News & Commentary

Halting deforestation and forest degradation by 2030, a key climate target, requires a framework to drive truly global accountability and support. 

NRDC provides key recommendations that the U.S. Department of Energy should consider as it updates the studies it uses to review LNG export applications.

A bill to protect Illinois’ remaining wetlands is moving forward in the state legislature, seeking to close a regulatory gap created by the Supreme Court.

New publications on the impact of industrial logging in Canada reveal pervasive forest degradation and significant climate consequences,

BOEM's offshore oil and gas lease sale offered nearly 73 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to the fossil fuel industry.

Cheers! NRDC and our partners toasted a good cause on Capitol Hill: growing organic!

A new scorecard from NRDC shows that Illinois is trailing behind its neighbors in building a clean and equitable transportation system.

New offshore leasing proposed by BOEM would cause unacceptable harm to our climate, ocean, and Gulf communities. But agency reforms can help lessen the impacts.

The granddaughter of a Navajo uranium miner stands with the Standing Rock Sioux against DAPL.

The region's communities and marine life will continue to be exposed to the catastrophic risk and ongoing damage of these inherently hazardous industrial operations at sea.

We are fighting to move from pollution to progress in Chicago with a series of important ordinances that address cumulative impacts, clean buildings, and clean drinking water. 

BOEM's proposed rule falls short in requiring oil and gas companies to demonstrate they are financially able to fully remove and clean up platforms & pipelines.

A geographer sees a familiar pattern of government-backed energy projects devastating Indigenous communities and violating tribal sovereignty.  

The designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument is not only extremely popular but its protections are long overdue.

Help our West Coast marine life and ask the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to require stronger management measures.