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This Land Is Oil Land, This Land Is Gas Land

November 21, 2017 Expert BlogSharon Buccino

The Interior Department is the caretaker of America’s public lands, wildlife and natural resources. Unfortunately, Interior Secretary Zinke is proving to be a steward for just a few of us—the oil, gas and coal companies who seek to dig and…

Judge Blocks Valley Lateral Pipeline and FERC Overreach

November 21, 2017 Expert BlogKimberly Ong

A federal judge recently halted construction on the Valley Lateral Pipeline—a temporary reprieve for New Yorkers in the fight against fossil fuel development. Valley Lateral Pipeline, a 7.8-mile natural gas pipeline, would have connected the larger Millennium Pipeline to the…

Wild Turkeys Are Heroes to Critters Up and Down the Eastern Seaboard

November 21, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Red-cockaded woodpeckers, eastern cottontails, and eagles can thank turkeys (and conservationists) for saving their homes.

Trump Announced a $12 Billion Resilience Competition??

November 21, 2017 Expert BlogRob Moore

Somewhat overlooked in the Trump administration's $44 billion disaster funding request was a proposed $12 billion nationwide competition to increase community’s resilience to future flood and hurricane disasters. According to the White House request for funding, $12 billion would be…

Virginia Takes Big Step in Environmental Justice

November 21, 2017 Expert BlogDawone Robinson

The creation of the first-ever Environmental Justice Advisory Council in Virginia comes at just the right time, as the state has big problems facing its citizens

Nebraska's Decision Is a New Complication for Keystone XL

November 20, 2017 Expert BlogAnthony Swift

Nebraska's Public Service Commission (PSC) handed TransCanada a pyrrhic victory by approving a new route for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through the state.

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Elephant, Lion Trophy Import Decisions

November 20, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON — The Center for Biological Diversity and Natural Resources Defense Council sued the Trump administration today for allowing U.S. hunters to import elephant and lion trophies from Zimbabwe. The lawsuit aims to protect animals and resolve confusion created by…

Nebraska Greenlights the Keystone XL Pipeline—with a New Route

November 20, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

In a 3–2 vote, the Nebraska Public Service Commission approved an alternate route for the tar sands oil pipeline.

Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Elephant & Lion Trophy Imports

November 20, 2017 Expert BlogElly Pepper

Our lawsuit argues that the administration's decisions are illegal, primarily because such imports will not “enhance the survival of the species” as required under the Endangered Species Act.

A Short-Sighted Tax Plan That Undercuts America

November 20, 2017 Expert BlogDeron Lovaas, Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins

Any tax plan that defers yet again the urgently needed infrastructure, resiliency building and job-producing revitalization our country needs is a defeat for millions of Americans.

No Route Is Safe for Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

November 20, 2017 Press Release

The Nebraska Public Service Commission today approved an alternate route for the proposed controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through Nebraska that will require significant additional examination and analysis.

Montreal Holds 30th B-Day Party for Ozone-Saving Treaty

November 19, 2017 Expert BlogDavid Doniger

Ozone hole beginning to close. Epidemic of skin cancer averted. Huge climate benefits too. Time for a party and 30 years more work.

Trump's "Hold" on Zim Elephant Trophies May Not Be Enough

November 18, 2017 Expert BlogElly Pepper

As many of you may have heard by now, President Trump tweeted, and Interior Secretary Zinke reiterated, a decision late last night to put elephant trophy imports from Zimbabwe “on hold” out of the belief that “conservation and healthy herds…

Latino Voices in Bonn

November 17, 2017 Expert BlogCarolina Herrera

White House Hurricane Relief Proposal is Inadequate

November 17, 2017 Press Release

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposal for $44 billion in additional aid for hurricane relief falls well short of what Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands need.