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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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Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

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

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NRDC Proudly Supports the Call to Protect Bristol Bay

Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer
We are honored to stand with the leaders from Bristol Bay calling for long-term protection that would provide certainty to those who depend on the region's natural resources.

Pebble Mine Permit DENIED!

Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer
The Army Corps is finally acknowledging the very real risks the proposed gold and copper mega-mine poses to the cherished Bristol Bay.

Time for P&G to Take Responsibility for Forest Impacts

Expert BlogCanadaAshley Jordan
As P&G shareholders call on the company to issue a report on its efforts to eliminate deforestation and intact forest degradation in its supply chain, P&G has the opportunity to rectify its role in forest destruction.

Pebble Mine Owner Expects Billions in Public Funding, Bail-Out

Expert BlogAlaskaJoel Reynolds
Latest “Pebble Tapes” document Canadian mining company’s plans for $1.5 billion subsidy from Alaskans for infrastructure costs and, if project is stopped, expects claim against U.S. Treasury for $700-800 billion in compensation.

Ontario Takes an Axe to Environmental Protections

Expert BlogCanada, OntarioJennifer Skene
Ontario is rapidly ushering in an era of laissez-faire logging, ceding its forests, wildlife, and public health to the whims and interests of industry.

Climate Change Floods North Carolina’s Housing Market

DispatchNorth CarolinaJodi Helmer
As sea level and extreme weather risks rise, larger down payments, inequities in insurance, and heirs’ properties could leave coastal residents drowning in debt and devalued homes.

Forest Destruction Creates Clear Risk for P&G Investors

Expert BlogCanada, United StatesAshley Jordan
NRDC and its partners released an investor brief outlining why Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) top investors should vote their shares in support of Shareholder Proposal #5, which urges the company to report on its efforts to eliminate deforestation and degradation…

Pebble Mine: Open Letter to Cantor Fitzgerald

Expert BlogAlaskaJoel Reynolds
Bristol Bay leaders urge lead underwriter for Northern Dynasty Minerals to cut ties, cease raising funds for widely condemned open pit copper and gold mine that risks world’s greatest wild salmon fishery and communities that it sustains in Bristol Bay…

Public Health Scientist and Advocate

NRDC in ActionIndia, Ahmedabad, Pune, United StatesKeith Mulvihill
Vijay Limaye is pushing for public health safeguards and policy solutions in service of the communities most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Don’t Bomb the Bighorn

Expert BlogNevadaHelen O'Shea
Nevadans won’t stand by as the future of their public lands is hijacked by out-of-state interests.

Kimberly-Clark’s 2030 Goals Take On its Forest Carbon Impact

Expert BlogUnited States, CanadaAshley Jordan
With these new commitments, Kimberly-Clark steps further ahead of other major brands in the U.S. tissue sector by recognizing the critical role that forests like the Canadian boreal play in the fight against climate change.

P&G, You Can't Outsource Sustainability

Expert BlogUnited States, CanadaShelley Vinyard
P&G's new commitment misses the mark. Until the company gets its own house in order by addressing its role in forest destruction, they will continue to put our only home and our future at risk.

Five Years Later, Waswanipi Is Still Waiting on Quebec

Expert BlogCanadaJennifer Skene
A just, sustainable future depends on prioritizing Indigenous leadership and allowing the Waswanipi and other Indigenous People to finally dictate the future of their own lands. They’ve waited long enough.