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Victory! Court Orders the EPA to Finalize a Ban on Chlorpyrifos

August 9, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The agency broke the law by continuing to allow use of the toxic pesticide despite scientific proof that the chemical harms children’s developing brains.

International Day of Indigenous Peoples: Free Nahuelbuta

August 9, 2018 Expert BlogChile, InternationalJames Blair

In the Nahuelbuta Mountains of what is now Chile, Indigenous Mapuche communities offer hopeful lessons for native forest restoration and river protection, based on deep historical relations with the local environment.

Climate Change Is Worsening Houston’s Housing Crisis

August 8, 2018 DispatchHouston, TexasTim Vanderpool

Since Hurricane Harvey, homelessness has gone up, some public housing residents are living in severely damaged homes, and others have been cast out to remote suburbs—to the detriment of local well-being and the economy.

Poll: Californians Support Clean Heat for Homes

August 8, 2018 Expert BlogCaliforniaMerrian Borgeson

How Not to Waste Clean Energy: New Support for CA’s AB 813

August 8, 2018 Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh

Important new evidence just surfaced about a growing problem that burdens California’s clean energy transition: we are quite literally throwing away increasing amounts of clean energy, enough during some months to power more than 100,000 households with pollution-free electricity. Fortunately…

Good News for These Hawaiian Dolphins (That Look an Awful Lot Like Orcas)

August 8, 2018 Latest NewsHawaiiCourtney Lindwall

After years of fighting to protect their habitat, we did it! Hawaii’s false killer whales now have a chance to come back from the brink.

D.C. Circuit Decision Is a Win for Customers and the Climate

August 8, 2018 Expert BlogBruce Ho

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the nation’s second-highest court, delivered a victory to customers and the climate last week when it rejected a request from fossil fuel generators to ignore the contributions of renewable energy to a reliable electricity…

Kavanaugh is a Threat to Our Environment and Health

August 7, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Natural Resources Defense Council will work to defeat the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

What Experts and Supporters are Saying About AB 813

August 6, 2018 Expert BlogCarl Zichella

The Warning Lights Are Flashing for California’s Once-Glorious Salton Sea

August 6, 2018 DispatchCaliforniaStarre Vartan

Since this giant salty lake in the desert lost its water supply, its bird habitat has been shrinking and more toxic dust is wafting up from its dry lake bed. Can the Salton Sea be saved?

Canada at the Crossroads

August 6, 2018 Expert BlogAnthony Swift

Will Prime Minister Justin Trudeau live up to his early promise as an international environmental leader? Or will he and his government revert to business as usual?

Building Fences (and Bridges) with Wildlife Services

August 6, 2018 Expert BlogKatie Umekubo

What Would a Monsanto–Bayer Merger Really Grow?

August 6, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

It would boost our dependence on pesticides, seed costs for small farmers, grocery bills for American families, and population losses for butterflies and bees.

Weakening Car Pollution Rules: This May Be Trump’s Dumbest Rollback Yet

August 3, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The president wants to relax national fuel efficiency standards and bully states into scuttling their own plans for lower emissions and cleaner air.

Hot Talk in 2018’s Climate Summer

August 3, 2018 Expert BlogJuanita Constible

Our summers are getting crazy hot. But we can minimize the health harms of heat by establishing safeguards for vulnerable groups and tackling the root cause of rising temperatures: carbon pollution.