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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.
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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.

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Big Oil Hits Cash Gusher While Consumers Take Hit

Expert BlogUnited StatesJosh Axelrod, Sujatha Bergen
Six of the biggest oil companies with operations in the U.S. raked in nearly $50 billion dollars in just three months, according to a new set of earnings reports.

New Scorecard Ranks Fashion Brands on Efforts to Remove PFAS

Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalYiliqi , Sujatha Bergen
Despite their known threat to our people and planet, PFAS continue to be used widely in the apparel industry to make products waterproof, stain-resistant, and breathable.

A Place for Fossils, Not Fuels

Expert BlogUnited StatesAmy Mall, Alison Kelly, Sujatha Bergen

The Biden administration made news this week when it announced it will consider protecting a portion of the Greater Chaco Region in New Mexico from new oil and gas drilling.

When “Home” Is Hazard

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen

More than a dozen fossil fuel subsidies in the U.S. tax code encourage companies to extract oil, gas, and coal. Often lost in the debate over esoteric tax policy is the real-world impacts of this industry on the ground.

North Face and Timberland Recognize PFAS Threat in Apparel

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen, Yiliqi

Today, VF corporation, owner of multiple well-known American brands including The North Face and Timberland, announced its plans to phase out toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from all of its product lines, a step forward for public health and…

Progressive Caucus Presses for End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen, Anne Hawke

As Congress drafts reconciliation legislation, leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) pressed leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives for an end to major fossil fuel subsidies that fuel pollution in communities across the country.

Congress: Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuel Pollution

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz

As Congress works on a much-needed clean energy package, it is a no-brainer to eliminate antiquated and costly subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. 

Members of Congress Press for End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen

In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer today, 53 members of Congress called for an end to more than $120 billion in tax handouts to the fossil fuel industry.

Environmental CEOs Call for End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz

The drumbeat to end subsidies to the fossil fuel industry continued today as the CEOs of eighteen national environmental organizations, including NRDC, called for adoption of President Biden’s plan to cut $121 billion in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry.