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REPORT: Nearly 300,000 New Yorkers Flooded in Sandy Lived Outside FEMA Flood Zones

April 8, 2014 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (April 8, 2014) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps for New York City did not identify that nearly 65 percent of the area inundated during Hurricane Sandy—home to nearly 300,000 people—was at risk from coastal flooding…

Preparing for Climate Change: Lessons for Coastal Cities from Hurricane Sandy

April 8, 2014 ReportNew York, New York CityDr. Kim Knowlton, Miriam Rotkin-Ellman

Floodwaters are gone but not forgotten: lessons learned from Sandy

April 8, 2014 Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Kim Knowlton

Thank You Rio Tinto: British Mining Giant Divests from Pebble Mine, Gives its Stake in the Project to Alaska Charities

April 7, 2014 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Yes, Climate Change Is Here: Yes, We Can Solve It

April 7, 2014 Expert BlogPeter Lehner

Wildlife Protections for Bears, Wolves, and Mountain Lions Pass the Illinois Senate Unanimously

April 7, 2014 Expert BlogNick Magrisso

NRDC Report: Potentially Unsafe Chemicals in Food Threaten Public Health

April 7, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (April 7, 2014) – Federal protections to keep potentially unsafe chemicals out of our foods are woefully inadequate and may be putting the health of Americans at risk, a Natural Resources Defense Council investigation found.

Rio Tinto Divests from Pebble Mine

April 7, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (April 7, 2014) -- In the latest departure from the proposed Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska, British mining giant Rio Tinto announced today that it is divesting its interest in the embattled project by donating its shares to two…

Citing Climate Damage, More than 100 Scientists, Economists Urge Obama and Kerry to Reject Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

April 7, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (April 7, 2014) – More than 100 leading scientists and economists are calling on the Obama Administration to deny the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline because it will trigger massive development of the world’s dirtiest oil, and escalate…

The State Department's stunningly bad poster child pick

April 5, 2014 Expert BlogAnn Alexander

Jonathan Schell, Climate Change, and the (Still Pending) Fate of the Earth

April 4, 2014 Expert BlogMark Izeman

Solar Schools: It's a Movement

April 4, 2014 Expert BlogNathanael Greene

Milestone in Ocean Noise Fight

April 4, 2014 Expert BlogMichael Jasny

Coast Guard Report on Shell Debacle Underscores Danger of Arctic Drilling

April 4, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (April 4, 2014) -- The U.S. Coast Guard’s long-awaited report on the 2012 grounding of Shell Oil’s Kulluk drill rig near Kodiak Island, Alaska underscores the serious threats posed by drilling in the Arctic Ocean, the Natural Resources Defense…

Latin America Green News: Wildfire Controlled in Chile, Energy Saved in Costa Rica, Cabo Dorado Resort Questioned in Mexico

April 4, 2014 Expert BlogInternationalCarolina Herrera