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Congress Considers Protections for New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon

October 16, 2019 / by Alison Kelly / Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Fund, Resources

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/alison-kelly/congress-considers-protections-new-mexicos-chaco-canyon

Michigan Drinking Water Protections Should Be EPA’s Minimum

October 16, 2019 / by Jeremy Orr / Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Fund, Resources

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/michigan-drinking-water-protections-should-be-epas-minimum

Bringing Our Ocean to the Prairie

October 16, 2019 / by Megan Bennett / Climate, Conservation, North America, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy I looked out of the plane window as it began to make its final descent and all I saw was a sea of grass lapping against a looming mountain range. This was not the type of sea I’m accustomed to. Fort Collins, Colorado makes for an odd destination for a trio of […]

The food-climate connection

October 16, 2019 / by Jason Patlis / Conservation, Global News, World Wildlife Foundation

Published by the World Wildlife Fund Read the full article at: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WWFStories/~3/4Q1PJLJir8w/the-food-climate-connection

Vaquita Monitoring Begins in the Upper Gulf of California

October 15, 2019 / by sscssite2017 / Conservation, North America, Oceans, Species

Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society San Felipe, BCN-The government of Mexico announces the second leg of the 2019 Vaquita Survey. Sea Shepherd is pleased to collaborate with The National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) and world-leading vaquita scientists on this important research project in waters of the Upper Gulf of California Biosphere Reserve and […]

Bipartisan Bills Aim to Get the Lead Out of School Water

October 15, 2019 / by Cyndi Roper / Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Fund, Resources

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/cyndi-roper/bipartisan-bills-aim-get-lead-out-school-water

NRDC Briefs Congress on Neonic Pesticide Human Health Harms

October 15, 2019 / by Jennifer Sass / Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Fund, Resources

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/jennifer-sass/nrdc-briefs-congress-neonic-pesticide-human-health-harms

Another Forest, This Time Alaska’s Tongass, May Be Destroyed—All for Profit.

October 15, 2019 / by NRDC / Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Fund, Resources

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/another-forest-time-alaskas-tongass-may-be-destroyed-all-profit

DOE’s Latest Proposal to “Save” the Incandescent Is Illegal

October 15, 2019 / by Noah Horowitz / Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Fund, Resources

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/noah-horowitz/does-latest-illegal-proposal-save-incandescent

Exploring Monterey Bay’s Deep-sea Octopus Garden

October 14, 2019 / by Megan Bennett / Conservation, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans

Published by Ocean Conservancy Last year I was lucky enough to be on board the E/V Nautilus when it made a remarkable discovery in the previously unexplored deepwater of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary—thousands of brooding octopuses. The octopus garden was discovered at the cold, dark depth of 12,000 feet in a rocky area at […]

Progress Out of the Oily Mire

October 13, 2019 / by Ann Alexander / Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Fund, Resources

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/ann-alexander/progress-out-oily-mire

Fresh Equity and Climate Leadership Emerges in Richmond

October 11, 2019 / by Walton Shepherd / Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Fund, Resources

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/walton-shepherd/fresh-equity-and-climate-leadership-emerges-richmond

America’s Dairyland May Have a PFAS Problem

October 11, 2019 / by Susan Cosier / Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Fund, Resources

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/americas-dairyland-may-have-pfas-problem

Week 142: President Trump Honors Science Denial. Again.

October 11, 2019 / by Brian Palmer / Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Fund, Resources

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/week-142-president-trump-honors-science-denial-again

Inspiration from Latinx Leaders Fighting for Climate

October 11, 2019 / by Megan Bennett / Climate, Conservation, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy “Viva la causa!” This was the cry heard in the scorching California heat as hundreds of Latinx farmers were led by Cesar Chavez in the 1960s. They chanted as they fought for basic human rights, like protection from polluted air—something this community is still fighting for today. Latinx communities have played a […]