Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The future of climate action may seem bleak under Trump, but one need only look in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic to find a reason for optimism. Block Island wind farm off Rhode Island Courtesy Deepwater Wind This is the first in a monthly series highlighting the clean energy […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Critics charge the agency’s administrator should have challenged a legal finding that underpinned the Obama climate policies, but he refuses to budge. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/climate/scott-pruitt-epa-endangerment-finding.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Public concern over Trump’s rollback of clean water, air and climate regulations is deepening. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/291230338/0/edf/blogs/feed~Latest-polls-Trumps-environmental-agenda-on-collision-course-with-voters
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Cities around the world, especially in India, are grappling with some of the hottest March temperatures recorded in years. The western Indian city of Ahmedabad is working to address these deadly temperatures through a comprehensive resilience plan for heat waves—and a new cool roofs initiative focused on slum […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump has launched disastrous attempts to roll back domestic climate action and attempts to roll back international climate action through budget cuts. Plus, Press Secretary Sean Spicer recently said that the U.S. is reconsidering U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement and that the White House will make an […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] This story originally appeared on Climate Central. Climate change is putting one of the wonders of the world in a vice. For an unprecedented second year in a row, Great Barrier Reef coral have been decimated by a wave of warm water. Last year’s mass bleaching was fueled […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing people, wildlife, and the planet. From warming temperatures to more extreme weather, communities around the world are already feeling the impacts. But we can create a safer and resilient future if we work together to rethink the way we produce and […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing people, wildlife, and the planet. From warming temperatures to more extreme weather, communities around the world are already feeling the impacts. But we can create a safer and resilient future if we work together to rethink the way we produce and […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Even if Congress votes to keep NASA environmental missions, the nation’s climate monitoring faces challenges, researchers say. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/climate/trump-nasa-satellites-global-warming-data.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump’s proposed cuts in environmental programs go far beyond climate change. They would also affect clean water, law enforcement and pollution cleanup. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/climate/trump-epa-budget-cuts.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Instead, Congress Should Work With Stakeholders on Measures to Keep PACE Programs Growing With the Right Set of Consumer Protections Sen. Tom Cotton (R. Ark) has introduced a bill, the PACE Act of 2017, that would needlessly set back important emerging state and local energy efficiency and clean […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In the lead up to the Paris Agreement, the United States and China played a crucial role in showing how cooperation between the two largest economies and greenhouse gas emitters on addressing climate change could accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. Attacking Obama-era climate and clean […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The pollution from this U.S. steel plant on an island in the Detroit River blows into Canada Neil Cornwall/Flickr As we’ve all seen, “America First” can be highly effective as a campaign slogan when your primary goal is to stoke resentment of globalism among the economically disaffected. But […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pipeline under construction in Alberta, Canada rblood/Flickr If ever there was an environmental battle exemplifying a game of ping pong, it would be the stop-start story of the Keystone XL pipeline, also known as KXL. From the time it was proposed in 2008, through seven years of dogged […]
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. P.L. Herrera/iStock Trust Falls with Trump We all knew President Trump’s proposal to cut the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by 31 percent would undermine vital programs. Now we’re […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Groundwater used to flood rice fields in Yuba County, CA Dale Kolke, DWR Whether it’s a wet or dry year, California uses more water than is naturally available. And as climate change brings longer, more frequent droughts, rising sea levels, and floods (or even leads to near failures […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News: Paris climate deal architect looks to India; By 2025, renewables could power 25% of Indian Railways; Supreme Court bans registration, sale of BS-III cars from April 1 India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India. March 27 – April 6, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Daniel X. O’Neil/Flickr President Trump’s headlong rush to undo health and environmental protections is hitting some speed bumps. In a series of legal actions, NRDC and our allies have thrown up significant legal blocks to slow, and possibly derail, that runaway train. Defending the Clean Power Plan The […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With the President’s Climate Destruction Plan last week, the world officially entered the Trumpocene. Future geologists will define the Trumpocene as a brief period – lasting a maximum of four years – of official climate denial and presidential attempts to roll back climate action, prop up declining […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund For the fifth consecutive year, and as temperatures soar to 42°C (108°F), the city of Ahmedabad and partners released the ground-breaking Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan for 2017. As temperatures around the globe inch up degree by degree because of climate change, this western Indian city is working to […]