Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Several weeks ago, NRDC released new maps documenting continued logging in boreal forest areas that were placed under a voluntary logging moratorium via the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA). Prior to the blog’s release, the forest industry called for the provincial and federal Canadian governments to cease their […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Public health officials in the United States have their hands full responding to climate-related disasters, and there’s no end in sight. In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, several southeastern states have public health emergencies due to sewage-laden floodwaters, debris covered in mold, toxic industrial air releases and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund My name is Christian Stirling Haig, and I am a Scoville Fellow working on this intersection of environmental, energy, and environmental security. My biography can be found on the Scoville Fellowship website, and for the next several months, I will be writing about areas of overlapping interest between […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California’s legislature made significant clean energy progress in 2017, but one box will remain unchecked as it moves to September recess—enhancement and integration of the Western electric grid. By not authorizing changes in how the grid is managed, this session, lawmakers are delaying a prime opportunity to reduce […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A new study concludes that there is no economic or strategic case for coal-to-biomass conversion in the United Kingdom. While the biomass industry tries to convince you otherwise, new economic modeling shows that solar and wind can reliably meet the United Kingdom’s new electricity needs—and they can do […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The California Legislature has a historic opportunity to pass Senate Bill 100 (SB 100), which includes a target of 100 percent zero-carbon electricity statewide by 2045. If it is passed by the legislature and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, SB 100 will commit the state to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California is lucky to escape the wrath of hurricanes, like the ones that have pummeled Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico, and other areas. But we know that our state is not immune to extreme weather events. On the contrary, with climate change California is likely to face longer, more […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Kentucky Air National Guardsmen conduct water rescue missions in Port Arthur, Texas in wake of Hurricane Harvey. Photo Credit: U.S. Air National Guard In the era of climate change, the “business-as-usual” approach for addressing flooding is no longer an option. Current federal policies create an unsustainable “flood, rebuild, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund iStock The passage of the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 (SB 258) in the California Assembly today represents a big win for consumers across the country. If Governor Brown signs the bill, cleaning products will be required—for the first time—to disclose the bulk of their […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Justin Bilicki/Union of Concerned Scientists Surely readers are as tired of reading this headline as the advocate is of writing it. Too bad for us, GOP members of Congress and their counterparts in the Administration have somehow not grown tired of brazenly attacking fundamental environmental protections. Case-in-point: Wednesday, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Parks Canada Last week the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) launched a campaign to advocate against protection for the boreal’s threatened woodland caribou, arguing that enforcing federal will come at the expense of Canada’s forest workers. This argument has long been used by segments of the forest […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), the body responsible for regulating water quality in the Delaware River, announced yesterday that they will re-open a process that may lead to banning fracking in the watershed. Despite this, the resolution that has been put forward by the DRBC could open […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Golden State is stepping up its game to set the standard for powering our nation through 100 percent clean, renewable energy. One of the many clean energy projects in California, this one in Kern County Allan Der/Flickr California is about to make history by leading the way […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] The following is a transcript of the video. Anthony Swift, director, NRDC Canada Project: So right now, about two million barrels a day of tar sands oil is getting into the U.S., and most of it is coming in via pipelines. The Canadian oil industry has […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last week, my colleague published a report entitled Mismatched: A Comparison of Future Water Supply and Demand for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and Its Member Agencies. The report compares the 2015 Urban Water Management Plans prepared by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s nominee to head EPA’s air program is an industry lawyer who was largely responsible for the Bush EPA’s record of violating the Clean Air Act more often, and allowing more illegal emissions of harmful air pollution, than any EPA administration before or since. Bill Wehrum is […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund One of the many restaurants in Bevil Oaks, Texas, that were severely damaged from Harvey. Kim Brent/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP As I type these words, three separate hurricanes are active in the Atlantic basin in various stages of formation. More are likely in store for the 2017 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A newly hatched Attwater’s prairie chicken USFWS Hurricane Harvey ripped through the Houston area two weeks ago, devastating entire communities and killing at least 70 people. The unprecedented hurricane wrought an enormous amount of human suffering, the extent of which we may not know for some time, if […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A comparison of future water supply and demand projections for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and its water agency customers reveals substantial differences over the next 25 years. Despite recent trends toward greater conservation and efficiency and more local water supplies, MWD expects relatively less […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog by Brianna Johnson-King, NRDC Stanback intern Policymakers in Washington can get caught up in technicalities and number-crunching and lose sight of individuals whom their policies are affecting. This underscores the importance of stories to add meaning and depth to figures in spreadsheets. In mid-August I traveled […]