Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A coal-processing facility in the Appalachian Mountains Christina Richards/iStock With the stroke of a pen, President Trump on Tuesday signed a so-called energy independence executive order that, if fully implemented, would do lasting damage to our environment and public lands, endanger our health and communities, and slow progress […]
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. The coal-fired Big Bend Power Station, Apollo Beach, Florida Walter/Flickr Climate Change Denial’s Day in Court President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to repeal the Clean Power […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump tried to derail U.S. climate progress this month with a series of executive orders, but countries continue to take climate actions at home. New technology uses coal in a cleaner and more efficient way in Tianjin, China. Asian Development Bank/Flickr This is our second international climate […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Immediately after President Trump signed Tuesday’s Executive Order, EPA Administrator Pruitt issued notices starting the process of rolling back the carbon pollution limits in both the Clean Power Plan (CPP) for existing power plants and the new source performance standards (NSPS) for new ones. NRDC and our allies […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund El Salvador bans gold mining, Mexico hosts IPCC, will Colombia’s glaciers disappear in the next four decades? To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. March 24 – 30, 2017 Clean Water Sign urging for a ban on mining in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Natural Resources Defense Council, Northern Plains Resource Council, Bold Alliance, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club sued the Trump Administration today for illegally approving a cross-border permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. In the complaint we contend that the State […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A new $90 million initiative aims to empower marginalized stakeholders in their fight for stronger, safer, healthier communities. A residential community in Concord, California iStock Everyone agrees that it makes all kinds of sense for communities to invest in new and improved infrastructure, housing, transportation options, green space, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In Washington this week we witnessed a striking example of ideology over common sense, as President Trump signed an executive order designed to destroy important federal climate protections, including U.S. EPA’s landmark Clean Power Plan (CPP) to cut dangerous carbon pollution from the nation’s existing power plants. (NRDC […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The bootstraps myth is strong in America. You know how it goes: Having problems feeding the family or paying the bills? Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get to work! The American Dream is the bootstraps myth writ large. Work hard enough and you and yours will […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] The following is a transcript of the video. Kim Knowlton, senior scientist and deputy director of NRDC’s Science Center: People probably know that scientists have been studying climate change for years and looking at how a changing climate affects global temperatures and sea-level rise, and that’s important, but I […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC is seeking to intervene in a lawsuit that challenges the New England marine monument established last September—the first such monument off the continental U.S. Together with other supporters of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, NRDC today filed this motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Almost every waterway in New Jersey is too polluted to meet clean water standards, and the state’s new proposed permits for municipal stormwater discharges wouldn’t do anything to change that. Across New Jersey, polluted runoff from the built environment is burdening local communities with public health threats, lost […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-2) and 36 original cosponsors today reintroduced the “Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act,” which prohibits the provision of new oil and gas leases, as well as the renewal of old ones, in America’s Arctic Ocean. The legislation builds on the historic action taken by President […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s latest executive order on climate change waves the white flag on the central environmental challenge of our time, while also surrendering American leadership in the global clean energy race. However, American climate action can’t be stopped with the stroke of Trump’s pen — especially the Clean […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund iStock Spring break—a chance to escape the winter doldrums for a balmy, palmy paradise, with sand toys and swimmies for some and mojito-fueled foam parties for others. (No judgment.) But the crush of sun and sand seekers in vacation hot spots like Mexico and Florida can magnify the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s executive orders on climate change can’t stop U.S. action on climate change or progress on the Paris Agreement. Final rules can’t be undone with the stroke of a pen and market dynamics will continue to shift the U.S. to a clean energy economy despite President Trump’s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration continues its war on health today with an executive order that aims to claw back climate protections like the Clean Power Plan. If fully implemented, the polluter-friendly order would guarantee more deadly heat waves, more choking air pollution, and more contamination in our food and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s sprawling executive order directing the EPA and other agencies to start dismantling President Obama’s climate legacy flies in the face of law, science, and strong public support for climate action. Trump’s executive order is a Climate Destruction Plan. It attacks the centerpiece of his predecessor’s climate […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump acted today to derail the effort to overhaul a broken federal coal leasing program that’s short-changed taxpayers more than $30 billion. He did so by issuing an Executive Order that would lift the moratorium on new leasing enacted by President Obama. The move is part of President Trump’s efforts to benefit big corporate […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It turns out the laundry room in apartment buildings is good for much more than meeting neighbors and cleaning clothes. A new report by Rebecca Schaaf and Ruchi Shah of SAHF (Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future) highlights the value from energy and water savings that is available. The report gives useful guidance to building […]