Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Seats on the Democrat’s side of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing room during a boycott to thwart the confirmation vote on EPA administrator nominee Scott Pruitt, February 1, 2017 AP/REX/Shutterstock Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund There have been extensive revisions made to the EPA’s climate collaboration page, including removing language about carbon pollution. (Click to enlarge.) EDGI This story originally appeared on Climate Central. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website has begun to transform under the Trump administration. A group of researchers have found […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund East Grand Forks, MN, FEMA News Photo, Dave Saville The Trump administration has been very clear about its desire to dismantle the nation’s plan to reduce the pollution that causes climate change. The administration has said nothing about whether it will similarly dismantle policies to deal with the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is a guest blog by Kenneth Richter. Kenneth is a Germany-based consultant to NRDC and has worked on biomass issues for 9 years. In a historic link-up, wood-using industries and environmental NGOs on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean have jointly written to UK Secretary of State […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Delegates from the 12 snow leopard range countries met in Kathmandu to strengthen their commitment to snow leopard conservation and chart a way forward to secure a future for this elusive and endangered cat. With climate change threatening all of the Third Pole—the high mountains in Asia that are home […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Trump cabinet nominees offer a more nuanced view of climate change: The Earth is warming, but the impact of human activities remains uncertain. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/science/climate-change-republicans.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Coal mining in Gillette, Wyoming, at the heart of the Powder River Basin National Geographic Creative/Alamy Stock Photo It’s a smoggy new day for the fossil fuel industry. Right before President Trump and his Cabinet of Horrors swept in to prop up the country’s dirty energy market, their predecessors […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund America has always been a place of refuge for the desperate. But as the planet changes, the definition of “refugee” is changing along with it. Women and children wait outside an aid distribution center in Dadaab, Kenya Riyaad Minty/Flickr In some countries, the convergence of climate change, economic desperation, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Extreme fires persist in Chile, EU supports renewable projects in Colombia, warming temperatures threatens future of coffee market To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. January 27 – February 2, 2017 Forests Chile continues to be ravished by extreme […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Energy efficiency programs to help utility customers save energy (and money) have dropped markedly in cost, and they’re cheaper than building new power plants to meet electricity demand, according to a new analysis from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The findings are a fitting tribute to Art […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Dan Mullen/Flickr I wanted to bring you the story of Bombus affinis, the first bumblebee species to receive Endangered Species Act protections in the history of the United States. I wanted to tell you that although populations of this bee have declined by 87 percent since the late […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Nazario Graziano, colagene.com When farmers returned to war-torn northern Uganda in 2008, they had to figure out how to begin again. A local cotton gin backed by social entrepreneurs from abroad offered some hope. The Gulu Agricultural Development Company (GADC) would train the returning farmers to grow cotton […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Antique 1921 player piano with ivory keys and custom die-cut vellum score based on the artist’s predictive algorithm Jenny Kendler Elephants are extinct. If that sentence became fact, how would you feel? Artist Jenny Kendler’s “Music for Elephants: A Eulogy for the Future” attempts to evoke the grief […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Job creation was a decisive factor in the recent election. But the question of how to create jobs rarely has been answered well. Republicans and Democrats both value job creation and retention. If broad new programs were known they could have been implemented any time since the recession […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With its dispiriting apathy about climate change, the Trump administration is ceding U.S. leadership to others in the world. India, for one, is aggressively moving ahead with climate action and clean energy development that will protect people from climate harm and boost its economy. India’s doing several hard […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored with Karan Chouksey With 2016 as yet another record breaking year for global temperatures, communities across India are grappling with rising temperatures and the deadly threats from extreme temperatures. Rising temperatures are creating a surge in cooling demand that poses a tremendous challenge to meet peak electricity […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund The president’s 180-degree policy shift will undermine efforts to prepare for climate change disasters that are already upon us. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/265446428/0/edf/blogs/feed~These-critical-disaster-safety-efforts-will-be-at-risk-if-Trump-eliminates-the-Climate-Action-Plan
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News News: India Meteorological Department Opens Climate Services Unit; Renewables to Overtake India’s Oil Output in 2035; India Just Banned All Forms of Disposable Plastic in its Capital India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India. January 20 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On the eve of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources confirmation vote for Rick Perry to be Secretary of Energy, it’s important to take a close look at the Trump administration’s plans for America’s energy future. The administration’s new webpage on “An America First Energy Plan” is—like […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, gave evasive answers to hundreds of questions from Senators trying to evaluate his fitness to for the office. On most questions the Environment and Public Works Committee’s ranking Democrat, Senator Tom Carper, said “Pruitt’s […]