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Court Invalidates Pendley-Approved Resource Management Plans

October 20, 2020 Expert BlogMontanaAlison Kelly

A federal judge in Montana has set aside three resource management plans proposed by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management.

After the Local Coal Mine Shuts Down, These Navajo and Hopi Communities Seek a Just Transition

October 20, 2020 DispatchArizonaTim Vanderpool

A year after the Kayenta Mine was closed, both the energy company behind it and the federal government overseeing it have done little to restore the lands they’ve trampled.

Return of Delhi Smog: Even More Life Threatening with COVID

October 14, 2020 Expert BlogNew Delhi, IndiaAnjali Jaiswal

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Investors' Directive to P&G: Stop Driving Deforestation

October 14, 2020 Expert BlogUnited States, CanadaShelley Vinyard

Now, it's up to P&G to act on their investors' recommendation.

Oil and Gas Leasing Is Off the Rails

October 9, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesJosh Axelrod

University learning, free enterprise economics and the American political system have failed to deliver the knowledge we need to solve the challenges we face today

How Shareholders Can Hold P&G to Account on Forests

October 9, 2020 Expert BlogCanada, United StatesShelley Vinyard

Read more here on the choice P&G shareholders have before them.

Ontario Takes an Axe to Environmental Protections

October 7, 2020 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.

Forest Destruction Creates Clear Risk for P&G Investors

October 6, 2020 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

October 6, 2020 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…

Stop Treating Oil Drilling as a Climate Policy Afterthought

October 5, 2020 Expert BlogCaliforniaAnn Alexander

California’s oil extraction industry once again emerged mostly unscathed by the state’s climate policy.

Trump Gives Polluting Mining Projects a Pass

October 1, 2020 Expert BlogNRDC

The administration’s latest executive order would allow one of the most damaging industries in the nation to skirt thorough environmental reviews.

Quebec’s Boreal Forest Hangs in the Balance

October 1, 2020 Expert BlogCanadaJennifer Skene

Oil and Gas Industry Halts Its Efforts to Use Seismic Blasting in the Atlantic Ocean

October 1, 2020 Expert BlogNRDC

In rare good news, the permits that allow fossil fuel companies to use deafening airguns—which harm many marine species—will expire on November 30 and not be renewed.

Celebrating National Public Lands Day

September 24, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesSharon Buccino

Like millions of others, I am developing a newfound appreciation for the outdoors, but access to nature does not look the same for everyone.

NRDC Announces Support for California’s Proposition 15

September 24, 2020 Expert BlogVictoria Rome

With the Schools and Communities First initiative, voters have an opportunity to provide more stable funding to cities and counties, including K–12 schools and community colleges.

Pebble Mine Self-Destructs, CEO Resigns, Permit Denial Urged

September 24, 2020 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Pebble Limited Partnership CEO Tom Collier resigns two days after release of undercover videos showing him bragging to hoped-for investors about political influence to promote a massive 200-year mining scheme at the headwaters of Bristol Bay.

New OCI Analysis Gives Big Oil Much Needed Reality Check

September 23, 2020 Expert BlogSusan Casey-Lefkowitz

A new report from Oil Change International provides a reality check on the myth that Big Oil is changing—showing failure after failure in reducing climate pollution.

Pebble Mine Tapes Confirm Risk of Disaster in Bristol Bay

September 22, 2020 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Shocking videotapes reveal Canadian mining company CEOs boasting to hoped-for investors about influence over government officials to promote massive 200-year Bristol Bay mining scheme disguised for federal permitting as 20-year mine.

General Electric Will Stop Building New Coal Plants

September 21, 2020 Expert BlogHan Chen

While more details are needed about GE’s announcement, what’s clear is that there’s no future for new coal.

CO Wildfires & Extreme Weather Require Climate Action Now

September 17, 2020 Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez, Sam Gilchrist

Here in Colorado, we have already experienced more than seventy 90 degree days this year—and it’s only September. Following the most recent heat wave, the Chinook winds ushered in a temperature drop from above 100 degrees highs to below freezing…