Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic oil drilling rig arrived in Elliott Bay, May 2015. iStock In January 1969, an oil spill from an offshore drilling platform off California’s Santa Barbara County coast spewed an estimated three million gallons of crude, swiftly turning a 35-mile stretch of idyllic Pacific shoreline […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund You may not be aware that the US Department of Interior controls one fifth of the land in the United States—including our national parks, and 35,000 miles of coastline—and manages the drinking water of one in 10 Americans. Most people also probably aren’t aware that President Trump and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A recent report card of state energy efficiency policies and programs shows that even in this era of partisan divide, blue and red states alike are embracing smarter energy use as a key strategy for reducing harmful pollution, saving consumers money, creating jobs, and driving economic growth. The […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund While fewer than 200 Florida panthers likely remain, oil and gas companies are moving forward with a plan to develop prime habitat in Big Cypress National Preserve Connie Bransilver/USFWS Wildlife can’t vote. Animals can’t take to the streets in colorful protest, amass huge followings on Twitter, or crowdsource […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Clean Power Plan, announced by President Obama in August 2015, set the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from U.S. power plants, the largest source of the pollution in the country that’s driving dangerous climate change. We are already seeing the impacts of climate change in extreme weather, droughts, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry just proposed a massive bailout for coal and nuclear power plants. The radical and unprecedented move is couched under a false premise that power plants with fuel located on site are needed to guarantee the reliability of the electricity system. The proposal […]
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. But Is It Leakproof? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is spending nearly $25,000 to build a soundproof booth in the office of its administrator, Scott Pruitt. One of two […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News: ‘More serious action required than talks’: India on climate change; India to electrify every home by December 2018 using solar, storage and LEDs; Pollution regulator to double continuous air quality monitoring stations in India India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is having more than a bad week. Atlas Tack Federal Superfund site in Fairhaven, Massachusetts; Pruitt may end payments to the Justice Department to support litigation related to the Superfund program, which tries to force polluters to pay for cleaning up sites. MassDEP What’s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is part of a series of blogs on NRDC’s new report, “America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to a Safer Climate Future” NRDC’s report America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to A Safer Climate Future lays out a clean energy pathway for cutting U.S. greenhouse gas pollution 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. These emissions cuts are […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Another day, another incident about contaminated water jeopardizing public health. I recently received a notice from my water district in Hampton Bays, New York, stating that another of its drinking water wells was contaminated with two known carcinogens – PFOA and PFOS – which are industrial chemicals used to make […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored by Jennifer Skene Le caribou des bois Howard Sandler Yesterday, NRDC urged Canada’s federal government to take immediate action to protect the boreal woodland caribou (boreal caribou) through our submitted comments on Canada’s 2017 Action Plan for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Boreal Population, in Canada […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today’s Federal Register contains a notice from the Consumer Product Safety Commission that everyone should read. In two pages, the CPSC warns consumers that dozens of related chemicals, called organohalogens (including the brominated flame retardants, BFRs), are too toxic to be used in baby products and home furnishings any […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Pruitt-Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sweeping out the old and inviting in the new, with a fresh slew of Science Advisory Board (SAB) members. As per normal, EPA initially invited public suggestions for nominees and then issued a long list of nominees (132 individuals) for public […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is part of a series of blogs on NRDC’s new report, “America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to a Safer Climate Future” NRDC’s new report, America’s Clean Energy Frontier, outlines a cost-effective pathway to a safer climate future. Based on comprehensive modeling by NRDC and Energy + […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A new study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution confirms that the North Atlantic right whale—one of the world’s most endangered whales—has reversed course and is no longer recovering, but rather, is in perilous decline. The authors estimate the probability that the population is declining at 99.99 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The president’s scheme is unlawful and reckless—and we’re doing everything we can to stop it. iStock I thought I’d seen it all. I began my career in environmental policy in 1991. Since then I’ve worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state government, and a nonprofit citizen advocacy […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Cleaning up after a hurricane is dangerous work. Compared to the gruesome chainsaw injuries and broken bones sending recent hurricane survivors to area hospitals, hot weather may seem like a minor concern to healthy adults. But heat is a serious health threat to people engaged in strenuous activities […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Scaling-up India’s ambition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new program, Saubhagya Yojna, to electrify all rural and urban households by December 2018. The new program aims to deliver on a long-promised aspiration for many Indian homes – light. The program could also deliver on key priorities at […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is part of a series of blogs on NRDC’s new report, “America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to a Safer Climate Future” We can meet carbon goals with cleaner vehicles and more mobility options. Given that transportation is one of America’s leading sources of climate-warming pollution, there […]