Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “Beyond Streaming: A Sound Mural for Flint,” installation view Courtesy the Broad MSU Open one of the spigots at Michigan State University’s Broad Art Museum and it’s not water that rushes out, but sound. You might catch a few stanzas of a poem: The Flint water crisis is […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The 2016 presidential election may have paralyzed many progressive Americans for a few days, but not NRDC’s chief program officer, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz. Though she had hoped for the best in the lead-up to the polls, she had planned for the worst. “I sat on my couch, and like […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The New York Public Service Commission’s latest order regarding utility planning requires some incremental improvements, but could have done much more to push the state’s utilities to invest in energy efficiency and other cost-effective, clean resources. The order is part of the Commission’s “Reforming the Energy Vision” (REV) […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Soon, when you walk down 103rd Street or Wilmington Avenue—main thoroughfares in Los Angeles’ historic neighborhood of Watts—you’ll be able to see the result of years of community-driven efforts to transform the neighborhood to one of vibrancy and opportunity. Naria Kiani Working with our partners at Grant Housing […]
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. Henhouse, meet foxes. EPA administrator Scott Pruitt renewed his science denier vows on Thursday, telling CNBC that human activity is not a “primary contributor” to the observed warming of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund White rhino calf Bernard DUPONT/Flickr On February 20, several men armed with rifles attacked South Africa’s Fundimvelo Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage. They brutalized the refuge’s staff with beatings and sexual assault. They destroyed cameras and equipment. And by the end of the raid, two juvenile rhinos lay bleeding […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund What in the world could have prompted EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to say this week that carbon dioxide—which has exceeded an atmospheric concentration of 400 parts per million, the highest in three million years—is not a major contributor to climate change? NRDC wants to know. Asked on CNBC’s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Calumet Park, Illinois EPA When forced to choose between the various depredations President Trump has thrust upon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, it’s hard to pick one that best encapsulates that special blend of ignorance, contempt, and hypocrisy that has marked his administration’s dealings with the agency so […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post authored by Rachel Fakhry, Schneider Fellow, NRDC. Even though the Trump Administration is expected to move to rescind the Clean Power Plan—the nation’s first standards for cutting harmful climate pollution from power plants—that won’t make climate change go away. Our country must still fulfill its obligations […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. is fortunate to have some solid policies on the books that encourage food donation. Those include federal liability protection (a.k.a. the Good Samaritan Act) and tax incentives for food donors. Those policies have been central to spurring the donation of billions of pounds of surplus food […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Paul Domenick/Flickr When President Trump announced that the person slated to head the EPA was, in fact, the same person whose mission appeared to be to gut the EPA, we all cringed. And yet, during his nomination hearing, then-Attorney General Pruitt confirmed that in the context of the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Imagine owning a brand that’s both well-known and widely trusted by consumers and businesses all over America. Now imagine that it turns a $50 million annual investment into $30+ billion worth of annual customer utility bill savings, and has resulted in branded sales of more than 5 billion […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Kana Okada As the days get longer and early flowers poke up through the ground, giving your home a thorough spring cleaning is a satisfying opportunity to mirror the renewal that’s taking place outdoors. Alas, keeping your home spic and span—and healthy—isn’t so straightforward. Because we don’t submit […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Minneapolis (Pixabay) President Trump says infrastructure is an urgent priority on which the country is going to “start spending big.” We couldn’t agree more that an infusion of money is badly needed. Mr. Trump has used a figure of $1 trillion, and Senate Democrats have released their […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It’s official: The New York Public Service Commission has adopted a new rate structure to credit solar projects for communities, commercial, and industrial customers according to the benefits they provide. Based on our initial assessment, we are optimistic that the order adopting the new rates will provide a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Hurricane Marilyn, US Virgin Islands, September 25, 1995—Many people were affected by the hurricane, from elderly people to small children. Eight people died and more than $2 billion in property damage was caused by Hurricane Marilyn. FEMA News Photo – Sep 24, 1995 The Federal Emergency Management Agency […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund What really prompted EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s whirlwind repeal last week to cancel the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to gather data from the oil and gas industry on methane pollution and measures to control that pollution? Even though some companies have already sent in their data, and others […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC and partners are going to court to ensure the federal government can keep working to end illegal fishing and seafood fraud, both of which are serious threats to ocean ecosystems. Specifically, we seek to intervene in a lawsuit that the commercial seafood industry brought to block a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Repeal of the rule denies the Bureau of Land Management use of modern tools. In its march to turn the clock back, the Senate passed legislation today repealing an effort by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to improve the management of the broad array of ecological and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Richard Mia If you’re new to hometown activism, now is the time to get a few pointers. To start, recognize that no matter how small they seem, local resistance efforts matter—we’ve certainly seen it at the town hall meetings that are heating up around the country. Remember the […]