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Confirmation of John Kerry as new Secretary of State heralds in new decision-maker on Keystone XL tar sands pipeline

Danielle Droitsch, Director, Canada Project, Washington, D.C. The U.S. Senate has now confirmed Senator John Kerry as the next Secretary ...
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New video explains the climate threat from the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline

Danielle Droitsch, Director, Canada Project, Washington, D.C. A new video released by NRDC and 350.org explains how the Keystone XL tar ...
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New Analysis Shows Simple Math: Keystone XL Pipeline = Tar Sands Expansion = Climate Change

Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Director International Program, Washington, D.C. New research confirms what we have heard time and again from the ...
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Top Three Things We Urge Obama to Do to Curb Climate Change–And Without Waiting for Congress

Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City Most people don’t think chocolate factories or hardware stores have much to do ...
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Study provides damning evidence that tar sands development causing carcinogenic pollution in Alberta

Elizabeth Shope, Advocate, Washington, D.C. A study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) provides ...

Our Children’s Future is Our Present Responsibility: Bold Action and Strong Leadership is Needed to Tackle the Climate Crises

Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Director International Program, Washington, D.C. Today, nearly 70 environmental and health organizations sent a ...

On the Carbon Pollution Front Lines, There’s No Normal Anymore

Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC As Congress stumbles through an embarrassing year-end game of fiscal brinkmanship, ...

Naughty is too nice a word for Big Oil this holiday season

Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Director International Program, Washington, D.C.   December is traditionally a time to reflect on the past ...

The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline faces a wide ranging sea of opposition

Elizabeth Shope, Advocate, Washington, D.C. This blog was jointly written with NRDC intern Olly Merrill The State Department has indicated ...

Keystone XL: Big Oil Influence and the Senate’s Pipeline Pushers

Danielle Droitsch, Director, Canada Project, Washington, D.C. The tar sands industry is making a lot of noise right now in a desperate ...

Thousands to Rally Against the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline at the White House Sunday

Elizabeth Shope, Advocate, Washington, D.C. President is back in the White House… and it seems from news coverage that the ...

The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is far from a done deal

Danielle Droitsch, Director, Canada Project, Washington, D.C. There has been a lot of speculation there will be a quick decision to approve ...

Rebutting industry’s arguments against due diligence for tar sands pipelines

Anthony Swift, Attorney, International Program, Washington, DC In response to growing public concerns about the safety of tar sands pipelines ...

Canada’s push for dirty tar sands oil is out of step with an Obama administration second term

Danielle Droitsch, Director, Canada Project, Washington, D.C. Immediately after the U.S. election, Canadian Minister Joe Oliver said that ...

Climate change: clear and present danger

Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Director International Program, Washington, D.C. This week, my brother, his wife and young baby were trapped without ...
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