Donald Trump selects climate change denier to head the EPA
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A Real Bay-Delta Solution: It’s Not WaterFix or Nothing
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Northeast, Mid-Atlantic Ocean Plans Released
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Holiday giving started early for our Atlantic Ocean this year with today’s release of two landmark plans designed to keep ocean habitats and wildlife healthy and working for all of us to use and enjoy. America’s Atlantic is busier than ever before with massive new ships on the […]
Tar Sands’ Threat to Our Waters
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New Report: Tar Sands Industry Targets America’s Waterways
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a new report, NRDC examines the impact a suite of new tar sands oil infrastructure proposals could have on America’s coasts and rivers if they were built. Ranging from coast to coast and leaving hardly any major U.S. waterway free from threat, these projects would facilitate more […]
The U.S. EPA: Helping Kids Breathe Easier Since 1970
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It’s easy to get lost in the details of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s work, but there’s nothing hard to understand about their mission: “to protect human health and the environment.” Although the agency aims to serve all Americans, the EPA recognizes that children are particularly susceptible to […]
Industry & Advocates Support New AC and Heat Pump Standards
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) just issued final efficiency standards for residential central air conditioners—which cool about two-thirds of America’s homes—and heat pumps, showing once again how diverse interests can come together in often disagreeable Washington to save consumers billions of dollars while significantly reducing harmful pollution. […]
States Will Drive Clean Energy Forward Until the U.S. Leads
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund 2016 is expected to be the hottest year on record and trends on Arctic sea ice and carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasingly alarming. But just as we need it the most, the future of U.S. climate leadership looks grim. As a candidate, Donald Trump said he […]
Polar sea ice lost an area the size of India this year
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Will Our Next EPA Administrator Be a Former Coal Lobbyist?
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President-elect Donald Trump’s list of contenders contains big polluter allies and apologists. Andrew Soundarajan/iStock As early as this week, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name a new administrator to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. We don’t know who he’ll tap, but we’ve seen nothing but worrisome […]
EPA Downplayed Risk to Water from Fracking Last Minute
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A new report by Marketplace and American Public Media investigated a controversial finding in EPA’s landmark five-year study on the impacts of fracking on drinking water. This finding downplayed the threats to drinking water from fracking. The journalists found that it was added just weeks before EPA’s draft […]
What Leonard Cohen Can Teach Environmentalists About Fighting Back
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Just 48 hours after the U.S. presidential election, while tens of millions of people around the globe were still trying to process the shocking results, the world received some more distressing news: Popular culture had just lost one of its wisest and most distinctive voices, Leonard Cohen. The […]
A Long-Dreaded Superbug Is Discovered on U.S. Pig Farms
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Not all bacteria are created equal. The first-time discovery of a long-dreaded superbug on U.S. pig farms, announced today, really stands out. And not in a good way. What they found on pig farms was a kind of CRE bacteria, for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. CRE is one of the nastier superbugs. […]
Future Energy Jobs Bill: A Path for Illinois to a Bright Clean Energy Economy
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With a very different federal landscape, and action on clean energy and climate change threatening to stall, the real climate action is going to occur where the rubber hits the road: cities and states. There is already tons of good news in this area, including, after more than […]
The Army Corps of Engineers denies a key permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The Army Corps of Engineers denies a key permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline – Energy Transfer Partners has not been granted an easement under Lake Oahe, and the decision essentially halts the […]
NRDC Report: US Clean Energy Transition Irrevocably Underway
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC’s Fourth Annual Energy Report published today brings optimistic news in a moment of uncertainty in the federal government: the nationwide momentum for clean energy is undeniable and irresistible because clean energy now costs less than dirty energy. Our report, Accelerating Into a Clean Energy Future, includes extensive new evidence of […]
When a Balloon Maker Becomes an Environmental Artist
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Red Line in the Dead Sea Courtesy Doron Gazit Armed with 500 feet of inflatable scarlet tubing and a camera, Doron Gazit is drawing attention to environmental disasters around the world. In ecosystems where human activity has crossed the line between the sustainable use of resources and […]
California’s Plan for Agricultural Water Savings Falls Short
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund John Martinez Pavliga For months, California’s state agencies have been building a framework to fulfill Governor Brown’s vision of making water conservation a “way of life.” The governor’s executive order in May aimed to bolster California’s climate and drought resilience long-term. Earlier this week, the agencies finally […]
EPA OIG Report on Flint: What Could Have Been
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Office of the Inspector General of the EPA took a hard look at the Agency’s efforts in the Flint, Michigan long lasting water crisis and concluded that agency officials should have intervened months earlier than they did to alleviate the notorious lead-contaminated water crisis. Upon review of […]
Trudeau Threatens to Derail Canadian Climate Progress
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund When Canada’s Prime Minister announced his government’s approval of two new tar sands pipelines earlier this week, he repeated his befuddling claim that expanding productions of one of the world’s dirtiest sources of energy was a necessary step in the fight against climate change. Huh? It’s a claim […]