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Already Living in the Future: NCA4 and Equitable Adaptation

November 30, 2018 Expert BlogAnna Weber

For many Americans, especially the most disadvantaged among us, climate change is already here.

Are Japan and Korea Violating the OECD Agreement on Coal?

November 30, 2018 Expert BlogHan Chen

The findings from the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on 1.5 and UNEP Emissions Gap report made clear that global emissions must be decreased starting immediately. Attempts to build new fossil-fuel fired power plants contradicts the…

Trump Says: Election's Over, Blast Away!

November 30, 2018 Expert BlogMichael Jasny

Seismic surveys constitute not only the main precursor to offshore drilling, but a serious assault on the ocean in themselves. They repeatedly pound the water with industrial airguns, producing noise as loud as explosions, about every ten seconds, day and…

In a Blow to Marine Life, Trump Administration Greenlights Seismic Blasting in Atlantic

November 30, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

This move puts the administration’s fossil fuel agenda above marine wildlife and fisheries.

Sanderson Farms Commits to Improving Antibiotics Use in Chicken

November 30, 2018 Press ReleaseMississippi

Sanderson Farms, Inc.—the third-largest chicken producer in the nation—today announced it will stop using two medically important antibiotics unnecessarily in its chickens by March 1, 2019, instead reserving them only to treat sick animals or to control a disease in…

Trump Administration to OK Blasting for Oil and Gas in Atlantic

November 30, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Seismic Testing, First Step Toward Offshore Drilling, Threatens Marine Wildlife and Fisheries

The Case Against the Pebble Mine—“Not Now, Not Ever”

November 30, 2018 Expert BlogAlaskaJoel Reynolds

The fate of the Pebble Mine at the headwaters of the 40,000-square mile Bristol Bay watershed may be the most consequential land use decision in North America today, pitting an essentially eternal supply of food against an essentially eternal supply…

When Lettuce Becomes Unhealthy, It’s Time to Rethink Our Approach to Food Safety

November 29, 2018 Expert BlogErik D. Olson, Lena Brook

A record number of outbreaks should serve as a wake-up call for the Trump administration to get serious about protecting our food supply.

Don’t Mind Interior—They’re Just Destroying History

November 29, 2018 Expert BlogLucas Rhoads

UK Climate Advisor: Wood-Fueled Power Plants Bad for Climate

November 29, 2018 Expert BlogSasha Stashwick

In a new report, the UK government's independent climate advisory board highlights the dangers to the climate from biomass use in energy production broadly, and electricity generation in particular. It recommends ending support to large-scale biomass-fueled power plants that are…

Climate Change Wreaking Havoc on Farms; Cover Crops Can Help

November 29, 2018 Expert BlogLara Bryant

A New Bi-Partisan Congressional Initiative on Climate Change

November 29, 2018 Expert BlogDavid Doniger, Derek Murrow

A bipartisan group of House members have introduced a new bill with ambitious carbon pollution reduction targets.

PA's Unprofitable Nuclear Plants: Where Do We Go From Here?

November 29, 2018 Expert BlogMark Szybist

Transitioning Away from Uneconomical Nuclear Power Plants

November 29, 2018 Issue BriefUnited StatesDale Bryk, Jackson Morris

Protecting Consumers, Communities, Workers, and the Environment

The Most Definitive Report on Climate Change in America

November 28, 2018 Expert BlogRhea Suh

The new National Climate Assessment is a dire warning that the devastating impacts of climate change are here—and going to get worse.