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Two bills introduced in the House recognize the importance of reducing food waste to tackle the climate crisis, and lay the groundwork for quality job creation, significant GHG reductions, and improved soil health.

We can still stop the slow-moving runaway train that is the antibiotic resistance crisis.

Maps help us make sense of the world. They reveal patterns and relationships and bring together different kinds of information in an easily understandable format. 

NRDC has joined Rural Coalition, Intertribal Agriculture Council, North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers Land Loss Prevention, and 22 other organizations in an amicus brief defending the rights of farmers of color who are in urgent need of debt relief.

With the reintroduction of the Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act (H.R. 3764), the House Natural Resources Committee, led by Chair Grijalva, continues to drive the conversation on the essential role the ocean plays in addressing the climate crisis. The Committee…

No matter where we live, we need a healthy ocean to survive. Strong marine protected areas are key to restoring our ocean, protecting our climate and biodiversity; in short, to securing our future.

New Status of Stocks report shows we must act now for healthy and resilient fisheries

The Biden administration has taken huge strides in acting on climate and should now move forward to take one of the most important actions to protect the ocean and those who depend on it, and to combat the climate crisis…

The Oceans-Based Climate Solutions Act, legislation led by Chairman Raul Grijalva, puts forward smart and proven solutions to make our seas safer for whales.

In a pandemic, public health protection should trump drug makers' interests.

Chair Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) has reintroduced the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act, the type of visionary bill we need for this moment, recognizing that the ocean is a powerful source of solutions to the climate crisis. 

President Biden is poised to right one of the great wrongs of the previous administration by fully restoring protections to these vital natural areas.

Less than 7 percent of U.S. cropland uses cover crops—meaning there’s a huge opportunity to scale up a practice that’s good for farmers and good for the environment. 

We need to invest in rebuilding the food system from the bottom up as critical infrastructure for a just and sustainable future.

Recent findings have uncovered the gruesome fact that over half of some species of large whales have been entangled at one point in their lives.

Department of Interior advances leasing for offshore wind energy development in California offshore waters, ending years-long impasse with the Department of Defense.

As an industry, meatpackers seem to operate according to their own set of rules, often reprehensible and sometimes deadly. Among its global peers JBS, the world’s largest meatpacking company, is exceptional. The extent and documentation of its corporate irresponsibility is…