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Annual Update on Energy Efficiency from America's Utilities

March 26, 2018 Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh

America’s electric and natural gas utilities are now investing more than $7.8 billion annually in programs to help customers use energy more efficiently, according to the latest comprehensive survey. The electricity savings alone exceed the annual production of eight giant…

Court Halts Illegal Coal Leasing in the Powder River Basin

March 26, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The judge ruled that the Bureau of Land Management violated environmental protections by failing to assess the risks of vast fossil fuel development on these public lands.

9 Environmental Wins in the Final Spending Bill

March 26, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

For now at least, Congress is still working to protect our environment and health.

Tell Wyoming not to Hunt (or Bait) Grizzly Bears

March 25, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesZack Strong

Linking Upstate New York Fields and South Bronx Kitchens

March 23, 2018 DispatchNew York, New York CityJenny Shalant

Dennis Derryck, the founder of Corbin Hill Food Project, is on a mission to diversify the farm-share model—and to deliver more callaloo.

Resilience, Resolve, and the March for Our Lives

March 23, 2018 Expert BlogRhea Suh

The students leading the national movement against gun violence are embracing the power each one of us has to create change.

After Disaster-Filled 2017, Congress Invests in Preparedness

March 23, 2018 Expert BlogJoel Scata

Congress has passed a massive, bipartisan budget bill that includes provisions to make the nation safer, stronger, and more secure in the face of worsening catastrophic storms and natural disasters. Hopefully, Congress’s actions are a down payment on a long-term…

Thousands of Americans Take Action to Save the Clean Power Plan

March 23, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Activists across the country rallied, hosted listening sessions, and submitted public comments to advocate for carbon pollution limits from power plants.

Will the Kids Save Us From Climate Change?

March 23, 2018 PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Today’s young people are finally realizing just how much power their voices actually wield. These millennial climate activists have every intention of using it.

Is Dominion's Pipeline Violating the Law?

March 22, 2018 Expert BlogAmy Mall

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) hasn’t even gotten final approval yet, but we’re deeply concerned about reports from both state regulators and citizen monitors that Dominion may already be violating its permits. There is no documented need for this pipeline…

New Spending Bill Repudiates Trump’s Dangerous Agenda

March 22, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Congressional leaders have agreed to a $1.3 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government open through September.

Scientists Enlist an Unlikely Ally in the Fight for Endangered Species: Leeches

March 22, 2018 Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel

A new study suggests the bloodsuckers may be a low-cost, low-effort method for sampling biodiversity.

World Water Day: Chile’s New Wave of River Protectors

March 22, 2018 Expert BlogJames Blair

Today is World Water Day, in celebration of a common good that human societies have long understood as synonymous with life. Despite their vital importance for our ecosystems, watersheds around the world remain under threat from resource exploitation. Last week…

As the Vaquita Dives Toward Extinction, NRDC Isn’t Giving Up

March 21, 2018 Expert BlogMexico, United StatesZak Smith

For vaquita, the smallest porpoise species, native to a small portion of Mexico’s northern Gulf of California, the situation in the water has never been worse. With far fewer than 30 vaquita remaining and the population shrinking by half every…

Not So Fast, Mr. President

March 21, 2018 Expert BlogNiel Lawrence

Our federal lands represent an intergenerational trust held for all of us, for all time. President Trump and his Interior Secretary are violating that trust, aggressively promoting reckless wholesale drilling that runs squarely against the public interest.