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Carp CRAP! - Asian Carp Found Beyond Last Line of Defense Near Great Lakes

June 23, 2017 Press ReleaseChicago

CHICAGO – Reports of an Asian carp caught today in the Chicago Area Waterways beyond the electric barrier—the last line of defense to prevent the invasive fishes from gaining access to Lake Michigan—illustrate the dangers of continued inaction, according to…

A Force for Nature, and for New Mexico

June 23, 2017 DispatchNew MexicoLora Shinn

Half a century later, a parent of the environmental justice movement is still standing up for low-income communities in the Southwest.

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 16

June 23, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

Pruitt and Zinke are all for cutting their agency’s staff, and Zinke wants to put more money in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry.

Hey Commuters: Take the Money and Walk

June 23, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Bosses are offering employees cold, hard cash to give up their “free” parking space at work. And it may be a win-win for everybody—including Mother Earth.

Latin America Green News: 6/16 - 6/22/2017

June 23, 2017 Expert BlogMaria Martinez

Why Acting on Climate Change Is Good Strategy for India

June 23, 2017 Expert BlogSameer Kwatra

Plight of Val d'Or Caribou Is Wakeup Call for Quebec

June 22, 2017 Expert BlogAnthony Swift

NRDC releases an issue brief and new maps highlighting the desperate condition of Quebec's Val d'Or woodland caribou herd in what should be a wakeup call for the province.

New Science: Seismic Blasting Devastates Ocean’s Zooplankton

June 22, 2017 Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw

Yellowstone Grizzlies Removed from the Endangered Species List

June 22, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed federal protections for the Yellowstone population of grizzly bears today.

Burger King and Tim Horton’s Tackle Antibiotics in Chicken

June 22, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

The parent company for both chains has committed to eliminating all antibiotics that are important to human medicine from their chicken supply by the end of 2018.

NYS Legislature Passes Bill To Protect the Hudson from Oil Barges

June 22, 2017 Expert BlogRob Friedman, Kimberly Ong

This bipartisan legislation now heads to to the governor's desk for signature.

Too Soon to Declare Victory for Yellowstone Grizzly Bears

June 22, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed Endangered Species Act protections for the Yellowstone population of grizzly bears today, according to multiple news reports, creating new risks for the still-threatened bears.

Yellowstone Grizzly “Delisting” Rule is Flawed and Premature

June 22, 2017 Expert BlogZack Strong

How Are We Running Out of Room for One of the World’s Tiniest Turtles?

June 22, 2017 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

The population and habitat of the bog turtle are shrinking into oblivion.

Burger King to Clean Up Antibiotics Practices in Chicken Supply by 2018

June 22, 2017 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SAN FRANCISCO – The parent company of Burger King and Tim Hortons has committed to ending the use of all antibiotics important to human medicine in their chicken supply by the end of 2018, according to news reports today.