Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It’s Climate Week in New York and a new video, Accelerating the Electric Vehicle Market, shows that electric vehicles are essential for protecting our planet. The transportation sector is the largest U.S. source of carbon pollution and electrifying vehicles is a key strategy for cleaning up our mobility. […]
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” What role can energy efficiency play in meeting the U.S. share of global climate goals? This question has been asked in many forums and models, […]
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: The Pathway to a Safer Climate Future, shows how the United States can meet our short- and long-term […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A huge source of water waste lies buried in yards across California and the U.S.: the pop-up sprinklers many homeowners use to irrigate turf grass. Now California’s investor-owned energy utilities, led by Pacific Gas & Electric, are proposing new standards for spray sprinkler bodies that could save jaw-dropping […]
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” As communities in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean recover from punishing storms, there is much we can and must do to immediately help. We must reach […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. solar industry just achieved another major milestone, and did so three years ahead of schedule. According to recent data released by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems fell to new lows in the first quarter […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump will deliver his inaugural address to the international community gathered for the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In previous years the U.S. President used this opportunity to speak to other leaders about how to address climate change—the biggest global environmental threat facing humanity. President […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In vulnerable pockets across the globe, women are benefiting themselves, their children, and their larger communities by learning how to harness renewable energy. The barefoot solar engineers of Tinginaput, India (from left): Talsa Miniaka, Pulka Wadeka, Meenakshi Dewan, Bundei Hidreka ©Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos Pictures/Department for International Development Proponents of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California continues to disprove the Trump Administration’s rant that you can’t have a healthy environment and economy at the same time. We prove over and over again that you can grow jobs while protecting the environment as well as show how energy efficiency and renewable energy can provide […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended modifying at least 10 national monuments, according to a report he submitted to the president last month. Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada BLM Despite receiving 2.8 million comments from the public in support of our national monuments, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In the first week back from August recess members of Congress managed to tackle three top policy priorities: funding for Hurricane Harvey recovery, raising the debt ceiling so the government doesn’t default on its debts and funding the federal government so that the services federal employees provide will […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New York’s quest to expand access to clean energy has taken a worrying turn. In issuing an order setting forth its plan to implement its new solar policy that credits solar projects based on the benefits they provide (known in the utility world as the “Value of Distributed […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Post co-authored with Alex Hillbrand Two billion years ago, blue-green algae floating atop Earth’s primordial oceans had an interesting idea. Basking in warm sunlight, they began to convert ocean water and CO2 from the atmosphere into food. At the same time, they started making oxygen – a byproduct […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In October 2016, exactly 11 months ago, more than 190 countries came together in a historic global agreement to safeguard the environment. The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol Treaty – celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2017 – brought nations together under a commitment to phasedown potent heat-trapping […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund At 3:30 am on Saturday, I climb into my dusty, old, pickup truck and drive east on interstate 84 in the peaceful dark. I am embarking on what has become an annual pilgrimage to the Free the Snake Flotilla. Ansel Adams The Tetons and the Snake River (1942) […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC filed suit this week against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for unlawfully suspending parts of an energy efficiency rule that had prevented replacement central air conditioners from evading stricter energy-saving requirements. DOE’s action will mean higher utility bills for consumers and more pollution from power plants […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA headquarters building: Rob Crandall/Alamy Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans of President Trump and his allies. Good News and Bad News The House of Representatives took two votes relating to environmental protection on Wednesday. Republican Ralph Norman of South Carolina […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund One hundred fifty miles off the coast of New England and thousands of feet deep lies a unique and special place. Teeming with corals a thousand years old, whales, dolphins, sea birds, sea turtles, and more, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument was designated in 2016 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last week in Andhra Pradesh, I had the opportunity to visit Vijayawada, the state capital gearing up for greater energy-efficient urbanization. With support from NRDC and ASCI, Andhra Pradesh was one of the first states to adopt the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) in 2014. The state is […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Biodiversity Reclamation Suits for Urban Pigeons: Guadalupe Caracara Courtesy of Laurel Roth Hope For city-dwellers, a pigeon sighting is rarely noteworthy. Then again, these birds that crowd sidewalks and peck at breadcrumbs in parks aren’t usually wearing flamboyant costumes. Laurel Roth Hope’s series, “Biodiversity Reclamation Suits for Urban […]