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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
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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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NAFTA to Canada: Face the Facts on Tar Sands Tailings Ponds

Expert BlogJames Blair
NAFTA’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has now determined that Canada is missing key facts to support its weak response to our petition, which urged investigation into the lack of enforcement of the country’s Fisheries Act. For years, Canada has…

Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals Have Gotta Go

Expert BlogAvinash Kar
Toxic flame retardant chemicals—linked to a variety of negative health effects—have been added to upholstered furniture, many kids’ products, and mattresses for a long time. And the kicker is that they are not even needed for fire safety.

Commit to Grow Organic

Expert BlogAllison Johnson
Big buyer investments are bringing more organic to the plate.

More News on Toxic Chemicals in Food That’s Hard to Swallow

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg, Erik D. Olson
A new study released today provides further evidence that we are being exposed to a class of toxic chemicals that harm male reproduction in our food—with higher levels of exposure from eating at restaurants.

Needless Deaths: Toxic Solvents in Paint Strippers

Expert BlogUnited StatesDaniel Rosenberg, Erik D. Olson

The decision by the Trump administration to shelve a ban on the toxic solvent methylene chloride is already responsible for verifiable and actual deaths, with more almost certain to occur.

NRDC Fights Another Pruitt Rollback of Smog & Methane Curbs

Expert BlogMeleah Geertsma, Mark Szybist
In yet another step to dismantle critical protections for our air and climate, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has proposed to withdraw the EPA’s guideline for states to reduce smog-forming air pollution from oil and gas production, processing, and transmission activities.

Trump EPA: Creating Tomorrow’s Toxic Problems Today

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
The EPA is taking dangerous, unlawful, and alarming steps to dismantle the long-standing TSCA program for reviewing the safety of new chemicals before they are allowed on the market.

Tar Sands Tailings Ponds: Out of Canada's Control

Expert BlogJames Blair
The Alberta tar sands have become synonymous with global climate change, but their production process wreaks destruction across a huge region of North America’s boreal forest.

Wither TSCA Reform?

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
Those who seek and support meaningful restrictions on toxic chemicals to protect people from cancer, learning and developmental disabilities, and reproductive harm cannot afford to just let the revised TSCA fade away.

This Is How We Stand Up to Trump

NRDC in ActionUnited States, Washington, D.C., Utah, Michigan, CaliforniaNicole Greenfield
Meet a handful of the NRDC staffers who resisted Trump’s attacks and defended our environment in 2017—and who won’t stop fighting anytime soon.