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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

July 18, 2024 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?

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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This Lawyer Is Fighting to Save Two of the World’s Most Endangered Species

September 10, 2018 NRDC in ActionOregon, CaliforniaNicole Greenfield

Oregon-based NRDC attorney Giulia Good Stefani is living her dream by working to protect orcas off her coast and vaquitas in the Gulf of California.

A New Approach to Oregon’s Growing Rat Problem

September 5, 2018 DispatchOregonBecca Cudmore

The city of Eugene is testing an unconventional solution to a serious issue, with a ban on feeding a slew of wild animals.

In the Columbia–Snake River Basin, Salmon Are Losing Their Way

July 18, 2018 DispatchWest, Washington, OregonJodi Helmer

As the fish disappear, native peoples are looking for solutions lest they lose a way of life too.

Help NRDC Save the Vaquita

July 6, 2018 Expert BlogUnited States, MexicoErika Moyer

U.S. Universities to Canada: Protect the Boreal Forest

June 25, 2018 Expert BlogCanadaCharlotte Adams

In a letter sent Friday, sixteen student environmental groups, student governments, and sustainability coordinators from colleges and universities across the U.S. urged Canadian federal and provincial government officials to safeguard the globally-important Canadian boreal forest.

Companies Call for Protection of Canada's Boreal Forest

June 25, 2018 Expert BlogCanadaCourtenay Lewis

Seventeen companies with a combined annual revenue of over $35 billion, representing a range of sectors using paper and pulp products, sent a letter to McKenna, Couillard, Notely, and Ford calling for Canada to act to protect boreal caribou and…

Oregon Has a Poaching Problem—and a Force to Reckon With It

June 8, 2018 DispatchOregonBecca Cudmore

The Beaver State is one of just two in the nation where illegal animal kills are addressed by the police.

Pebble Mine: Taking the Battle to the Board Room—Again

May 7, 2018 Expert BlogCanadaJoel Reynolds

Bristol Bay Coalition delivers a message of unrelenting opposition in meetings with First Quantum Minerals in Toronto.

Conservation and Community in Laguna San Ignacio

May 3, 2018 Expert BlogMexicoJames Blair

Laguna San Ignacio is one of the last unspoiled nurseries for Pacific gray whales in Baja California Sur, Mexico, where NRDC has partnered with the dedicated local community to protect the area.

Threats to Monarch Butterflies

May 3, 2018 ExplainerMexico, United States, Canada, California

Famous for their elegant colors and transcontinental feats of migration, these beloved pollinators are also in free fall, as habitat loss and heavy use of herbicides jeopardize their future.

A Village in Ecuador’s Amazon Fights for Life as Oil Wells Move In

April 4, 2018 DispatchEcuadorPeter Korn

Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park is home to indigenous people who live in near-total isolation from the rest of the world—and wish to remain that way

As the Vaquita Dives Toward Extinction, NRDC Isn’t Giving Up

March 21, 2018 Expert BlogMexico, United StatesZak Smith

For vaquita, the smallest porpoise species, native to a small portion of Mexico’s northern Gulf of California, the situation in the water has never been worse. With far fewer than 30 vaquita remaining and the population shrinking by half every…

Laguna San Ignacio: A Living Testament to NRDC’s Work

March 13, 2018 Expert BlogMexicoRhea Suh

A firsthand experience with the Pacific gray whales in Laguna San Ignacio confirmed the extraordinary achievement from NRDC’s past work—and our oncoming challenges.

Can the Great Lakes Become Fishable, Drinkable, and Swimmable Again?

January 29, 2018 DispatchMidwest, Canada, Ohio, IllinoisSusan Cosier

A joint United States–Canada report maps out the way to clean up the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem

Mapping a Future for Boreal Caribou

January 24, 2018 DispatchCanadaKeith Mulvihill

What is it like to study one of North America’s most elusive mammals? Meet wildlife ecologist Tyler Rudolph, whose boreal caribou research may help the threatened animal survive.

Canada’s Boreal Clearcutting Is a Climate Threat

November 1, 2017 Expert BlogCanadaJosh Axelrod

For the sake of the global climate, Canada must reign in boreal forest clearcutting and protect as much of this critical resource as possible.

NRDC and Allies Sue Trump Administration Over Keystone XL

March 30, 2017 Expert BlogUnited States, CanadaAnthony Swift

The Trump Administration violated that law by insisting on an arbitrary and capricious process to push through the approval of a cross-border permit for Keystone XL.