PHOTOS: Pruitt Continues State Action Tour in Indiana
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHOTOS Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/photos-pruitt-continues-state-action-tour-indiana
Green Investment Banks: One Way Forward in Latin America
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored by Lori Kerr, Senior Director at Climate Finance Advisors Combating global climate change requires both enormous policy efforts and massive capital investment in mitigation and adaptation. This is not a new assertion. Both the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and of course the Paris Agreement—which was built on the foundation […]
Farms on the Fringe: New Takes on America’s Farming Tradition
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund How do you feed a hotter, drier, more inequitable world? A new generation of American farmers are coming up with answers that rarely resemble the cornstalks and cattle pens of mainstream agriculture. Today’s American farmers are less white. They’re also increasingly experimental. Even as our biggest farms get […]
The Department of Energy Is Failing to Do Its Job
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Elections have consequences, and therefore a new administration can change the priorities of a federal agency such as the Department of Energy as they want, right? Wrong. The Department of Energy (DOE) was not created to allow the executive branch to do whatever it wants, or even to […]
EPA Announces Michigan Can Forgive Flint’s Past Drinking Water Debt
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (August 1, 2017) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concurred with the State of Michigan’s plans to forgive $20.7 million in past Drinking Water State Revolving Fund debt owed by the City of Flint. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-michigan-can-forgive-flints-past-drinking-water-debt
EPA’s Latest Water Attack: Protecting Polluting Power Plants
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Are you interested in what the Environmental Protection Agency is doing about air and water contamination and the pollution that causes climate change? Here’s an easy way to know what’s up: (1) name an issue; and (2) if the prior administration did something to curb these threats, you […]
Tighter Pollution Cap Could Get RGGI States $3.2B Extra
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The nine states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) would gain $3.2 billion extra in clean energy funding—nearly a quarter-billion dollars more annually—by choosing the most ambitious power plant pollution cuts currently under consideration for the next phase of their pioneering climate program, according to a new […]
WWF helps a mountain community protect forests and adapt to climate change
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In the outermost hills of the Himalayas in Nepal, WWF recently concluded a project that worked closely with local communities to reduce land degradation, forest loss, and climate change vulnerability. Empowered by the Global Environment Facility—a partnership that brings together more than 183 countries, international institutions, civil society organizations, and […]
Justice Department and EPA Enter into Settlement with Harcros Chemicals to Improve Its Accident Prevention and Fire Protection Measures
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Harcros Chemicals Inc. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/justice-department-and-epa-enter-settlement-harcros-chemicals-improve-its-accident
EPA Adds Superfund Sites to National Priorities List to Clean Up Contamination
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Washington) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding seven, and proposing to add, four hazardous waste sites to the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL). Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-adds-superfund-sites-national-priorities-list-clean-contamination
Gore’s New Film Evangelizes for Climate Action
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, July 28, 2017 (ENS) – Al Gore’s new film, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” documents the efforts of this former Nobel Laureate, U.S. Vice President and presidential candidate as he urges people to resolve the climate crisis and witnesses a planet under stress. Read the full […]
The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 21
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The rollback of the Clean Water Rule has officially begun, a wildlife refuge is at risk from Trump’s border wall. iStock Back on June 21 at a political rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, President Trump promised that, under his watch, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would focus on […]
Kemper County IGCC: Death Knell for Carbon Capture? NOT.
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund After almost 7 years of design and construction work, and over $7 billion spent, the much-publicized Kemper County coal gasification power plant will now run on natural gas without capturing any carbon. Does this mean carbon capture and storage (CCS) for power plants is not ready for prime […]
David Bernhardt: Another Pro-Polluter In Charge of Our Environment
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The new deputy secretary of the Interior Department has spent most of his life attacking land, water, and wildlife on behalf of dirty energy companies. AP Photo/Molly Riley For an insider’s look at how industry games our system of government for corporate gain, it would be hard to […]
New York City Continues to Lead on Food Waste Recycling
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund 40% of food in America goes uneaten—it’s an almost unbelievable fact. Here in New York City, around 20% of our waste stream is food waste. For decades, this food waste has been sent to landfills where it produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas and large contributor to global […]
Adding Carbon Pricing to the Climate Protection Toolkit
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As Washington, the nation, and the world swelter through another year of extraordinary heat, storms, drought, and disrupted weather, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Brian Schatz are introducing carbon fee legislation today to help curb the heat-trapping pollution that drives this dangerous climate disruption. Representatives Earl Blumenauer and David Cicilline […]
How to Talk to a Paris Accord Skeptic
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Richard Mia Fact: Not all information is created equal. On June 1, 2017, President Trump stood in the White House Rose Garden and gave a speech rife with dubious claims, faulty statistics, and flat-out lies to announce his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. Instead of seizing the opportunity […]
Approaching hurricane season underscores importance of well-built homes
Hurricane season is approaching, and Floridians will soon prepare themselves and their homes for potentially serious storms. Everyone knows that preparing for a hurricane includes making sure buildings are as secure as possible, including boarding up the windows and removing loose items that may damage nearby structures. However, building scientists understand the importance of building […]
New EPA Tool Helps Communities Access More Than $10 Billion in Water Infrastructure Financing
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/new-epa-tool-helps-communities-access-more-10-billion-water-infrastructure-financing
Federal Court Backs NY Power to Move to Lower CO2 Energy Mix
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund For the third time in less than a month, a federal court has affirmed states’ broad authority to advance their chosen energy supply mix. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a challenge from fossil fuel companies who objected to New York’s Zero […]