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Why Keystone XL Really Did Matter to the Tar Sands Industry

November 9, 2015 Expert BlogJosh Axelrod

#Equity Is a Value, Not a Tactic: Affirmation at PolicyLink's @EquitySummit

November 9, 2015 Expert BlogSasha Forbes, AICP

You Don't Know Jack(fruit)

November 9, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesSusan Cosier

Prolific and nutritious, this funny-looking fruit could help feed the world.

Brazilian Tailings Dam Failure Highlights Pebble Mine's Risk to Bristol Bay

November 6, 2015 Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer

President Obama Rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline for All the Right Reasons

November 6, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 6, 2015) – President Obama today rejected the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline -- for all the right reasons. The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “This represents a…

State Attorneys General Should Defend the Public, Not Big Polluters

November 6, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 6, 2015) – Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced a $10 million-plus television ad campaign against the attorneys general of Florida, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin who are suing to block the country’s first-ever limits on…

Actor and Environmentalist Robert Redford Reacts to Keystone XL Rejection

November 6, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 6, 2015) – Natural Resources Defense Council trustee Robert Redford reacted to President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline with thanks to all involved in the fight today. The following is a statement from the…

Case Studies of Fostering Green Businesses

November 6, 2015 Case StudyUnited StatesAlisa Valderrama

Life After KXL

November 6, 2015 Latest NewsBrian Palmer

It's the end of the line for the Keystone pipeline (probably), but not for battles over tar sands and climate.

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Weakens Protections, Should be Rejected

November 5, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 5, 2015) – The long-awaited text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was released today, revealing some fundamental problems in the proposed international trade agreement. The following is a statement from Jake Schmidt, International Program director at the Natural…

Man Bites Snake, News at 11

November 5, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Media reports about a remote island brimming with vipers raise the question: Why are we so quick to hate on snakes?

NRDC Responds to Pebble's Cohen Report: "Wrong on the Money, Wrong on the Merits"

November 4, 2015 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

18 State Attorneys General, Led by New York's Schneiderman, Defend the EPA's Clean Power Plan

November 4, 2015 Expert BlogKit Kennedy

EPA Conducted a Methodical Review of Pebble Mine Project, NRDC Analysis Finds

November 4, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 4, 2015) – An October 6 report signed by former Defense Secretary William Cohen that questioned the Environmental Protection Agency’s conduct in reviewing the Pebble Mine mineral exploration project is riddled with specious arguments and misstatements, an analysis…

Attorney General Miller Stands Up for Iowans by Helping to Protect the Clean Power Plan

November 4, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (November 4, 2015) – Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has joined a group of attorneys general filing a motion supporting the Clean Power Plan. The historic effort to slash carbon pollution from power plants, the single largest source of…