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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.

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Chicago to Tackle Congestion and Transportation Inequity

Expert BlogStefan Schaffer
Mayor Lightfoot recently introduced one of the country’s most ambitious and equitably structured proposals to price ride-hailing trips, underscoring the city’s commitment to reducing congestion and investing in high-quality transit service for residents all across Chicago.

McSweeney's and NRDC's Climate Collaboration

Expert BlogRob Moore
When McSweeney’s, the San Francisco-based independent publisher, approached NRDC about collaborating on a special edition of speculative climate fiction stories set in the year 2040 . . . we jumped at the chance.

Senators Urge New England Grid Operator to Address Climate

Expert BlogUnited StatesBruce Ho
Eight U.S. Senators, all six New England state governors, power generators, and others are calling on New England's power grid operator to start giving the climate crisis the attention it demands.

Rural Communities Want Clean Transportation, Too

Expert BlogBruce Ho
There’s good news for transportation sufferers from a new Nature Conservancy poll that shows it’s not only urban residents who demand clean and safe transportation—rural residents do, too—and why a state-led effort to modernize transportation in rural, suburban, and urban…

Navajo Generation Coal-fired Power Plant Shuts Down Early

Expert BlogJulia Prochnik
All across the United States, there are communities built around power sources of the past. While the need to transition to clean energy is clear, the future of these communities is often more complicated.

Preserving Dead Parrots in Order to Save the Living

Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel
The people of Papua New Guinea treasure feathers from the Pesquet’s parrot for use in ceremonial headdresses. But the practice could be driving the birds to extinction.

Trump EPA’s Industry-Friendly TSCA Policy Starts to Unravel

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the agency cannot ignore legacy uses of a chemical, and that its regulations do not allow it to pick and choose amongst uses of a chemical and sources of exposure as…

Superbug Deaths on the Rise, Yet Again

Expert BlogDavid Wallinga, MD
Overuse of antibiotics in American livestock is helping to create a future without many of the advantages of 'modern medicine', according to leading experts from the World Health Organization to the American Academy of Pediatrics.