Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump is expected to order the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies to start dismantling limits on carbon pollution from power plants and other sources, as he already ordered EPA to do for vehicles. It is likely that his executive order will include another huge gift […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In addition, India’s environment minister dismissed a report that linked air pollution to a million premature deaths each year. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/world/asia/new-delhi-coal-plant-pollution.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Chile launches GHG mitigation plan, Mexico’s finance program seeks to overhaul transportation sector, Medellin’s toxic air pollution To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. March 10 – 16, 2017 Climate Change Pacchiano at the International Congress of Sustainability IBERO […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump Administration today directed federal agencies to begin rolling back commonsense clean car and fuel economy standards. As part of the first step to weakening the standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Administrator Scott Pruitt and Department of Transportation under Secretary Elaine Chao, issued a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Calumet Park, Illinois EPA When forced to choose between the various depredations President Trump has thrust upon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, it’s hard to pick one that best encapsulates that special blend of ignorance, contempt, and hypocrisy that has marked his administration’s dealings with the agency so […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post authored by Rachel Fakhry, Schneider Fellow, NRDC. Even though the Trump Administration is expected to move to rescind the Clean Power Plan—the nation’s first standards for cutting harmful climate pollution from power plants—that won’t make climate change go away. Our country must still fulfill its obligations […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Brough Turner/Flickr Hudson River near Hadley, New York Last fall, a whale made a go of Manhattan. The humpback, eventually named Gotham, chased schools of herring from New York Bay into the Hudson River, as delighted onlookers snapped photos of its tail flukes framed by the city skyline. […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Software that allowed the auto manufacturer to skirt environmental rules could lead to 1,200 deaths because of excess air pollution, researchers said. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/science/volkswagen-emissions-scandal-air-pollution-deaths.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration plans to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) budget by 17 percent, targeting programs that are crucial to America’s economy and public health and safety, according to a Washington Post report. The leaked OMB document obtained by the Post reportedly shows that the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, March 6, 2017 (ENS) – Every year, environmental risks such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, second-hand smoke, tainted water, lack of sanitation, and inadequate hygiene, take the lives of 1.7 million children under five years of age, warn two new reports from the World Health Organization. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference Gage Skidmore/Flickr This story originally appeared on Climate Central. The Trump administration wants to “zero out” many climate-related programs and grants that help state and local governments enforce environmental laws, according to a memo sent this week […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC Cities are the incubators of change. I had the opportunity to see city leadership in action during my recent visit to Ahmedabad, a rapidly urbanizing city in western India grappling with rising air pollution levels. In an innovative step, the city along with NRDC and other partners, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post was authored by Rachel Fakhry, Schneider Fellow, NRDC. The shift away from coal presents the U.S. with an exciting opportunity to lead a global transition to a clean energy economy. In that context, NRDC argues in an issue brief published today we should capitalize on clean […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Tree moss growing in southeastern Portland, Oregon Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA/Newscom Orthotrichum lyellii is the hero of this story. You’ve probably met it before: a tuft of green with soft tassels of leaves, stuck to a tree trunk or possibly a rock. Unlike plants with roots, this moss […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund AIRS instrument on NASA’s Aqua spacecraft shows high carbon dioxide concentrations in the Northern Hemisphere. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/NASA/JPL AIRS Project Record floods. Raging storms. Deadly heat. Climate change manifests itself in myriad ways, and it’s the ultimate equalizer: a challenge faced by every living […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Argentina’s first green bond, Colombia seeks new carbon capture source, will climate change lead Mexico City to collapse? To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. February 17 – 23, 2017 Climate Change Mexico City skyline Kasper Christensen Mexico City, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Air conditioning demand is expected to boom in India during the next decade. Bhaskar Deol It’s official—2016 was the hottest year on record, and the third year in a row to break global heat records. In May, temperatures hit 123.8 degrees F (51 degrees C) in Phalodi, Rajasthan, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a “longtime adversary of the EPA,” as the Washington Post put it, takes over the US Environmental Protection Agency. But he takes it over under the shadow of unprecedented opposition from US Senators, EPA employees and public interest groups. Forty-six senators […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund From disastrous rollbacks to confirmation of the worst-ever EPA head, this administration is hell-bent on destroying the health of our environment—and the American people. A gas drilling rig near homes in the Colorado Rockies iStock For all the bewilderment and chaos of President Trump’s first month in office, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Our India team is in Ahmedabad this week working with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and partners on the first of its kind, Ahmedabad Air and Response (AIR) Plan. I had the honor of meeting Ms. Elaben Bhatt along with our special guest Ms. Frances Beinecke to discuss the […]