Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India plays an important role in Al Gore’s new movie, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. The film looks at India to highlight the challenges developing nations face as they seek to move away from conventional, polluting coal energy toward clean but less established sources of renewable energy. […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy It’s summertime! Time to head to the ocean to fish, swim, surf, paddle, explore tide pools, build sand castles, or just stretch out on a beach towel. But, a recent plan by the Trump administration could potentially put your future trips to the coast at risk. Here’s what’s going on: The Trump […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Lawmakers heading home to their states and districts for the August recess will have some explaining to do. Attempts to repeal healthcare for millions of Americans will be top of mind for many of their constituents. But members of U.S. House of Representatives also may have to answer […]
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-colorado
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund More than 90 million U.S. households have one or more set-top boxes connected to their televisions and these boxes from service providers like Comcast, AT&T, and Dish Network nationally consume lots of electricity every year. But a new report released today shows consumers saved almost $1 billion on […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON—Hoy, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE.UU. (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) publicó su informe annual sobre la calidad del aire, el cual demuestra el progreso significativo que Estados Unidos ha logrado para mejorar la calidad del aire a través del país. Read the full […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving forward with 2015 ozone designations, working with states to help areas with underlying technical issues, disputed designations, and/or insufficient information. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-continues-work-states-2015-ozone-designations
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]