Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Steve Johnson, Courtesy of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation As the United States continues to struggle with policies focused on healthcare, leaders could learn from Copenhagen that investing in people and the places in which they live might be a better strategy to improve health outcomes for everyone. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund White Wanderer rendering Courtesy of Luftwerk You’ve probably already seen the shocking satellite and aerial views of the Larsen C ice shelf’s 120-mile-long fracture by now, along with the Delaware-size iceberg it spawned in July. We watch these far-flung Antarctic images flit across our screens and social media […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Some good news from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency! EPA issued a Working Guidance for its Final Nanotechnology Reporting and Record-keeping Requirements Rule, which become effective this week, on August 14, 2017. This important rule establishes one-time reporting and record-keeping requirements for certain chemical substances when they are […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] The following is a transcript of the video: Audrey Peterman, author & public lands advocate: Our national monuments, to a great degree, protect the places of history, of culture, of natural beauty. If we were to lose monuments, then that’s like taking out a piece of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California recently reauthorized the central element of its cornerstone climate initiative, which sets a declining cap on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions (GhG) that industrial and other sources can release into the air, and sets rules for industries to acquire and trade permits to emit pollution under […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund There’s an ever-widening gap at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) between scientists and their boss, Scott Pruitt. The latest comes after media stories about a major climate report awaiting approval from the Trump administration. Administrator Pruitt said the draft report “ought to be subjected to, what—peer-review, objective […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement—NAFTA—has been an international topic of discussion and conjecture for many months. That conversation will shift from speculation to substance when negotiators from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. sit down for the first round of negotiations on August 16. The […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump often brings up infrastructure in the brief on-the-record encounters he has with the press, and he repeats the theme that passing an infrastructure plan should be the easier of his initiatives, predicting bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. Americans say they support infrastructure spending but a new […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-Authored by Sayantan Sarkar As India commemorates its 70th Independence Day, the devastating impacts of climate change are becoming more real, every day. Climate change is here and global temperatures are increasing. Deadly heat waves, floods, and cyclones are hitting communities across the globe. The need to prepare […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and Cape Fear River Watch are suing EPA to make sure it assesses chemicals as required by the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The stakes in this case are high. If EPA doesn’t conduct a complete evaluation, it can’t […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and Cape Fear River Watch are suing EPA to make sure it assesses chemicals as required by the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The stakes in this case are high. If EPA doesn’t conduct a complete evaluation, it can’t […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) released its final white paper on paying for the California WaterFix project yesterday. Based on my initial review, as discussed below the white paper relies on two inaccurate assumptions, which significantly bias the analysis and conclusions and provides the Board […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Imagine what would happen if the utilities buying the electricity to power our homes and businesses had to pay more for it depending on how much carbon pollution the power plants supplying the power pumped into the atmosphere? A report issued today for the state of New York […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A female jaguar near Brazil’s Piquiri River Charlesjsharp via Wikimedia Commons Outside his outpost, a Colombian Navy guardsman wakes from a quick nap to see a jaguar inches from his face. A scrap ensues. The cat bites the guardsman’s thigh, but the man defends himself with the butt […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog post was written by my colleague Will Shafer. I grew up with the mindset that much of each summer day should be spent outside. Whether it be playing sports with friends, helping my family in the yard, or visiting the beach, time outdoors was always a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Scientists warn that the world is already experiencing the effects of climate change as Trump officially withdraws from the Paris Agreement. iStock In his first seven months, President Trump has done just about everything imaginable to try to roll back, reduce, and ridicule actions to address climate change. […]
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. President Trump at a Make America Great Again rally in West Virginia, August 3, 2017 Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Censor-in-Chief In addition to news this week that the U.S. Department […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was used in the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics. The venue will play a role in the 2028 Games, too. Adam Jones/Flickr Honestly, sometimes you have to wonder: Why would any city want to host the Olympics? I mean, sure―there’s the massive boost […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund (C) Laurent de Walick Tomorrow is World Elephant Day, which always makes me reflect on what the past year brought for elephants. As usual, it’s a mix of good and bad. The bottom line: the situation is improving, but not quickly enough. Here’s some of the highlights—both good and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Third National Climate Assessment (2014) Earlier this week, the New York Times published a piece on a major climate report awaiting final clearance from the White House on August 18. On the heels of that story, an international report released yesterday confirmed that 2016 was the third consecutive […]