Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund ahavelaar/iStock The good news: Nothing’s changing about the taste of America’s most famous fried chicken. The even better news: KFC is moving away from less delectable production practices in its chicken supply. On April 7, the company announced that its U.S. restaurants would stop buying chicken raised with […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Solar Gardens at Grand Valley State University. Consumers Energy/Flickr It’s official. When you flipped the switch this morning, your lights were powered under Michigan’s new energy laws. The laws were passed last December with bipartisan support, but today they go live. The bills notably preserved and improved aspects of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The March for Science is coming. It’s happening this Saturday, April 22nd—Earth Day—in towns and cities around the world, and very likely, in a community near you (find out here). There is a lot of excitement about this march, much of it from non-scientists. Look at the list […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “Science is curiosity in action!” This was how NRDC scientist Vignesh Gowrishankar describes science, a powerful statement that epitomizes the wonder and fun of science that draws so many of us to the field. But science is also a serious and vital endeavor. It is the essential tool […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Chicago from the air over Lake Michigan OZinOH via Flickr President Trump clearly doesn’t like Chicago. He takes a swipe at the city every chance he gets. But the latest salvo in his war on Chicago is likely to impact a lot more than just the Second City. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It would be hard to picture an African landscape without giraffes. But sadly, that future may be a reality: The tallest land mammals in the world are headed towards extinction. Giraffe populations have declined almost 40% over the last 30 years, mostly because of hunting for bushmeat, habitat […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund espensorvik on Flickr With his upcoming visit to East Chicago, Indiana, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has a critical opportunity to make good on his confirmation statement—that EPA should have “acted faster” in Flint—by stepping in to ensure that residents throughout East Chicago have reliable access to drinking water […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With early heat waves sweeping across cities in India this year, keeping cool is a major challenge. In addition to energy efficient-buildings and cool roofs, more climate-friendly air conditioning is one key solution. Companies in India and across the globe view the South Asian market, especially in Indian […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog post was co-authored with my colleague Bruce Ho. The nine states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which cuts carbon pollution from power plants in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, have been engaged in a comprehensive and careful program review for more than a year […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In his first three months as president, Donald Trump has waged an all-out, senseless attack on our environment. Enough is enough. An oil refinery in California iStock Like any arbitrary benchmark, the 100-day point of a new president’s term normally tells us only so much about what’s to come. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Congaree National Park, in South Carolina Congaree National Park South Carolina’s Congaree National Park is a small swamp off the beaten track, but like so many wetlands, it’s well connected—like a capillary within the country’s freshwater ecosystem. The swamp feeds the veins of the Congaree and Santee Rivers […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Chicago steel mills, July 1965 Al Silverstein/Flickr The 7,000 residents of the Altgeld Gardens housing complex call their neighborhood the toxic doughnut. Located on Chicago’s Southeast Side, the nearly 1,600 units in the community of Riverdale sit right in the middle of a ring of brownfields, Superfund sites, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog was co-authored by JoAnne Berkenkamp at NRDC and Allan Pearce at Trillium Asset Management. Food-based businesses such as restaurants, grocery stores, and institutional foodservice providers are a critical link between the farm and our forks. However, these types of businesses also generate a great deal of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Postcard One simple way to express your outrage to Trump is to send him a postcard. We’ve made it easy for you: Download and print these postcards, sign them, and mail them to Trump at: President Donald J Trump1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, D.C. 20500 A regular-size postcard costs […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund All eyes are on the United States with the question of whether President Trump will decide to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. And no wonder, Trump has turned his decisions on climate action into another episode in his reality TV show—with reports of vying factions and an […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pixabay Regardless of how you vote or self-identify politically, I’m betting we can all agree that the concept of basic, factual truth has never, in our lifetimes, seemed more vulnerable. The degradation of truth has played out most visibly in the political arena. Many of us are still trying to wrap our heads around the idea that the dissemination of “fake news” during […]
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. Rick Perry at the G7 Energy conference in Rome, April 10, 2017 ANSA/Massimo Percossi Hey Italy, Rick Perry Wants to Sell You Some Coal The G7—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Aerial view of flooded downtown Franklin, VA, shows oil contamination resulting from propane tanks and cars under water. Photo by: Liz Roll/ FEMA News The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has a novel proposal to reduce the nation’s vulnerability to future natural disasters, like coastal storms, floods, and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Oil rig in Wyoming BLM Wyoming/Flickr The Republican-controlled Congress was on spring break, but that hardly deterred President Trump and Scott Pruitt, his Environmental Protection Agency administrator, from pressing full speed ahead with their assault on public health and the environment. The president and the EPA head stumped […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Crested ibis Danielinblue/Wikimedia Commons In the middle of the 19th century, more than 50,000 crested ibis were walking on their stilty legs through waterways across East Asia, everywhere from China and Russia to Korea and Japan. By 1981, only five of these long-beaked, red-faced birds were thought to […]