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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

June 28, 2024 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

June 25, 2024 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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Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

May 18, 2024 ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier

Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.

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The South Needs the Clean Water Rule

April 18, 2017 DispatchSouth Carolina, GeorgiaRobynne Boyd

For drinking water, flood control, climate defense, habitat protection, fishing, swimming, and, of course, craft beer.

A Veteran of Uphill Battles

March 13, 2017 NRDC in ActionWashington, D.C., United States, CanadaJordan Davidson

NRDC’s chief program officer, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, knows that resistance takes persistence—and a lot of collaboration.

Could Grizzlies Make Good Neighbors?

February 13, 2017 ExplainerWashingtonJason Bittel

In Washington State, biologists and conservationists are working to open the wilderness (and people’s minds) to the Great Bear.

Played on Ivory Keys, This Is What Elephant Extinction Sounds Like

February 1, 2017 PerspectivesChicagoClara Chaisson

“Music for Elephants” translates poaching data into a song of mourning.

World’s Oldest Orca Dies, Pod Without its Compass

January 11, 2017 Expert BlogUnited States, Washington, Oregon, CaliforniaGiulia C.S. Good Stefani

Illinois Holds Its First Bobcat Hunt in 40 Years—and Biologists Are Paying Close Attention

December 29, 2016 DispatchIllinoisSusan Cosier

Scientists may soon have a better grasp of how many of these elusive wild cats are out there.

Why America’s Wild Turkeys Are Thankful for Cannons (Yes, Cannons)

November 23, 2016 ExplainerUnited States, South Carolina, CharlestonJason Bittel

This is one of our country’s greatest conservation success stories.

Puget Sound Braces for the Worst: A Green Crab Plague

November 21, 2016 DispatchWashingtonBecca Cudmore

After eating its way up the Pacific Coast, the notorious invader is starting to dig its claws into an important Washington fishery.

Let’s Go Swimming in the Chicago River! Save the Date: 2030

October 5, 2016 DispatchChicagoSusan Cosier

Within 15 years, the waters flowing through the midwestern metropolis could be clean enough for a dip.

Last Chance for the Hawaiian Crow?

September 22, 2016 Latest NewsHawaiiJason Bittel

The 'alalā has been extinct in the wild since 2002, but a reintroduction program hopes to have Hawaiians saying aloha to the bird once again.

This Origami Elephant Is as Fragile as the Real Ones

September 14, 2016 PerspectivesChicagoSusan Cosier

At this month’s Expo Chicago, one artist uses paper to convey how the African elephant’s future is unfolding.

Our Favorite National Parks

August 15, 2016 NRDC in ActionColorado, California, Minnesota, Alaska, New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, Arizona, Hawaii, Michigan, Montana, Tennessee

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, NRDC’s very own wilderness fanatics share their most treasured park memories.

Can Breaking Down Ethnic Barriers in a Tuna Fishery Prevent Accidental Shark Deaths?

August 3, 2016 Latest NewsHawaiiJason Bittel

From the mouths of sharks: Humans, please diversify your social circles.

A Whale of a Win

May 4, 2016 NRDC in ActionCalifornia, HawaiiNicole Greenfield

How we got the U.S. Navy to finally agree to stop conducting harmful sonar testing in sensitive whale migration and breeding areas.

In This Forest, a Clean Bill of Health Comes with Blue Polka-Dot Salamanders

May 4, 2016 PerspectivesIllinoisSusan Cosier

To keep an invasive plant from poisoning amphibians, Illinois conservationists are cutting and burning the dreaded buckthorn.

Healing the Anacostia's Troubled Waters

March 11, 2016 NRDC in ActionWashington, D.C., MarylandJeff Turrentine

After two centuries of neglect, NRDC is helping revitalize Washington, D.C.'s forgotten river.

Life on the Mississippi, Now

January 5, 2016 DispatchMissouri, Illinois, MidwestBarry Yeoman

We've spent billions of dollars on dikes, locks, and levees in a vain attempt to subdue what Mark Twain called "that lawless stream." Is it time to let the river have its way?