Published by the World Wildlife Fund WWF would like to congratulate the recipients of the 2017 Russell E. Train Fellowship. Funded by the Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN), Train Fellows pursue their graduate degrees in conservation-related fields anywhere in the world and then return to their home countries better equipped to take on […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (September 26, 2017) – In response to Hurricane Maria, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today approved a request from Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló for an emergency fuel waiver. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-approves-emergency-fuel-waiver-puerto-rico
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (September 26, 2017) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to coordinate closely with federal, commonwealth, territory, and local partners as the Agency responds to the impact of Hurricane Maria. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-hurricane-maria-update-tuesday-september-26
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Kisatchie Hills Longleaf Pines, Louisiana Justin Meissen/Flickr For decades, Reese Thompson didn’t fully appreciate the ground beneath his feet. As a sixth-generation tree farmer, he valued his thousands of acres in Wheeler County, Georgia, mostly for its output—the saw timber, chip-n-saw, and pulpwood provided by the fast-growing slash […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post was authored by Noah Lerner, HyoungMi Kim and Alvin Lin. China is adding its name to a growing list of countries that want to do away with fossil-fuel powered vehicles. Vice-Minister Xin Guobin of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced on September 9 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A new analysis released by the nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) projects that electricity bills will fall compared to today’s levels, even as the states fulfill their commitment to cut RGGI’s power plant pollution cap by another 30 percent by 2030. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is part of a series of blogs on NRDC’s new report, “America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to a Safer Climate Future.” Reducing pollution from direct use of fossil fuels in buildings—such as burning natural gas, propane, and fuel oil in furnaces and water heaters—is critical to […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (September 25, 2017) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to coordinate closely with federal, commonwealth, territory, and local partners as the Agency responds to the impact of Hurricane Maria. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-hurricane-maria-update-monday-september-25
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA Hurricane Irma Recovery Update for Monday September 25 WASHINGTON (September 25, 2017) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to coordinate closely with local, state, tribal, and federal partners in response to Hurricane Irma. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-hurricane-irma-recovery-update-monday-september-25
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (September 23, 2017) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued an order to the Federal Emergency Management Authority (FEMA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) that provides direction on supplying of clean drinking water in the U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-acts-increase-supply-clean-drinking-water-us-virgin-islands
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (September 23, 2017) — U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-exercises-enforcement-discretion-mobile-power-generators-imported-use-puerto-rico
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Under California’s Capitol Dome The California legislature adjourned in the wee hours on September 16, closing out what legislative leadership is calling the “Most Productive Session in Memory.” From new parks, affordable housing to transit funding, to climate investments, campaign disclosure and immigrant rights, the legislature sent some […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Pacific Northwest’s salmon are in big, hot trouble. Billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent on a wild range of government efforts to save these sacred and essential fish—from transporting salmon in trucks around dams that block the river to shooting thousands of cormorants—with little recovery or […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC and leading companies are asking the full federal appeals court in Washington today to rehear and reverse a divided panel’s August decision blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from cutting emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The case is called Mexichem Fluor v. EPA. You can read our rehearing petition […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A victory for Alaska’s forests—but further threats on the state’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, plus more pipelines and ongoing attacks on our national monuments. NPCA In his debut speech before the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump dropped 4,580 words on the heads of state and ministers from […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is part of a series of blogs on NRDC’s new report, “America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to a Safer Climate Future.“ Experts agree that staving off the worst impacts of climate change will require the United States and other nations to reduce carbon emissions by at least […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Expo line travels between Culver City and downtown Los Angeles Jarrett M/Flickr When I first moved from New York to Los Angeles, I lived in a nondescript corner of the city formed by the intersection of two of Southern California’s biggest freeways, the 405 and the 10. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) E&E News Kevin Bogardus and Camille von Kaenel September 22, 2017https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060061405 Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ee-news-icymi-workers-who-helped-nab-vw-named-employees-year
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS – (September 22, 2017) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it will extend enforcement discretion for petroleum distribution facilities, gasoline storage facilities and bulk fuel terminals in Texas that have been impacted or damaged by Hurricane Harvey. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-extends-enforcement-discretion-fuel-storage-and-distribution-facilities-texas
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ATLANTA – (September 22, 2017) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it will extend enforcement discretion for petroleum distribution facilities, gasoline storage facilities and bulk fuel terminals in Florida that have been impacted or damaged by Hurricane Irma. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-extends-enforcement-discretion-fuel-storage-and-distribution-facilities-florida