Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump and President Xi Jinping’s first meeting this week is intended to establish a personal relationship and search for common ground on issues including security and trade. However, climate change and energy policy will likely receive scant attention as America and China are embarking on wildly divergent […]
Published by the Yale School of Forestry Hello class of 2019, Welcome to F&ES! My name is David McCarthy, I am a second-year MEM student and a lifelong CT resident who has resided in New Haven for the past nine years. I study climate change adaption… Read the full article at: http://environment.yale.edu/blog/2017/04/taking-a-minute-to-talk-about-living-in-new-haven-connecticut/
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump has made renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) one of the main goals for his administration, and has recently revealed the general plan to do so. As this process moves forward, NRDC, the Sierra Club, and our partners across a broad range of sectors are […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Interior Department took a step today along its well-worn path of short-changing taxpayers and enriching fossil fuel executives. Interior announced it would get rid of an Obama rule which closed a loophole that allowed coal, oil and gas companies to avoid paying proper royalty rates on fuels […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Colorado National Guardsmen respond to floods in Boulder County, Colo., Sept.12, 2013. (Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. Joseph K. VonNida) President Trump revoked, through a sweeping executive order, policies that would have reduced our carbon footprint and better prepared our communities and military for the impacts of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC is joining other environmental organizations and consumer advocacy groups in legal action against the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for stalling six energy efficiency standards finalized last year. Billions of dollars of consumer savings are at risk due to the delays, which are illegal, unnecessary, […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Buried in the sweeping energy executive order was a methane provision that could have major implications for our climate and public health. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/286362086/0/edf/blogs/feed~What-you-should-know-about-this-littlenoticed-Trump-order-on-methane-pollution
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s Energy Independence Policy “I am going to lift the restrictions on American energy, and allow this wealth to pour into our communities.” —Donald J. Trump REALITY: This isn’t about “energy independence.” According to recent analysis from the Energy Information Administration, net energy imports (as a percent […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A coal-processing facility in the Appalachian Mountains Christina Richards/iStock With the stroke of a pen, President Trump on Tuesday signed a so-called energy independence executive order that, if fully implemented, would do lasting damage to our environment and public lands, endanger our health and communities, and slow progress […]
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. The coal-fired Big Bend Power Station, Apollo Beach, Florida Walter/Flickr Climate Change Denial’s Day in Court President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to repeal the Clean Power […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump tried to derail U.S. climate progress this month with a series of executive orders, but countries continue to take climate actions at home. New technology uses coal in a cleaner and more efficient way in Tianjin, China. Asian Development Bank/Flickr This is our second international climate […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Immediately after President Trump signed Tuesday’s Executive Order, EPA Administrator Pruitt issued notices starting the process of rolling back the carbon pollution limits in both the Clean Power Plan (CPP) for existing power plants and the new source performance standards (NSPS) for new ones. NRDC and our allies […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund El Salvador bans gold mining, Mexico hosts IPCC, will Colombia’s glaciers disappear in the next four decades? To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. March 24 – 30, 2017 Clean Water Sign urging for a ban on mining in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Natural Resources Defense Council, Northern Plains Resource Council, Bold Alliance, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club sued the Trump Administration today for illegally approving a cross-border permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. In the complaint we contend that the State […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A new $90 million initiative aims to empower marginalized stakeholders in their fight for stronger, safer, healthier communities. A residential community in Concord, California iStock Everyone agrees that it makes all kinds of sense for communities to invest in new and improved infrastructure, housing, transportation options, green space, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In Washington this week we witnessed a striking example of ideology over common sense, as President Trump signed an executive order designed to destroy important federal climate protections, including U.S. EPA’s landmark Clean Power Plan (CPP) to cut dangerous carbon pollution from the nation’s existing power plants. (NRDC […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The bootstraps myth is strong in America. You know how it goes: Having problems feeding the family or paying the bills? Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get to work! The American Dream is the bootstraps myth writ large. Work hard enough and you and yours will […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] The following is a transcript of the video. Kim Knowlton, senior scientist and deputy director of NRDC’s Science Center: People probably know that scientists have been studying climate change for years and looking at how a changing climate affects global temperatures and sea-level rise, and that’s important, but I […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-2) and 36 original cosponsors today reintroduced the “Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act,” which prohibits the provision of new oil and gas leases, as well as the renewal of old ones, in America’s Arctic Ocean. The legislation builds on the historic action taken by President […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s latest executive order on climate change waves the white flag on the central environmental challenge of our time, while also surrendering American leadership in the global clean energy race. However, American climate action can’t be stopped with the stroke of Trump’s pen — especially the Clean […]