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There Are Other Sharks in the Sea

July 8, 2015 ExplainerInternationalJason Bittel

Shark Week has been running for 28 years, and yet so many endangered sharks are still waiting for their close-up.

Blowing Up the Climate

July 8, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

A new timeline of volcanic eruptions showcases our vulnerability to climate change.

Tell DOW Chemical to "end this chemical arms race"

July 7, 2015 Expert BlogDr. Sylvia Fallon

NJ Court to Hear Green Groups' Case for Intervening in Exxon Pollution Settlement

July 7, 2015 Expert BlogMargaret Brown

Painting the Town Purple

July 7, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

A new generation of conservative pundits is cheerfully blurring the line between red and blue—by embracing smart growth and New Urbanism.

GOP Leaders Pack Anti-Environment Riders into Spending Bill

July 7, 2015 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON (July 7, 2015) – Congressional Republicans have been working to add an array of anti-environment riders to the $30.17 billion fiscal year 2016 Interior and Environment appropriations bill, which already included a 9 percent cut to the Environmental Protection…

Dow Told to Shelve Herbicide Threatening to Push Monarchs Over the Brink In New York Times Ad

July 7, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

(New York, July 7, 2015) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) placed an ad in The New York Times today to increase the pressure on Dow Chemical to “end this chemical arms race” against nature by shelving its toxic…

Tentative Settlement in the Deepwater Horizon Case

July 7, 2015 Expert BlogDavid Pettit

Significant Opportunity for Reducing India's Global Warming Hydrofluorocarbon Emissions

July 6, 2015 Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal

Sustainability Certification for Biofuels

July 6, 2015 ReportUnited StatesDebbie Hammel

De Blasio Administration to Require Composting by NYC's Largest Food Waste Generators

July 2, 2015 Expert BlogNew York CityEric A. Goldstein

California's Final Fracking EIR Leaves Communities to Protect Themselves

July 2, 2015 Expert BlogGiulia C.S. Good Stefani

Alaska's Fiscal Crisis and Four Other Reasons to Stop Wasting Public Funds to Dam the Susitna River

July 2, 2015 Expert BlogMonty Schmitt

In Defense of Goldfish

July 2, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Scientists say exotic species may help spread a gruesome amphibian virus, but pesticides should take some blame, too.

Replacing Damaging HFCs a Key Move on Climate Change

July 2, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (July 2, 2015) – The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized standards setting deadlines to end certain uses of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, powerful heat-trapping gases that significantly contribute to climate change, because safer, climate-friendlier alternatives now exist.