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Right Whale Extinction Crisis Gains Momentum on Capitol Hill

April 12, 2019 Expert BlogNora Apter

Leaders from industry, science and advocacy convened on Capitol Hill this week for a congressional briefing and panel discussion on the North Atlantic right whale extinction crisis.

State of Washington Ready to Lead on Climate

April 12, 2019 Expert BlogNoah Long

This year Washington state is poised to take several decisive steps to confront climate change. After years of political gridlock and aggressive pushes by fossil fuel companies to block clean energy, the 2019 legislature appears close to passing a suite…

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.

Regulatory Failures = Superweeds and Glyphosate Cancers

April 11, 2019 Expert BlogDr. Jennifer Sass

Herbicide-resistant weeds lead to more and more herbicides.

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.

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.

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.

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…

Sound Science, Objective Facts, and the Rule of Law

April 11, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesMitchell Bernard

These basics of federal decision-making are fundamental to the interests of the American people—even when they contradict the president’s actions.

Shhh… Quiet Offshore Wind Foundations Protect Marine Life

April 10, 2019 Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw

Clean Energy a Michigan Cornerstone

April 10, 2019 Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez

More than ever, clean energy seems to be pervading and sustaining every aspect of Michigan–making the case that clean energy can be the cornerstone for advancements in jobs, power, and health in the state.

Trump Tramples States’ Ability to Protect Their Water

April 10, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

President Donald Trump announced today that his administration would short-circuit the ability of states to weigh the risks—and curb the impacts—of projects like pipelines and dams to the lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands within their borders.

A Heat Wave in Australia Killed 23,000 Spectacled Flying Foxes

April 10, 2019 Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel

The die-off—which wiped out a third of the population of these large and endangered fruit bats—is not normal, but it may become so.