Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President-elect Trump should look to clean energy and energy efficiency if he wants to make good on his jobs promise to Americans. Energy efficiency already accounts for nearly 1.9 million U.S. jobs — ten times more than oil and gas drilling, and 30 times more than coal mining. […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy In the month since the election, I have had so many questions. What will it be like to work at an ocean nonprofit under the new Administration? Will we be able to move forward towards sustainable ocean policies or will we spend the next few years fighting? Or both? We simply don’t […]
Published by the Environmental News Service MEXICO CITY, Mexico, December 9, 2016 (ENS) – Mayors from cities across the United States are urging president-elect Donald Trump to recognize the “real and urgent threat that climate change poses to the world’s cities,” and to support them as they enact policies and programs to combat climate change. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC filed a “friend of the court” brief on December 9th to support New York State in defending against a legal challenge that could have an impact on the right of New York and other states to adopt policies to promote clean energy. Several fossil fuel power companies […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC’s Shelley Poticha (left) moderates the Compact, Connected and Resilient: Planning our Future City panel at the C40 Summit in Mexico City. Amanda Eaken For those of us worried that even rumors of the United States pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement would have a chilling effect […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Celebrate with me—I have some incredibly exciting news! President Obama just declared important protections for the northern Bering Sea and the Bering Strait by establishing the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area. The Northern Bering Sea and Bering Strait is like no place on Earth. It is home to indigenous communities who […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) just-released standard for commercial and industrial compressors succeeds in lowering the energy use of these machines and, consequently, reduces the pollution output necessary to run them, but still falls short of what we and other researchers believe is possible. What’s a compressor? […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Donald J. Trump’s choice of a climate-change denier won’t undo all of the nation’s efforts to shift from coal and oil, scientists and industry experts say. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/us/politics/trump-climate-epa-coal-jobs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, December 8, 2016 (ENS) – Oklahoma Attorney General and climate denier E. Scott Pruitt is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. The announcement of Pruitt’s nomination on Wednesday has drawn responses ranging from outrage to grim, tight-lipped determination to get along […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general, has been a key architect of the legal battle against President Obama’s climate change policies. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/politics/scott-pruitt-epa-trump.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Department of the Interior Secretary Jewell, Deputy Secretary Mike Connor and other senior Interior Administration officials will embark on a two-week nationwide tour to highlight progress the nation has made during the last eight years to: protect our nation’s lands, waters and wildlife; restore the nation-to-nation relationship with Native Americans and Alaska Natives; […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a new report, NRDC examines the impact a suite of new tar sands oil infrastructure proposals could have on America’s coasts and rivers if they were built. Ranging from coast to coast and leaving hardly any major U.S. waterway free from threat, these projects would facilitate more […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It’s easy to get lost in the details of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s work, but there’s nothing hard to understand about their mission: “to protect human health and the environment.” Although the agency aims to serve all Americans, the EPA recognizes that children are particularly susceptible to […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund As the planet warms, we’re seeing a startling loss of Arctic sea ice. In fact, unusually high air temperatures and a warm ocean have led to a record low Arctic sea ice extent for November, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. This is a major concern when […]
Published by the Yale School of Forestry The link between water and climate change is palpable, yet it had never been addressed during a meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) until this year in Morocco. On this occasion, an entire day — fostered by the… Read the full article at: http://environment.yale.edu/blog/2016/12/water-and-climate-change-the-first-water-day-at-a-cop/
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) just issued final efficiency standards for residential central air conditioners—which cool about two-thirds of America’s homes—and heat pumps, showing once again how diverse interests can come together in often disagreeable Washington to save consumers billions of dollars while significantly reducing harmful pollution. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund 2016 is expected to be the hottest year on record and trends on Arctic sea ice and carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasingly alarming. But just as we need it the most, the future of U.S. climate leadership looks grim. As a candidate, Donald Trump said he […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund China is a country of incredible size and beauty and home to many of the iconic species WWF works to protect, such as giant pandas and snow leopards. As the first conservation organization invited by the government to work in China, WWF has worked for more than 50 years to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President-elect Donald Trump’s list of contenders contains big polluter allies and apologists. Andrew Soundarajan/iStock As early as this week, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name a new administrator to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. We don’t know who he’ll tap, but we’ve seen nothing but worrisome […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A new report by Marketplace and American Public Media investigated a controversial finding in EPA’s landmark five-year study on the impacts of fracking on drinking water. This finding downplayed the threats to drinking water from fracking. The journalists found that it was added just weeks before EPA’s draft […]