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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.

Preserving Local Voices in Broadband Deployment

March 21, 2018 Expert BlogSharon Buccino

While Congress has encouraged the rapid deployment of wireless technology, it has mandated that it be done in a way that protects the environment as well as historic and cultural resources.

Lawsuit Demands Ban on Mexican Shrimp, Other Seafood to Save Vanishing Porpoise

March 21, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today for failing to follow federal law and ban shrimp and other seafood imported from Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California and harvested with gillnets that drown the vaquita porpoise.

NRDC Sues to Protect Vaquita Porpoise

March 21, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The federal government has been in clear violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act by refusing to act.

Six Months After Maria: Puerto Rico's Growing Health Crisis

March 21, 2018 Expert BlogPuerto RicoMekela Panditharatne

Since the deadly hurricane, there have been increases in incidences of cardiac arrests, higher rates of waterborne disease, mushrooming suicides, and shortage of medical equipment and staff.

The Wait Begins: Will Snyder Get the Lead Out of Our Water?

March 21, 2018 Expert BlogMichiganCyndi Roper

We hope that we can stand with Michigan’s water utilities and local governments to educate the public about the threats to their drinking water from lead and other contaminants and how we’re unable to fully address those threats due to…