Scaling up climate finance in Latin America

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement was widely criticized around the world and raised speculation about how the Agreement’s goals, including targets related to climate finance would be met. The good news is that while the U.S. federal government is refusing to lead […]

India Green News: RE will reach 49 percent by 2040 & more

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News: India to become 2-4 degrees Celsius warmer, but deaths due to heat are preventable; Power Minister Piyush Goyal Launches New Energy Conservation Building Code; Thirty new smart cities announced; India to have City Livability Index India Green News is a selection of news highlights about […]

Why Acting on Climate Change is Good Strategy for India

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As PM Modi sets out to visit the US for his first meeting with President Trump, the approach of the two leaders on climate change cannot be more different. President Trump has ceded leadership on the issue by pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement earlier this […]

Latin America Green News: 6/16 – 6/22/2017

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Latin America Green News: Brazil’s rampant deforestation causes concern, Nicaragua approves energy efficiency law, deadly heat waves expected to slam the tropics  To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. The Latin America Green News will be taking a break and […]

Yellowstone Grizzly “Delisting” Rule is Flawed and Premature

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a final rule to remove Yellowstone-area grizzly bears from the federal list of threatened and endangered species today. This means that the isolated population of grizzlies living around Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks will no longer be protected by […]

Yellowstone Grizzlies Removed from the Endangered Species List

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed federal protections for the Yellowstone population of grizzly bears today. Chase Dekker Wild-Life Images The effort to save grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region has been a tremendous success—and has prevented the population from going extinct—but the bears have not yet […]

Plight of Val d’Or caribou is wakeup call for Quebec

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored by Jennifer Skene and Courtenay Lewis  Parks Canada The desperate plight of the Val d’Or woodland caribou, one of Quebec’s seven remaining woodland caribou herds, paints an alarming picture of the impact that unsustainable logging and industrial activities has had on the boreal forest and the species […]

EPA conmemora hito de seguridad química en el primer aniversario de la Ley Frank R. Lautenberg sobre Seguridad Química para el Siglo XXI

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — (El 22 de junio de 2017) Hoy, en el primer aniversario de la Ley Frank R. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-conmemora-hito-de-seguridad-quimica-en-el-primer-aniversario-de-la-ley-frank-r

EPA Marks Chemical Safety Milestone on 1st Anniversary of Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – (June 22, 2017) Today, on the one-year anniversary of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that EPA has met its first-year statutory responsibilities under the law. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-marks-chemical-safety-milestone-1st-anniversary-lautenberg-chemical-safety-act

The Non-Alternative Facts about the Paris Climate Agreement

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Surprising no one, Trump’s speech announcing his intent to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement was riddled with lies and misinformation. Numerous fact-checks were published soon after Trump’s speech explaining the various inaccuracies. (See NYT fact-check and WaPo fact-check). The Trump Administration’s reckless decision to withdraw from […]

Congress Calls for Greater Transparency of Flood Risks

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA | by U.S. Geological Survey No one desires to buy a home that has flooded repeatedly. When a house floods, waterlogged dry-wall, warped floors, damaged mechanical systems, and potential mold infestations can be expected. Worse, a home that flooded in the past is […]

A Rubber Stamp on Keystone XL? Good Luck Persuading These Nebraskans

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Art and Helen Tanderup with their daughter Vanessa Brand, their grandchildren, Kyle and Amelia, and the family dog, Penny Mary Anne Andrei/Bold Nebraska When TransCanada began knocking on doors throughout Nebraska in 2008, most residents didn’t know much about its Keystone XL pipeline or the dirty tar sands […]

FEMA Turning Blind Eye to NFIP’s Influence on Land Use (2)

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Minot Airmen aid community affected by flood | US Air Force FEMA recently published for public comment a draft Nationwide Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (NPEIS) to evaluate the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) environmental and social impacts. In preparing the draft NPEIS, FEMA had a prime opportunity to […]

American Economy Threatened by Federal Cuts to Efficiency

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. will put jobs and the economy at risk if proposed cuts to energy efficiency programs get adopted, a Congressional analysis released this month confirms. The report highlights thousands of jobs in every state that are produced by the very programs President Trump seeks to cut.  The […]

Despite Trump’s Threat to Eliminate, ARPA-E is a Success

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The first-ever assessment of the Department of Energy’s energy innovation incubator is in and the glowing reviews say its Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) is driving cutting-edge innovation in energy technologies with the potential to greatly enhance U.S. economic competitiveness and energy security. Unfortunately, the president’s […]

Get your mind out of the storm drain

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund How cities can spur voluntary “green” stormwater management on private land A growing slate of leading cities are seeing that the challenges of modern-day stormwater management require a departure from traditional approaches. Historically, cities have looked to centralized “gray” infrastructure: imagine thousands of storm drains and miles of […]

Latin America Green News: 6/9 – 6/15/2017

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Colombia’s climate vulnerability, Bolivia’s second solar plant, Argentina’s robust year of renewables To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. June 9 – 15, 2017 Climate Change              The threat of climate change has never been higher in Colombia. The Institute of […]

Week 21: The Corporate Takeover of Our National Parks

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. This week, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke not only called to shrink Bears Ears National Monument but also proposed privatizing public parks. Reuters/Carlos Barria All Ears U.S. Department of the […]

The Great Barrier Reef: 25,000,000 B.C.– A.D. 2017?

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A diver checks out the bleaching at Heron Island, on the Great Barrier Reef, in February 2016. The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey/Richard Vevers Australia’s Great Barrier Reef isn’t dead yet. But it’s dying. What’s killing the largest coral reef system on the planet? The short answer is […]

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 15

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Bears Ears National Monument is in danger, more international embarrassment, rollbacks to an air pollution rule, and NRDC sues—again. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt ran into trouble on June 15 defending the indefensible: President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget that proposes to eviscerate the EPA. Testifying […]

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