Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Governor John Hickenlooper has given his agencies a to-do list to help the state realize the benefits of electrifying the transportation sector. The Colorado EV Plan enumerates goals, actions, and strategies to deploy charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) and to accelerate the EV market. It’s a timely […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Wind and solar projects in the western U.S. have reached price levels that few would have predicted even a few years ago. For those that have read our blogs before, you might be thinking that we’ve said that before, and, well, we have. But the prices keep falling, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Oil drilling in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Photo: NRDC Companies are pumping oil out of the ground every day in Los Angeles, exposing nearby residents to a toxic cocktail of health-threatening emissions. Safeguards for communities at the city, state, and federal levels have lagged […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund When EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt proposed to repeal the Clean Power Plan – the largest step yet taken to curb America’s climate-changing carbon pollution – he scheduled a single public hearing, in Charleston, West Virginia, last November and allowed a short period for public comment that was intended […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Proterra Electric Bus The California Public Utilities Commission has unanimously approved 15 utility pilot programs with a collective budget of $43 million to “accelerate widespread transportation electrification,” as required by a landmark clean energy bill adopted in 2015. And more will follow. The commission is still considering an […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In the latest chapter on neurotoxic manganese threatening a Chicago residential community, recently revealed inspection reports show that the City of Chicago and EPA inspectors uncovered alarming problems with industrial dust pollution this past fall, at yet another facility handling manganese next to a densely populated residential neighborhood […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Wendy Bredhold walked up to the microphone in the auditorium at Ivy Tech Community College in Evansville, Indiana. At the town hall meeting on that mid-November evening were roughly 100 people who came to hear her—and a number of other presenters—discuss the perils of coal pollution in her […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans of President Trump and his allies. President Trump laying out a national security strategy that includes reversing Obama-era warnings on climate change, December 2017 Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/REX/Shutterstock Ice-Cold Nonsense Donald Trump ended a year of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California’s ambitious climate policies are clearing the air, cleaning up the state’s electricity supply, and getting cleaner vehicles onto the roads. But California’s residential and commercial buildings today are responsible for similar levels of climate pollution as all in-state power plants, mostly from natural gas used in furnaces […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund How to secure funds to rescue and rehabilitate New York City’s beleaguered subway, bus and commuter rail system is among the most important policy issues facing the nation’s largest city in 2018. And rightly so. NRDC has long advocated for some form of congestion pricing as a New York public transit funding […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Welcome to a special end-of-year Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth assesses the damage to the agencies that protect our environment after one year of President Trump. Stop Pruitt rally to oppose the EPA administrator nomination, February 2017 Lorie Shaull As a candidate for president, Donald Trump made exaggerated […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2017 Energy & Climate Developments In its short tenure, the Trump administration has been hard at work rolling back clean vehicle safeguards that protect the climate and our health. Led by EPA chief Scott Pruitt, the administration has re-opened federal automobile fuel […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (December 22, 2017) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking the next steps in the Clean Air Act process to determine which areas of the country meet national air quality standards for ground-level ozone and sulfur dioxide. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-advances-cooperative-federalism-through-designation-process-sulfur-dioxide-and
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2017 Energy & Climate Developments The Trump administration and Congress leveled attacks this year on the environment, public health and social justice while Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria wreaked havoc on Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, wildfires […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The GOP tax scheme sells out America’s last truly wild place, and EPA’s Scott Pruitt continues to disregard public health and climate change. RaisbeckFoto/iStock “Happy holidays!” rang out this week from Capitol Hill and the White House. But that year-end cheer was not directed at hardworking Americans. No, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It didn’t take Donald Trump long after moving into the White House to initiate an all-out assault on our environment and health. Since his inauguration in January, the president has made abundantly clear that he values polluter profits over the well-being of the American people. NRDC has been […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A mural painted with Air-Ink Courtesy Graviky Labs Air pollution isn’t pretty. Worldwide, it’s linked to stroke, heart disease, respiratory problems, low birth weight, and millions of premature deaths annually. In the world’s most polluted cities, the particles can be so dense that they obscure the sky and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a significant milestone to save energy and reduce power use in fast-growing cities, the State of Telangana and its hi-tech capital, Hyderabad launched a groundbreaking online system for mandatory energy efficiency codes for commercial buildings during Energy Conservation Week in Hyderabad. This is huge news. It is […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Late last night the New Jersey State Senate introduced its controversial lame duck bailout for the state’s nuclear plants. As expected, the proposal is a standalone subsidy that follows almost none of the best practices for transitioning from uneconomical nuclear plants, as set out in our issue brief. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund THIS WEEK President of Chile receives UN Champions of the Earth award Mexico City recognized for leadership on climate action Latin America could save US$ 64 B by switching to electric vehicles To subscribe to NRDC’s Latin America Green News click here. FEATURE: President of Chile recognized for leadership […]