Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Brazil’s senate approves Paris Agreement, Energy leads private investment in Chile, Malaria makes a comeback in Venezuela To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. Featured: Venezuela’s Public Health Crisis As if Venezuela’s recent economic collapse, public health crisis, energy […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Both political candidates claim that America needs to accelerate economic growth. This is accepted as a worthy goal by Paul Krugman, who notes that “some people I respect believe that trying to get …[the growth rate] back up should be a big goal of policy.” But Dr. Krugman […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California’s publicly owned utilities have saved their customers more than $3 billion on energy bills over the past decade, NRDC’s most recent analysis shows, but much more progress is needed to meet the state’s goal of doubling energy efficiency savings by 2030. There are 46 publicly owned utilities (POUs), which […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The California Senate today introduced a plan to spend $1.2 billion in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds collected from the sale of pollution allowances, which will help drive more money—and benefits—to emissions reduction projects throughout the state, particularly in the hardest-hit communities. We look forward to working with the Senate, […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Photo: Ocean Conservancy / Sarah Bobbe SEWARD, ALASKA – Small only in comparison to the rocky peaks surrounding the city, the cruise ship Crystal Serenity easily dwarfed every other structure in Seward, Alaska. On August 16, she slipped her moorings and started a month-long voyage through the Northwest Passage with over 1,700 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As the world’s greatest athletes compete down in Rio this week, the U.S. wind industry is also breaking records of its own. And I’m not even talking here about standout, new projects announced in the last couple of months by MidAmerican Energy and Alliant Energy that can help […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio today released a study of the commercial carting industry in New York that highlights major deficiencies with existing operations and is likely to lead to broad scale reform of the waste industry in the nation’s largest city. The study, released by […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Climate change is opening the Arctic to cruises – The luxury cruise ship Crystal Serenity leaves Alaska this week and will attempt to journey through the notorious Northwest Passage along with other unpredictable—and […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund President Obama’s administration adds another important climate action with an 18-wheeler of a fuel efficiency rule for trucks. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/180941724/0/edf/blogs/feed~The-new-pollution-rule-you-arent-hearing-about-and-why-its-a-big-deal
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New fuel efficiency standards for heavy trucks announced today by the Obama Administration will save money and dramatically cut carbon pollution. The standards will drive manufacturers to adopt cost-effective technologies so that, by 2027, new trucks will guzzle up to 25% less fuel when hauling goods. These latest […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Hope without action, says the Hollywood actor-director and climate activist, “isn’t worth much.” That’s why he’s on board with EDF. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/179764618/0/edf/blogs/feed~Behind-the-scenes-with-Don-Cheadle-Climate-change-is-real-and-we-must-act
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Legislation to require the world’s sixth-largest economy to reduce its climate change-causing pollution to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 – the most aggressive target in North America – has cleared its final hurdle before consideration by the full California Assembly, which faces an Aug. 31 deadline […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Earlier this summer, researchers at UC-Davis confirmed what a lot of us already know—that saving water saves energy. The analysis from the UC-Davis Center for Water-Energy Efficiency found that California’s mandatory 25 percent reduction in urban water use, which was adopted in May 2015 due to the ongoing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post was written by Lucas Eastman. Zip codes in the USA that contain at least one Severe Repetitive Loss Property (a frequently flooded property). NRDC figure generated from FEMA data Can you imagine living in a property that has flooded 10 times? How about 20 times? It’s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. New study predicts that sea level rise wlll accelerate soon – Satellites began measuring sea level rise in 1993, shortly after Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted, sending sunlight-blocking particles into the atmosphere where […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA The opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics had much of the usual pomp and pageantry we’ve come to expect and love. But what made it stand out for me even more than the fireworks and costumes was the moving message about the world’s changing climate and the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Zika virus poses serious public health threats of microencephaly and other neurodevelopmental abnormalities. There’s also concern about its possible links to Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults. That’s a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks its own nerves and may cause paralysis. My previous blog for more […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Each August 9, the United Nations observes International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The occasion serves to promote the rights of the estimated 370 million indigenous peoples in the world today, as well as recognize their achievements and contributions. On this day, it is important to also […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Although Governor Brown today announced that legislation critical to transforming California’s statewide electric grid operator into a regional entity will not be taken up by the Legislature this year, supporters have committed to work through the fall to prepare a new proposal for consideration when it reconvenes in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post was co-authored with my colleague Bruce Ho. Ten years ago this month, when the U.S. needed leadership to fight global climate change, seven states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic stepped up to the plate to establish the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The results have been […]