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Integrating Climate Resilience into Infrastructure Investments

July 11, 2018 Resource

This webinar featured experts in resilience finance for a discussion on the challenges for resilience and concrete ways to integrate climate resilience into investments.

Small Water Systems in Puerto Rico Badly Affected by Maria

July 11, 2018 Expert BlogMekela Panditharatne

Assessments show that nearly half of Puerto Rico's small, independent water systems—that serve about 89,100 people—suffered from a significant deterioration in operational capacity several months after the storm, in some cases leading to a total inability to deliver water to…

Monarchs Use Milkweed as Preventive Medicine—but Climate Change May Wreck the Pharmacy

July 11, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Rising CO2 levels could upset the delicate relationship between the butterflies and their parasites.

Governments Still Financing Coal Plants Abroad in 2018

July 11, 2018 Expert BlogInternationalHan Chen

House Republicans Pass Another Contentious Empty Oceans Act

July 11, 2018 Expert BlogMolly Masterton

For the last 40 years, the Magnuson-Stevens Act has been our nation’s primary defense against overfishing.

Hot in DC: Green Bank Edition

July 11, 2018 Expert BlogSarah Dougherty

It was sultry here in DC yesterday, but that was not the hottest news in my opinion. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed legislation to create a Green Bank here in Washington, D.C., following City Council passing the bill unanimously. Green banks…

California Hasn’t Come Clean About Its Water Use During the Drought

July 11, 2018 DispatchCaliforniaCorey Binns

Farms drink up a majority of the state’s water supply, but the details are murky. Most of the largest irrigation districts aren’t reporting how much water they delivered to farmers.

2018 Anti-Environmental Budget Riders

July 11, 2018 Summary

Fiscal Year 2019

Congress Is About to Gut the Law That Restored Our Fisheries

July 10, 2018 Expert BlogMolly Masterton

House “Empty Oceans Act” threatens to unravel 40 years of progress

L.A. Takes Steps Toward Equitable Expo-Oriented Housing

July 10, 2018 Expert BlogCarter Rubin

Thousands of Angelenos took to the Expo Line last week to beat the heat at the beach, and now thousands more will have the chance to ride it every day to work, school and recreation.

The Environmental Stakes Are High in Choosing the Next Supreme Court Justice

July 10, 2018 Expert BlogRhea Suh

How Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee, could impact wildlife, public lands, and our health for generations to come.

The Rise of Chile’s River Protectors

July 10, 2018 NRDC in ActionChileNicole Greenfield

For decades, NRDC has worked alongside Chileans who are fighting to save Patagonia’s wildest rivers from being yoked by massive hydroelectric dams.

Chemicals Linked to Cancer Present in Drinking Water Across Michigan

July 10, 2018 Press ReleaseMichigan

Chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment – known as PFAS chemicals - are present in high levels in drinking water, lakes and streams across Michigan. State officials have been aware of the risk to…

Chile’s River Protector Network Rejects Alto Maipo Complex

July 9, 2018 Expert BlogJames Blair

Water scarcity has become a mounting crisis in Chile. The country has been ranked as one of the most prone to water stress in the Western Hemisphere. Despite its reputation as one of the region’s advanced economies, Chile lacks an…

To Understand the Growing Wildfire Threat, Look to the Tree Rings

July 9, 2018 DispatchNew MexicoLarry O'Hanlon

As New Mexicans brace for a potentially catastrophic fire season, forest ecologists explain how we got here—and why the problem isn’t going away.