and one that should worry us: Solar and wind energy are thriving, coal-fired generation sunk to a four-decade low—but natural gas infrastructure…

Trump Threatens States with Two Executive Orders Favoring Fossil Fuels—Again

April 11, 2019 Expert BlogKimberly Ong

The move is yet another attempt to expedite fossil fuel development, this time by limiting states’ ability to protect their water as well as making it easier to approve cross-border dirty energy pipelines.

Memos, Orders, Oh My! Trump Makes a Keystone XL Mess

April 11, 2019 Expert BlogJosh Axelrod

In a series of moves, President Trump tries to leap over the courts and rob American citizens of their voices in regard to the contentious Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.