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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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Oceans S.O.S.

Expert BlogRhea Suh
This Friday is World Oceans Day, a good chance to recognize all the challenges for our oceans—and how we’ll rise to them.

CA Leaders Pass Bills to Protect Coast from Drilling

Expert BlogSandy Aylesworth
California legislators approved two bills yesterday that create a major barrier to new offshore drilling in federal waters off California. Congressional Republicans should follow the lead of their state legislators and publicly oppose new drilling in these waters, so that…

Don’t Let Offshore Drilling SpOIL Coastal National Parks

Expert BlogUnited StatesJacob Eisenberg

Thanks to the Trump Administration’s proposed offshore drilling plan, 68 coastal National Parks abutting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and around Alaska and Florida’s coasts could now face that same harm, according to a new report by NRDC and the…

In California, a Rallying Cry Against Offshore Oil

DispatchCaliforniaCorey Binns
As Californians protest the Trump administration’s intent to expand drilling off the Pacific coast, some city and state officials consider new legislation to block it.

Conservation and Community in Laguna San Ignacio

Expert BlogMexicoJames Blair

Laguna San Ignacio is one of the last unspoiled nurseries for Pacific gray whales in Baja California Sur, Mexico, where NRDC has partnered with the dedicated local community to protect the area.

West Coast Groundfish Habitat: Collaboration Rules

Expert BlogSeth Atkinson
Fishermen and conservation representatives sat down and hammered out a shared plan for increasing protection for sensitive habitats while also improving fishing opportunity.

Legislation Introduced to Remedy Diablo Canyon Decision

Expert BlogPeter Miller
The California Senate majority leader today joined with an Republican Assemblymember to introduce bipartisan legislation to remedy multiple shortcomings in the recent California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision related to the retirement and replacement of California’s last nuclear power plant.

Americans to Trump: No More Offshore Drilling

Expert BlogFranz Matzner
President Trump and Secretary Zinke would expose virtually every mile of America’s coastline—from Maine to Florida, from Alaska to California—to the risks of an oil spill. Our air will be polluted. Ocean health and coastal economies will suffer. Climate change…

Everyone Who Fishes Should Be Accountable

Expert BlogMolly Masterton
But Modern Fish Act in Congress opens the door to an “alternative” management scheme that would reduce accountability and threaten healthy fisheries

EPApocalypse: A Review of Pruitt’s 1st Year as Administrator

Expert BlogChantelle "Ella" Mendonsa
While Pruitt has recently been catching heat for his science-denying comments on climate change, his luxurious travel on the taxpayer dime, and his elimination of the child cancer research program, it’s his dangerous predilection to gut critical public health protections…

Women Are Rising Up

Expert BlogRhea Suh
2017 was declared the Year of Women—but it’s clear to me that we’re only just beginning.

California’s Marine Protected Areas Just Got Real

Expert BlogElizabeth Murdock
California’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) network is a triumph of ocean conservation in our state—and a global standard for how underwater parks can protect sensitive marine species and habitats and secure a healthy ocean future for generations to come.