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NRDC President: Climate Agreement Must Protect the Most Vulnerable by Aiming to 1.5 Degrees of Global Warming

December 9, 2015 Press Release

PARIS (December 9, 2015) – Climate negotiators from the United States, China, European Union, Canada have suggested that an international agreement on climate change should call for policies that limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Centigrade and as…

Stop, Drop, and Roll

December 9, 2015 DispatchChicagoSusan Cosier

Every week, barrels upon barrels of volatile crude oil crisscross Chicago by rail, endangering tens of thousands of schoolkids.

Major Climate Finance Issues during the final week of the Paris Climate Conference (COP21)

December 8, 2015 Expert BlogHan Chen

CCS According to Top Environmental NGOs: A Vital Part of the Solution

December 8, 2015 Expert BlogGeorge Peridas

RGGI Auction Price Shows Strengthening Program Leads To Benefits For All

December 8, 2015 Expert BlogJackson Morris

It's Time to Take Action on the Tar Sands: NAS Study on Diluted Bitumen Spills From Pipelines Confirms the Need for Stricter Oversight

December 8, 2015 Expert BlogUnited StatesJosh Axelrod

Frog vs. Fish

December 8, 2015 DispatchCaliforniaAlisa Opar

How cutting-edge technology may save endangered amphibians from hungry trout in Yosemite’s alpine lakes.

Tar Sands Are Trouble! National Academy of Science Study Skewers Diluted Bitumen

December 8, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 8, 2015) – The National Academy of Sciences today released a study on diluted bitumen (or “dilbit”), a raw form of tar sands oil making its way across North America in increasing volumes, that supports alarm bells…

China Acts to Control Shipping Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

December 8, 2015 Expert BlogBarbara Finamore

The shipping industry is not only a major contributor to the air pollution choking many port cities, but also, as explained in a front page article in today's New York Times, one of the fastest growing sources of transport greenhouse…

Cities are hot at COP21!

December 8, 2015 Expert BlogShelley Poticha

At COP21: New Resilience “Toolkit” Guides Cities Facing Rising Temperatures, Deadly Heat Waves

December 8, 2015 Press Release

PARIS (December 8, 2015)—Cities plagued by dangerous heat waves and soaring temperatures will be able to better protect their most vulnerable citizens with a new climate resilience toolkit released today at the Paris climate negotiations. The Natural Resources Defense Council…

Green Bank Network to Turbocharge Financing for Clean Energy Projects to Help Meet Global Climate Goals

December 7, 2015 Expert BlogDoug Sims

Paris Daily Digest - Dec 5: Action Agenda Successfully Launched

December 7, 2015 Expert BlogJake Schmidt

Drought Rider Jeopardizes California Salmon and other Endangered Species

December 7, 2015 Expert BlogDoug Obegi

NRDC Thanks Rep. Dold for Clean Power Plan Vote

December 7, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (December 7, 2015) – Congressman Bob Dold (IL-10) voted against two Congressional Review Act resolutions that would have repealed the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan rule to cut dangerous carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants.