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Offshore-Drilling Safety Gets an F

March 31, 2015 ExplainerInternationalBrian Palmer

Congress has failed to implement rules that could prevent another disaster.

The Burden: New Documentary Illustrates Impacts of Fossil Fuels on the U.S. Military

March 30, 2015 Expert BlogPeter Lehner

Montana Delays Massive Coal Mine Proposal: Needs More Information from Arch Coal on the Proposed Otter Creek Mine

March 30, 2015 Expert BlogAmanda Jahshan

U.S. Navy Is Suspect in Pacific Whale Strandings

March 30, 2015 Expert BlogZak Smith

Just the Right Absorbency

March 30, 2015 Latest NewsInternationalBrian Palmer

Tampons—yes, tampons—can solve one of the United Kingdom’s biggest sewage problems.

Let's Get Wasted!

March 30, 2015 DispatchNew York CityClara Chaisson

A pop-up restaurant gives trash-bound food a place at the table.

NRDC President: Mexico’s Climate Pledge Will Help Secure Global Agreement

March 27, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (March 27, 2015) – Mexico, the 12th largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, announced today that it will peak its emissions by 2026 and reduce them 22 percent by 2030, an important pledge in the lead-up to…

Senate Leader Reid “A Giant” for Our Health and the Environment

March 27, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (March 27, 2015) – Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who has served in the Senate since 1987, announced today that he will retire when his current term expires in 2016.

DOE’s Petroleum Council Dead Wrong on Arctic Drilling

March 27, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (March 27,2015) - The National Petroleum Council, the largely industry-based oil and gas advisory committee to the Department of Energy, released a study Friday predicting the twilight of oil production through fracking and calling for drilling in the Arctic…

China's War on Pollution Is Gaining Traction

March 27, 2015 Expert BlogBarbara Finamore

Washington, Minnesota, and New York Regulators Lead Utility Reform Surge

March 27, 2015 Expert BlogSheryl Carter

More Action Needed in National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

March 27, 2015 Expert BlogMae Wu

Mexico announces ambitious emission reduction target in lead up to Paris

March 27, 2015 Expert BlogCarolina Herrera

Out of Control from the Moment of the Blowout

March 27, 2015 PerspectivesLouisianaBrian Palmer

Former offshore drilling regulator Liz Birnbaum talks about what went wrong in the Gulf (and why drilling the Atlantic is a bad idea).

An Argument of Degree

March 27, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

An IPCC author assails the two-degree target as scientifically bankrupt and geographically biased.