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Offshore Drilling Plan Shouldn’t Risk Communities and Coasts

March 9, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesLauren Kubiak

The five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan puts our coastal communities and oceans at risk for offshore oil that we don't even need.

The Sordid Backstory Behind the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Decisions

March 9, 2018 Latest NewsUtahJeff Turrentine

A lawsuit forced Ryan Zinke’s Interior Department to disclose files relating to the shrinking of national monuments. It’s easy to see why he wanted them to stay hidden.

Demise of Val d'Or Caribou Points to Peril for Other Herds

March 9, 2018 Expert BlogAnthony Swift

Governor Cuomo Announces NY Opposition to Trump Offshore Drilling Plan

March 9, 2018 Press ReleaseNew York

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced his state’s opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to expand oil and gas leasing to nearly all of America’s coastlines.

COALLUSION: The US and Japan’s Global Pro-Pollution Agenda

March 8, 2018 Expert BlogHan Chen

In US Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s opening address at the CERAweek conference, he tried to garner interest for a global pro-fossil fuel alliance. This misguided initiative, supported wholeheartedly by Japan’s Prime Minister Abe, is yet another way Perry is trying…

Groups Laud B.C.'s Caution as Kinder Morgan Threat Looms

March 8, 2018 Expert BlogJosh Axelrod

The Kinder Morgan pipeline project to B.C.'s west coast highlights the importance of the precautionary principle--a principle that B.C. government has committed to upholding.

Americans to Trump: No More Offshore Drilling

March 8, 2018 Expert BlogFranz Matzner

President Trump and Secretary Zinke would expose virtually every mile of America’s coastline—from Maine to Florida, from Alaska to California—to the risks of an oil spill. Our air will be polluted. Ocean health and coastal economies will suffer. Climate change…

New Study Is First to Demonstrate That Biodiversity Inoculates Against Extinction

March 8, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Researchers show why it’s crucial that we protect biodiversity at all costs.

Roger Bannister and Limiting Climate Change

March 8, 2018 Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein

Roger Bannister, the first human to run a mile in less than 4 minutes, died on March 3, 2018. His story provides inspiration to those of us fighting climate change as well as to aspiring athletes.

BC Premier Wisely Cautious About Risky Tar Sands Oil Plans

March 8, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

Highlighting the ongoing threats from shipping diluted bitumen—or tar sands oil—a coalition of environmental and conservation organizations today welcomed a move by the premier of British Columbia to propose resolving safety and spill response concerns before a risky new Kinder…

Electric Grid Resilience and FERC: What Happens Next?

March 7, 2018 Expert BlogJohn Moore

On March 9, the nation’s regional grid operators are poised to tell their regulator—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—what they are doing about grid “resilience” and what, if anything, FERC should do about it.

Virginia Groundwater Needs Protection From Pipelines

March 7, 2018 Expert BlogAmy Mall

Everyone Who Fishes Should Be Accountable

March 7, 2018 Expert BlogMolly Masterton

But Modern Fish Act in Congress opens the door to an “alternative” management scheme that would reduce accountability and threaten healthy fisheries

Diverse Coalition Sets Forth Vision for FERC Power Markets

March 7, 2018 Expert BlogJennifer Chen

Seeking to fix growing problems with certain wholesale electricity markets, an unusual coalition of rural-cooperative and publicly-owned electric utilities, industrial and commercial customers, consumer advocates, renewable energy organizations, and NRDC have joined together in support of a set of principles…

Mojave Desert Protections and Renewable Energy Under Attack

March 7, 2018 Expert BlogHelen O'Shea

Trump takes aim at California once again.