Published by Ocean Conservancy Written by Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. This year, Miami Beach has had the honor of hosting the Conference of Mayors, a non-partisan organization of representing mayors from 1,408 cities. Climate change is one of the top issues on the agenda at this conference and given that it’s taking place in Miami Beach, there […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC, together with other environmental groups, calls on Congress to support the Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood. Carey Kirkella/Getty Images NRDC works to foster safe and healthy environments for families and communities across the country, and access to insurance coverage and preventive health services are critical to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Stephen Yang/The Solutions Project via Flickr Smart investments in clean energy, like this New York solar array, have helped RGGI governors lead on climate. New modeling shows that ambitious, cost-effective carbon cuts in the program can continue that climate leadership now, when we need it most. Northeast & […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The confirmation by the New York State Senate last week of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s nominees to the New York Public Service Commission is good news for the state’s clean energy and climate leadership. With a new chair in place and all five commission positions now filled, New York […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With changing dynamics of both supply and demand in the electricity industry, including low natural gas prices, flat electricity demand due to increased efficiency, and robust growth of cheap, clean renewables, the term “baseload”—which historically has been used to refer to large coal and nuclear plants—is now outdated. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that a notice will be published in the Federal Register, tomorrow, June 27, seeking nominations for the Science Advisory Board (SAB) and Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC). Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-accept-nominations-science-boards
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]