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IUCN Members Approve Oceans Protections

September 9, 2016 Press Release

Motions 49 and 53 will enhance ocean health and increase resilience

Feds Outline New Strategy to Scale Up Offshore Wind Power

September 9, 2016 Expert BlogKit Kennedy

The United States has incredible offshore wind power potential. A new plan by the U.S. Departments of Energy and Interior can help us realize it sooner than you think.

The Latest Greatest Threat to Wildlife Health? The Fungal Spore.

September 8, 2016 Latest NewsUnited StatesClara Chaisson

Fungal epidemics are on the rise, and—surprise, surprise—human activity is partly to blame.

Life Size Origami Elephant to Highlight Problem of Wildlife Trade at EXPO CHICAGO

September 8, 2016 Press ReleaseChicago

CHICAGO – Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) will present the work of Sipho Mabona at EXPO CHICAGO, the International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern Art, taking place at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall from September 22-25 to raise awareness of the…

These Artists Are Taking Environmental Issues to the Streets

September 7, 2016 PerspectivesInternationalClara Chaisson

NEVERCREW’s larger-than-life murals draw attention to our uneven relationship with nature—and it’s hard to look away.

UN High Seas Negotiations Critical to Conserve Biodiversity

September 7, 2016 Expert BlogLauren Kubiak

We Can Fight Zika without Harming Bees

September 7, 2016 Expert BlogRhea Suh

Why California WaterFix Is a Path to Extinction

September 7, 2016 Expert BlogDoug Obegi

NRDC, Partners Protest Oil and Gas Sale of MT Public Lands

September 7, 2016 Expert BlogAmanda Jahshan

World Unites Against Pebble Mine

September 6, 2016 Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer

The Pebble Mine is an international pariah. And it just became an environmental challenge the world is united to overcome.

Iowa Okays the Nation's Largest Wind Build

September 6, 2016 Expert BlogKatharine McCormick

A thousand new turbines will be standing in Iowa by the end of 2019. MidAmerican Energy, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, has demonstrated its commitment to wind energy development time and again, most recently by proposing a 2,000 MW…

What the Triclosan Victory Means and Doesn't Mean

September 6, 2016 Expert BlogMae Wu

Global Experts Denounce Japan’s “Scientific” Whaling Program

September 6, 2016 Press Release

Animal protection, conservation organizations celebrate IUCN motion to end “special permit” whaling

Big Steps toward Global HFC Deal from U.S., China, India

September 3, 2016 Expert BlogDavid Doniger

Diverse Leaders Hail US and China Joining Paris Agreement

September 3, 2016 Expert BlogBrendan Guy

Today, President Obama stood together with the President of China to announce that both countries have formally joined the Paris Agreement to combat climate change.