Protecting the environment is inseparable from protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples. In contrast to dominant modern models of individual ownership and resource extraction, Indigenous Peoples have depended on and cared for the land for millennia. Environmental stewardship is deeply…
Almost a quarter century has passed since a staff report for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) paved the way for an ill-fated electricity restructuring initiative that led to chaos and blackouts in 2000-2001, leaving painful memories that are still…
Laguna San Ignacio is one of the last unspoiled nurseries for Pacific gray whales in Baja California Sur, Mexico, where NRDC has partnered with the dedicated local community to protect the area.
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Famous for their elegant colors and transcontinental feats of migration, these beloved pollinators are also in free fall, as habitat loss and heavy use of herbicides jeopardize their future.
LA Metro is making crystal clear what needs to be done to make L.A.’s transportation system more sustainable, healthy and equitable—and to help our county be more livable for us all.
Opponents of the Pebble Mine appeared today in Toronto at the annual meeting of First Quantum Minerals with a message for its shareholders: We will never relent in our fight against the Pebble Mine.
A delegation representing Alaskan business leaders, Bristol Bay Tribes, commercial fishermen and conservation organizations will appear today at the annual meeting of First Quantum Minerals to give shareholders a message: the Pebble Mine is a bad investment.
Dominion Energy said it intends to shutter one of the largest wood-burning power plants in the U.S., underscoring the increasing competitiveness of wind and solar power in our nation’s energy mix.
Today, we filed our opening brief in a case challenging Pruitt’s attempt to circumvent the law and allow new toxic chemicals onto the market without the appropriate review.
Last Thursday, I spoke on behalf of NRDC at a public hearing on the proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement Project (NESE), a fracked gas pipeline that will run from Raritan Bay in New Jersey to a pipeline offshore of the Rockaways…
In a huge victory, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Constitution Pipeline’s request to appeal a Second Circuit decision upholding New York State’s Clean Water Act certification denial of the pipeline on Monday. The Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari reaffirms the…
A greatly anticipated Canadian federal government report released today paints a dire picture for the future of boreal caribou, showing that provinces and territories have almost entirely failed to protect the threatened species.
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