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It’s Past Time for Our Federal Workers to Get Back to Work

January 25, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Following the announcement of an agreement to reopen the government, Ana Unruh Cohen, managing director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council, issued the following statement:

Climate Change Is Already Driving Mass Migration Around the Globe

January 25, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

To ignore this fact—as the Trump administration insists on doing—is to hamper U.S. foreign policy.

Community Left in the Dark about Well Blowout

January 25, 2019 Expert BlogBriana Mordick, Damon Nagami

Academics Converge on Low-Income Upgrade Solution

January 24, 2019 Expert BlogMaria Stamas

Mobilizing significant energy and health upgrades to substandard, low-income housing has long vexed policymakers and advocates alike. But two major publications released last week set a path forward.

India Green News: 2018 India's Sixth Warmest Year on Record

January 24, 2019 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal

2018 was sixth warmest year in India's recorded history: IMD; 74% of India’s new power capacity addition In 2018 was renewables; Ahmedabad civic body budget jumps by 30%, focus on pollution, cleanliness

KFC: Mission Accomplished on Antibiotics

January 24, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesLena Brook

With this commitment, the popular fast-food restaurant is helping to transform antibiotic use practices in the chicken industry.

Bristol Bay Coalition Rejects Pebble Mine’s Claim of Support

January 24, 2019 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Pebble’s efforts to woo support for reckless mining scheme fail to persuade broad-based local opposition.

We Made It Only Two Days Into the New Year Before a Species Went Extinct

January 24, 2019 Latest NewsHawaiiJason Bittel

Hawaiians will never again hear the song of George the Snail. The fate of Achatinella apexfulva is a cautionary tale of decorative gardens, imported cannibals, and snail sex (or lack thereof).

U.S. Court Strikes Key Blow to Resolute’s SLAPP Suit

January 23, 2019 Expert BlogJennifer Skene

Vineyard Wind, Conservation Groups Reach Historic Agreement to Protect Right Whales

January 23, 2019 Press ReleaseMassachusetts

Vineyard Wind and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Wildlife Federation, and Conservation Law Foundation today entered into an unprecedented agreement to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Landmark Offshore Wind Agreement Protects Right Whales

January 23, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Francine Kershaw

Canadian Logging Company Attack on Environmentalists’ Free Speech Fails

January 23, 2019 Press ReleaseCanada

In a victory for free speech, a U.S. federal court dismissed all claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in a lawsuit brought by a Canadian logging company against environmental groups Greenpeace and Stand.earth, advocates seeking to…

Vineyard Wind Protects Right Whales While Building a Clean Energy Future

January 23, 2019 Expert BlogNRDC

A landmark agreement ensures that dozens of new wind turbines will help lower carbon emissions—without threatening the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

5 Pros of the Wildlife Conservation & Anti-Trafficking Act

January 23, 2019 Expert BlogElly Pepper

Congress Must Pass the Investing in State Energy Act

January 23, 2019 Expert BlogDeron Lovaas

Winter is here, and we can help prepare the homes of low-income people so they can weather it well.