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5 Products Improved in 2018, Thanks to Efficiency Standards

September 11, 2018 Expert BlogLauren Urbanek

OpEd: CA Latinos Leading Climate Change Transformation

September 11, 2018 Expert BlogLinda Escalante

California has cemented its status as a world leader on climate change. A greener, healthier future for all of us is possible as Latino leadership can change California, the United States, and the world.

California Makes a Clean Break—from Carbon Pollution

September 11, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

What does it mean for a state that’s bigger and wealthier than many countries to commit itself to clean energy? It could end up meaning the world.

Women Climate Leaders Are Transforming India

September 11, 2018 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal

The High-Level Forum on India Climate Actions at the Global Climate Action Summit will feature women leaders from India.

S. 1520 Would Undermine U.S. Fisheries and Fishermen

September 11, 2018 Fact SheetUnited StatesMolly Masterton, Alexandra Adams

We need to protect our ocean fisheries and the communities that rely on them.

Industry Spin Hides Threats of Widespread Boreal Logging

September 11, 2018 Expert BlogCourtenay Lewis

The Forest Products Association of Canada's new report falsely asserts that the same logging industry responsible for degrading caribou habitat is, in fact, saving caribou.

Ethereal Fog Sculptures Are Rolling Through Boston’s Parks

September 11, 2018 PerspectivesBoston, United StatesClara Chaisson

Fujiko Nakaya’s vaporous creations respond to wind, humidity, temperature, and dew point, making visible the invisible forces all around us.

Trump’s EPA Proposes Rollback of Methane Protections—Again

September 11, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

For the second time since President Trump took office, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed rolling back commonsense protections that stop the unnecessary leaking of climate-fueling and health-harming air pollution from new oil and gas operations nationwide. The move…

EPA Gives Oil, Gas Industry Another Pass to Leak More Methane

September 11, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesNRDC

This is the second time the agency is trying to roll back a rule that protects public health and helps the fight against climate change.

This Lawyer Is Fighting to Save Two of the World’s Most Endangered Species

September 10, 2018 NRDC in ActionOregon, CaliforniaNicole Greenfield

Oregon-based NRDC attorney Giulia Good Stefani is living her dream by working to protect orcas off her coast and vaquitas in the Gulf of California.

A New Prescription for Healthy Building Retrofits

September 10, 2018 Expert BlogMichele Knab Hasson

Not all building materials are created equal when it comes to people's health. A coalition of partners has created a resource to improve energy efficiency by using healthy retrofits in multifamily homes.

Clearing the Air: Ahmedabad’s AIR Plan in Action

September 10, 2018 Expert BlogDr. Vijay Limaye, Anjali Jaiswal, Dr. Kim Knowlton

Climate change and air pollution are linked problems with shared solutions.

Waswanipi Cree Protest Logging in Last Intact Forest

September 10, 2018 Expert BlogCourtenay Lewis

The Southeast Already Has Extinction Rates as High as Hawaii, “the Extinction Capital of the World”

September 10, 2018 DispatchEastRobynne Boyd

And the Trump administration’s gutting of the Endangered Species Act will only make things worse.

New York Leads Again on Climate with Curbs on Harmful HFCs

September 10, 2018 Press ReleaseNew York

New York state officials today announced plans to phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, in the state. HFCs are a group of strong greenhouse gas pollutants used often in cooling systems.