Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund emmapatsie/Flickr One of my all-time favorite articles from the spot-on satirical publication The Onion ran under this brilliant headline: “Report: 98 Percent of Commuters Favor Public Transportation for Others.” The headline and the (forgivably) fake news story that followed captured perfectly the mentality that has often clouded progressive […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund AIRS instrument on NASA’s Aqua spacecraft shows high carbon dioxide concentrations in the Northern Hemisphere. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/NASA/JPL AIRS Project Record floods. Raging storms. Deadly heat. Climate change manifests itself in myriad ways, and it’s the ultimate equalizer: a challenge faced by every living […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Howard University is just down the street. As a historically black college in Washington D.C., Howard’s been churning out incredible role models like Kamala Harris (Attorney General of California), Toni Morrison (Nobel Prize for literature) and Taraji P. Henson (star of Hidden Figures, and also your favorite character on Empire). Besides releasing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored with Liz Barratt-Brown, NRDC Senior Advisor After years of public debate, a majority of Americans now believe that it is not in the national interest to build the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Given this, why is President Trump ramming through a project that Americans don’t want? As […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, a pre-eminent think tank in the United Kingdom, Chatham House, issued a seminal report challenging a fundamental assumption underlying European renewable energy policy: that burning forest biomass to produce electricity is “carbon neutral.” The report Woody Biomass for Power and Heat: Impacts on the Global Climate, finds […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Argentina’s first green bond, Colombia seeks new carbon capture source, will climate change lead Mexico City to collapse? To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. February 17 – 23, 2017 Climate Change Mexico City skyline Kasper Christensen Mexico City, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Air conditioning demand is expected to boom in India during the next decade. Bhaskar Deol It’s official—2016 was the hottest year on record, and the third year in a row to break global heat records. In May, temperatures hit 123.8 degrees F (51 degrees C) in Phalodi, Rajasthan, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Tony Fischer via Flickr What happens to the electric grid, your wallet, and carbon emissions when you retire a troubled nuclear power plant just north of New York City? That’s the central question explored by Synapse Energy Economics, a leading utility industry firm, in a report released today […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Most trees could never survive salty ocean water. But mangroves aren’t just any trees. These species, found in tropical and subtropical regions, serve as a transition between marine to terrestrial environments. While mangroves provide valuable services for people and the planet, they’re disappearing at an alarming rate and human activity […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund We depend on electric power like we do the air. Without electricity our society could not function. For something so important, we all benefit from learning a bit more about why the electrical system works so well, how electricity moves through the grid, and how wind and solar […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Y Nakanishi/Flickr The African penguin, sometimes called the “jackass penguin” for the way its squawks resemble donkey brays, hasn’t had the best century. People have gathered their eggs for supper and disturbed their nest sites to scrape up guano for use in fertilizers. Oil disasters, like the MV […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a “longtime adversary of the EPA,” as the Washington Post put it, takes over the US Environmental Protection Agency. But he takes it over under the shadow of unprecedented opposition from US Senators, EPA employees and public interest groups. Forty-six senators […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund From disastrous rollbacks to confirmation of the worst-ever EPA head, this administration is hell-bent on destroying the health of our environment—and the American people. A gas drilling rig near homes in the Colorado Rockies iStock For all the bewilderment and chaos of President Trump’s first month in office, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The is the first of a six part blog series examining issues relating to Canada’s boreal forest, including 1) threats to the Forestry Stewardship Council, 2) the deteriorating condition of Canada’s threatened woodland caribou population, 3) the state of forestry in Canada’s boreal forest, 4) the need for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your new refrigerator and clothes washer do more than just keep your food cold or clean your clothes. They save money and energy, too – and a new report shows just how much standards are savings households in every state. As appliances and equipment get more efficient, residents […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A retired scientist became a hero to some climate-change deniers after he criticized his former boss at NOAA over data handling. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/business/energy-environment/climate-change-dispute-john-bates.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Our India team is in Ahmedabad this week working with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and partners on the first of its kind, Ahmedabad Air and Response (AIR) Plan. I had the honor of meeting Ms. Elaben Bhatt along with our special guest Ms. Frances Beinecke to discuss the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund By getting more aggressive about expanding its supply of low-carbon fuels, California will be better positioned to meet its 2030 climate goals and air quality requirements. New research confirms that the state’s carbon market also work far better in tandem with a stronger Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) […]
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. Senate Confirms Pruitt Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images The Senate confirmed Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a predominantly […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund What we’ve accomplished together since Pruitt’s nomination was first raised gives me hope for the days ahead. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/272100148/0/edf/blogs/feed~Pruitts-confirmation-was-just-one-battle-Heres-why-well-win-the-war