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The Polar Bear, Climate Change’s Poster Child, Ignites Controversy

December 22, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Perhaps more than any other animal, polar bears are used to represent the dangers of climate change—as in a recent viral video. So why are deniers seizing on them too?

Legal Action Aims to Protect Imperiled Coastal California Gnatcatcher

December 22, 2017 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Conservation groups took to the courts again today to protect the threatened coastal California gnatcatcher – a tiny, gray bird that lives in the rapidly declining sage brush habitat in Southern California.

Three Trends That Should Make Environmentalists Hopeful About 2018

December 21, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The new year will be a crapshoot, to be sure—but these trends augur well for climate and sustainability.

Tar Sands Tailings Ponds: Out of Canada's Control

December 21, 2017 Expert BlogJames Blair

The Alberta tar sands have become synonymous with global climate change, but their production process wreaks destruction across a huge region of North America’s boreal forest.

Pebble Mine’s December Press Releases: Read the Fine Print

December 21, 2017 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Details are scarce, but Northern Dynasty Minerals is proudly trumpeting its success this week in announcing a new investor and, at long last, filing a federal permit application tomorrow—after over a decade of unfulfilled promises that this day would soon…

Clean Energy 2017: States and Cities Shine Despite Trump

December 21, 2017 Expert BlogKit Kennedy

The Trump administration and Congress leveled attacks this year on the environment, public health and social justice while Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria wreaked havoc on Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, wildfires raged in the West…

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 35

December 21, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

The GOP tax scheme sells out America’s last truly wild place, and EPA’s Scott Pruitt continues to disregard public health and climate change.

Trump Is Playing Mr. Grinch with Renewable Energy

December 21, 2017 Expert BlogNathanael Greene

Throughout 2017, when it comes to wind and solar, the Trump administration has been doing its best Grinch impersonation—he and his team seem to want to be the executive branch that stole our clean energy future.

A Year in Review: Ohio at a Clean Energy Crossroads

December 21, 2017 Expert BlogSamantha Williams

Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration’s Failure to Act to Save Vanishing Porpoises

December 21, 2017 Press ReleaseMexico, United States

Suit Seeks Ban on Mexican Seafood Imports to Prevent Extinction of Vaquita

City of Chicago Denies Exemption from Air Monitoring for Facility that Stores Neurotoxic Manganese

December 21, 2017 Press ReleaseChicago

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) has denied a request to avoid air pollution monitoring requirements at a facility that stores neurotoxic manganese on the city’s Southeast Side. Community and environmental organizations urged the City to increase monitoring at the facility operated by…

Pebble Mine Company Announces Plans to File Federal Permit Application

December 21, 2017 Press ReleaseAlaska

The Pebble Limited Partnership today announced it intends to file a federal permit application tomorrow for the proposed Pebble Mine, a controversial project in Alaska’s Bristol Bay that would threaten the most productive wild salmon ecosystem in the world.

Climate Change Literature that Made Waves in 2017

December 20, 2017 Expert BlogRob Moore

Here's my list of the climate change studies, news reports, and even fiction that made waves in 2017. It's been a tumultuous year for climate impacts ranging from 3 major hurricanes striking the U.S. to a Delaware-sized chunk of Antarctica…

One of Our Rarest Whales Needs Your Help

December 20, 2017 Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw

NJ’s Proposed Nuclear Bailout Explained: A Closer Look

December 20, 2017 Expert BlogDale Bryk

The New Jersey Senate recently introduced a standalone bill to subsidize failing nuclear plants. If enacted, this would be the first state measure to subsidize nuclear power plants in isolation, with no commitment to scale up the energy efficiency and…