News & Commentary

5 Ways Building Up the San Joaquin River Has Helped California

December 31, 2015 NRDC in ActionCaliforniaLora Shinn

An NRDC lawsuit has led to the comeback of the Golden State’s second-largest river (and its salmon).

Polar Bears’ Other Threat

December 31, 2015 ExplainerUnited States, CanadaAlexandra Zissu

It’s not just climate change that’s killing this iconic endangered species. Hunting is on the rise, too.

Baywatcher

December 31, 2015 NRDC in ActionSan Francisco, CaliforniaLaura Fraser

Nobody knows the waters around San Francisco (and beyond) better than the director of NRDC's Science Center.

The Dirty Fight Over Canadian Tar Sands Oil

December 31, 2015 NRDC in ActionCanada, United StatesMelissa Denchak

For more than a decade, we've fought to keep this filthy fossil fuel from being dredged up and piped through the United States.

All’s Not Well

December 17, 2015 Latest NewsNorth DakotaSusan Cosier

North Dakota’s oil and gas boom is scaring away grassland birds.

Frog vs. Fish

December 8, 2015 DispatchCaliforniaAlisa Opar

How cutting-edge technology may save endangered amphibians from hungry trout in Yosemite’s alpine lakes.

Starved by the Sea?

November 17, 2015 PerspectivesCaliforniaAlisa Opar

Mass die-offs in the Pacific are sending the emaciated bodies of seabirds, seals, and sea lions ashore from California to Alaska.

The Maple Leaf Lag

November 13, 2015 Latest NewsCanadaJeff Turrentine

Under Justin Trudeau, Canada has a chance to make amends for a decade of climate inaction. But if it’s ever to catch up, it needs to start right now.

Is Justin Trudeau Canada’s Climate Savior?

October 20, 2015 Latest NewsCanadaBrian Palmer

The complicated environmental policies of Canada’s new prime minister.

Bring Out Your Dead

September 30, 2015 Latest NewsCanadaBrian Palmer

TransCanada makes a desperate bid to revive the persistently vegetative Keystone XL pipeline.

Ocean Defender

August 26, 2015 NRDC in ActionLouisiana, Massachusetts, United StatesAdam Spangler

On daytime TV, in film, and on Capitol Hill, scientist Lisa Suatoni opens people's eyes to the plight of the seas.

Going Back to Cali

August 21, 2015 Latest NewsCaliforniaClara Chaisson

Gray wolves have returned to the Golden State after a nearly century-long absence.

The Lawyer and the Sea

August 21, 2015 NRDC in ActionNew Jersey, EastBen Hellwarth

Brad Sewell is determined to protect our most endangered marine creatures. Even the ugly ones.

The Impacts of a Tar Sands Oil Spill

August 17, 2015 ExplainerCanada

Tar sands oil is harder to clean up than conventional crude. Here are the reasons why.

10 Threats from the Canadian Tar Sands Industry

August 13, 2015 ExplainerCanadaNicole Greenfield

At every turn, the Tar Sands Invasion would put people and the environment in harm's way.

Killing KXL

August 12, 2015 NRDC in ActionCanada, Nebraska, Washington, D.C., United States

How an unlikely coalition of environmental activists stopped the destructive tar sands oil pipeline.

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (from Distant Flames)

August 7, 2015 ExplainerUnited States, Colorado, Alaska, CaliforniaAlisa Opar

Wildfires may be harming the health of people who live hundreds or thousands of miles from the flames.

Innovation Has Not Run Dry!

July 8, 2015 Latest NewsCaliforniaAlisa Opar

As summer heat compounds four years of drought, Californians are coping with water shortages in some wacky and smart (and desperate) ways.

Has Oil Spill Cleanup Improved at All?

May 27, 2015 ExplainerCalifornia, WestBrian Palmer

Why are we cleaning up the Santa Barbara oil spill with shovels and buckets?

I Hate Reruns

May 22, 2015 Latest NewsCaliforniaClara Chaisson

The Santa Barbara coast has yet another oil spill, thanks to a company that screws up royally—repeatedly.