Author: NRDC

The Global Biodiversity Crisis Just Got Personal

This post offers some wonderful short films embedded in the tweets regarding biodiversity. These could even be helpful for homeschool discussions. One is never too young to grasp biodiversity. It is time to educate your children about the importance, the critical, wonderful, importance of biodiversity.

Bail Out The American Public, Not Big Oil

The COVID-19 pandemic is a national crisis, and the need to address the health and safety of communities and workers across the nation is paramount. Yet a number of political leaders are making sure to look out for their corporate friends. Last week, some of the most reliable servants of the fossil fuel industry in the House and Senate sent letters to Interior Secretary Bernhardt asking him to grant royalty relief, lease extensions, and other favors to the oil, gas, and coal industries.

What Does Climate Adaptation Look Like?

Climate adaptation encompasses a wide array of actions that help people and nature cope with the present-day harms of climate disruption and minimize future harms. Ideally, adaptation allows us to move beyond just surviving the climate crisis to thriving in a fundamentally new world.