Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a huge win for clean energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued an order eliminating a barrier to customer savings and better electricity system efficiency in New York. The order, announced on February 3rd, allows customers and companies to simultaneously participate in both state and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump is a businessman so you’d think he would know a good bet when he sees one. Reversing Obama’s decision on the Dakota Access pipeline isn’t. Here’s why: 1. The tribes and others affected by the decision deserve a meaningful say. They didn’t get it. In […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund So NRDC is joining forces with Public Citizen and the Communication Workers of America — and taking the president to court. Shutterstock Imagine a doctor declaring we can’t find a cure for cancer unless we abandon vaccines for polio and smallpox. Or a cop who will only enforce speed limits if […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund During the last three years of California’s drought, the state and federal agencies charged with protecting fishable, swimmable, and drinkable water quality for all Californians have utterly failed to do their job. The results have been disastrous: more toxic algae blooms are infecting California’s waterways than ever before; […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Scott Pruitt on Ocean Acidification: Wrong Again Much has been written about how Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has tried to reject the science of climate change. Pruitt’s answers to Senators’ questions about ocean acidification – another destructive effect of carbon […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is one of the most successful climate programs ever created. And tomorrow, to help explore one of the ways we might make it even better, I’ll take part in an online panel discussion about creating a new Emissions Containment Reserve (ECR). Yes, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Why dumping the Paris Climate Agreement would hurt the US Like many issues, Donald Trump has given mixed signals regarding his position on the Paris Climate Agreement. He has ranged from a campaign call to “cancel” the agreement to a post-election reevaluation to “keep an open mind” about […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The new Congress took office on January 3 and the Trump Administration began just two weeks ago. Already we have seen not only critical environmental and health safeguards under attack, but also the institutions that are the basis for our public interest protections, including the media, civil society, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Bob Wick, BLM/Flickr Almost two weeks ago, a bill arrived in the House of Representatives called the Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017. If that title alone doesn’t have you quaking in your hiking boots, here are the details: Introduced by Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz, the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Seats on the Democrat’s side of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing room during a boycott to thwart the confirmation vote on EPA administrator nominee Scott Pruitt, February 1, 2017 AP/REX/Shutterstock Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A 460-square-foot tiny house in Portland, Oregon Caitlin Murray/zenboxdesign.com My friend Justin pulled up outside my apartment last month in a tiny house on wheels. “It’s my permanent home,” he said, nodding to the white van-turned-residence parked at my curb in Portland, Oregon. It was nice inside, lined […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund There have been extensive revisions made to the EPA’s climate collaboration page, including removing language about carbon pollution. (Click to enlarge.) EDGI This story originally appeared on Climate Central. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website has begun to transform under the Trump administration. A group of researchers have found […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund East Grand Forks, MN, FEMA News Photo, Dave Saville The Trump administration has been very clear about its desire to dismantle the nation’s plan to reduce the pollution that causes climate change. The administration has said nothing about whether it will similarly dismantle policies to deal with the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s nominee to lead the agency will do nothing to protect public health or the environment. He doesn’t know even the most well established science on public health. He will roll back the vital public health protections that have taken decades to put in place. Just watching […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is a guest blog by Kenneth Richter. Kenneth is a Germany-based consultant to NRDC and has worked on biomass issues for 9 years. In a historic link-up, wood-using industries and environmental NGOs on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean have jointly written to UK Secretary of State […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Coal mining in Gillette, Wyoming, at the heart of the Powder River Basin National Geographic Creative/Alamy Stock Photo It’s a smoggy new day for the fossil fuel industry. Right before President Trump and his Cabinet of Horrors swept in to prop up the country’s dirty energy market, their predecessors […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund America has always been a place of refuge for the desperate. But as the planet changes, the definition of “refugee” is changing along with it. Women and children wait outside an aid distribution center in Dadaab, Kenya Riyaad Minty/Flickr In some countries, the convergence of climate change, economic desperation, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Extreme fires persist in Chile, EU supports renewable projects in Colombia, warming temperatures threatens future of coffee market To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. January 27 – February 2, 2017 Forests Chile continues to be ravished by extreme […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Energy efficiency programs to help utility customers save energy (and money) have dropped markedly in cost, and they’re cheaper than building new power plants to meet electricity demand, according to a new analysis from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The findings are a fitting tribute to Art […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Dan Mullen/Flickr I wanted to bring you the story of Bombus affinis, the first bumblebee species to receive Endangered Species Act protections in the history of the United States. I wanted to tell you that although populations of this bee have declined by 87 percent since the late […]