Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund More pro-polluters appointed, a barrage of dangerous bills advanced, and Bears Ears under threat—again. But there’s one bright spot: bold climate action in Virginia. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to open up the Bears Ears National Monument (right) to fossil fuel extraction; on the left, an oil pumpjack […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund May 2017 flooding in Eureka Missouri. The second major flood to hit the town in less than 18 months. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by PFC Garrett Bradley) The lower Midwest is still recovering after severe flooding swept through the region in early May. Cities and towns along […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Latin America Green News: Cocaine trafficking is killing Central America’s forests, Argentina to manufacture electric vehicles, Chile launches electric vehicle rental To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. May 12 – 18, 2017 Maize crops in Honduras ISABEL COELLO EU/ECHO […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Adding water heating to a model solar ordinance for California cities creates new opportunities for deep carbon cuts. The Golden State is making promising headway toward a remarkable goal: making all its new residential buildings zero net energy — which requires that newly constructed homes produce as much […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The energy industry trend of slashing carbon continues with the DTE Energy announcement to reduce its carbon emissions by more than 80 percent by 2050. Frankly, trend is too temporary a word to describe what is really going on across the country and globe. DTE’s CEO Gerry Anderson […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As one of my NRDC colleagues mentioned on Monday, this week is Infrastructure Week – a national event that uses education and advocacy to elevate infrastructure as a critical issue affecting all Americans. A lot of folks think about bridges and roads when they hear the word “infrastructure,” […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund A snow leopard was successfully collared in Kangchenjunga Conservation Area on May 8, 2017 making it the fourth one to be collared in Nepal’s eastern snow leopard conservation complex. The snow leopard, a sub-adult female about two years of age and weighing 66 lbs., was tracked and fitted with a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Americans just delivered a clear message to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Keep your hands off our clean air and water. Yesterday marked the end of a formal comment period in which EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt asked for input on safeguards that “may be appropriate for repeal, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund At the recent Belt and Road Summit hosted by China, thirty countries reaffirmed their support for the Paris Agreement and called on all countries to implement their commitments under the Agreement. At a time when the White House is attempting to backslide from the global effort to combat […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s agenda to put Virginians’ health and safety at risk was stopped at the banks of the Potomac today, where Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe delivered on his promise to tackle climate change and grow a clean energy economy in the Commonwealth. McAuliffe announced that he is seizing Virginia’s best opportunity for meaningful progress on climate change and […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BONN, Germany, May 15, 2017 (ENS) – Young professionals from developing countries will be better able to advance implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals with the help of a new fellowship program to be run by two key United Nations agencies based in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest authors: Dr. Jeff Wells and Harvey Locke In the midst of a steady stream of grim reports about the environment, a new study offers a welcome ray of hope. Researchers have determined that there are still hundreds of regions around the globe healthy enough to help maintain […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund We’ve seen this time and again: pipelines leak and tankers run aground. At a time when the federal government is doing everything in its power to permit fossil fuel infrastructure, we have a rare opportunity in New York State to say “No!” Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipelines-NY in front […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As 2017 brings record-breaking heat to its capital Hyderabad, the state of Telangana in India continues to lead efforts to make buildings more energy-efficient. At a recent regional workshop on implementing the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)—the building energy code that sets minimum energy efficiency levels for commercial […]
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. © Chris Boyer, Kestrel Aerial Services, Inc. A Win! A Win! In a week of big surprises and dramatic twists in Washington, D.C., the defeat of the Republican-led effort […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund G7 leaders will meet in Rome later this month Gaetano Virgallito/Flickr The Trump administration has kept the country waiting on whether the United States will keep its promises in regard to the Paris climate agreement. The latest word from White House watchers is that the president will postpone […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Start spreading the news: New York City ranked second in the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 2017 City Energy Efficiency Scorecard, released this week. ACEEE has published this report detailing the energy efficiency efforts of cities across the country every other year for the last six […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Filip Fuxa/Shutterstock We bid farewell this week to a particularly pernicious period in President Trump’s and the congressional Republicans’ double-barreled assault on public health and our environment. The window finally closed on their legal ability to annul a handful of Obama-era safeguards through an obscure measure known as the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today the city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state in India, is taking another giant step toward improving health among its residents. Ahmedabad’s A.I.R. (Air Information and Response) plan is a health-based program designed to protect and increase awareness among residents on air pollution, with an AQI as its […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund With USAID support, Hariyo Ban generated: 24,039 improved cook stoves, including 4,724 as part of recovery from the 2015 earthquake Repair of six micro-hydro plants following the earthquake Repair or reconstruction of nearly 116 miles of trails following the earthquake Safe drinking water and sanitation for 28 schools following the […]