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Pebble Mine: Check Out This Ad in the Washington Post

Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer
Every living former EPA Administrator under Republican Presidential Administrations joined forces to make a statement in opposition to the Pebble Mine proposed in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Their statement appeared today as a full-page ad in the Washington Post.

Leaders Accelerate Climate Action Two Years After Paris

Expert BlogBrendan Guy, Jake Schmidt
On the second anniversary of the adoption of the historic Paris climate agreement, President Macron of France convened a wide array of public and private sector leaders at the “One Planet Summit.” Far from giving themselves a collective pat on…

Time Is Ticking for Our Coasts

Expert BlogAlexandra Adams
This summer the Trump administration began the process of scrapping the existing Five Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program that should have been the final word on drilling off our coasts through the year 2022.

Trump EPA Abdicates Law Enforcement, Gives Polluters Amnesty

Expert BlogJohn Walke
The Trump EPA is reversing clean air enforcement positions against coal-burning power plants that EPA has taken and that federal courts have upheld not once, but twice. Moreover, the Trump administration promises EPA enforcement relief to all industrial polluters covered…

Progress—through Unlikely Partnership—with Wildlife Services

Expert BlogUnited StatesZack Strong

Two years ago, NRDC and Montana Wildlife Services warily shook hands and agreed to try an experimental project working with each other and with ranchers to install electrified (“turbo”) fladry around livestock pastures in wolf country throughout the western part…

Drilling for Tax Cuts: The Devastating Alaska Provision

Latest NewsAlaskaJeff Turrentine
Most Americans, including many congressional Republicans, are strongly opposed to oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. So why is it attached to the tax bill?

Why We Need to Improve the Sex Lives of Mussels

Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel
The United States has the greatest freshwater mussel diversity on the planet, but some populations haven’t reproduced in 100 years. This is bad news for humans, too.

Christie’s Last-Minute Nuclear Bailout Plans for New Jersey

Expert BlogDale Bryk
In the latest move to ram through a multibillion-dollar subsidy package for the state’s (currently thriving) nuclear plants, outgoing Governor Chris Christie is signaling that he won’t consider legislation that includes provisions to protect taxpayers and preserve New Jersey’s ability…