A group of more than 20 environmental organizations developed a concise guide to the science-based principles and priorities for environmental monitoring that are crucial to advance responsible offshore wind development in the United States. The new guide, which NRDC helped...
Comments submitted to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and NOAA Fisheries urging the stronger protections for right whales, particularly from the adverse impacts of underwater noise and vessel strikes.
The Biden Administration has proposed a new federal offshore leasing program that could include leasing in as many as eleven areas in the Gulf of Mexico and Cook Inlet, Alaska and would enable continued development on the Outer Continental Shelf...
Floating offshore wind energy has immense potential to provide clean energy to millions of Americans while helping the nation meet greenhouse gas emission reduction goals necessary to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. But as we fight climate change...
We need offshore wind, and we need to do it right. Offshore wind will help eliminate dangerous greenhouse gas emissions, promising healthier air as well as thousands of well-paying clean energy jobs. But as we fight climate change, we can...
We need offshore wind, and we need to do it right. Offshore wind will help eliminate dangerous greenhouse gas emissions, promising healthier air as well as thousands of well-paying clean energy jobs. But as we fight climate change, we can...
Letter submitted by NRDC and seven other organizations to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, urging the revision of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and cancellation of Lease Sale 258, which would open up over a million acres in the...
Comments submitted by NRDC in response to BOEM’s Request for Information and Draft Proposed Program as the agency considers a new oil and gas leasing plan for 2019 – 2024. NRDC opposes new leasing on account of the harm offshore...
Comments submitted by NRDC in response to BOEM’s Request for Information and Draft Proposed Program as the agency considers a new oil and gas leasing plan for 2019 – 2024. NRDC opposes new leasing on account of the harm offshore...
Tar sands oil is one of the most carbon-intensive fuels in the world, and its production is especially destructive to the local environment in Northern Alberta, Canada. In 2015, President Obama rejected TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, which...
Green Investments highlights the growing need for Congress and the Administration to provide proper funding for conservation programs, communities, and environmental protection.
NRDC submitted a petition on February 12, 2014 to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking Endangered Species Act listing for the California, Oregon, and Washington population of the tufted puffin, a seabird well-known for its distinctive facial coloring and...