Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. November 19 – December 1 Water Niños bolivianos observan las obras en el sector de Collpani, desde donde se intentará bombear agua para la ciudad de La Paz Agencia EFE Bolivia’s Altiplano region—including […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Haverstraw Bay, the widest portion of the Hudson R. Friedman It’s difficult to put into words my appreciation for the Hudson River. From its source in Lake Tear of the Clouds at the foot of Mount Marcy to its terminus in New York Harbor, the Hudson continues to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund smalljude/Flickr Sound is a powerful weapon. Flash-bang grenades can stun and disorient unruly mobs, and loud music is sometimes played to weaken detainees before interrogations. Even innocuous-seeming sounds can drive a person mad if they go on long enough. When the United States invaded Panama in 1989, Manuel […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. EPA to lock in fuel efficiency standards for automobiles – The rules require automakers to nearly double fleet-wide fuel efficiency to more than 50 miles per gallon by 2025. The EPA has until […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Waccamaw River Liane Harrold/Alamy Stock Photo On the banks of South Carolina’s Waccamaw River, just west of Myrtle Beach, sit two large pits containing coal ash, the toxic byproducts of coal combustion. Such holding ponds pockmark most major waterways in the Southeast, and all too often they […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Discussion continues over whether to transform the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) into a multi-state transmission grid operator that includes other western utilities. But there shouldn’t be any debate over the potential economic and environmental benefits of regionalizing the west’s high voltage transmission system, which would be significant […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored by Eric Weiner A new NRDC study shows that water heaters that use high efficiency heat pump technology—the same process that keeps your refrigerator cold—can cut the amount of electricity used to heat water by half or more, saving significant amounts of energy and money on your household […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund You may have missed it while you were putting the finishing touches on your green bean casserole, but last Wednesday, Health Canada—the Canadian government department with responsibility for that country’s public health—issued a report proposing to ban almost all uses of the controversial neonicotinoid pesticide (or “neonic”) imidacloprid. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored with Karan Chouksey As the cost and demand for power dramatically rise in south India, Hyderabad and the state of Telangana are turning to energy efficiency as a solution. The cost to purchase power doubled in Telangana from September to this month, raising alarms about energy prices […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund You love your pet. You care about the environment. But what do the two have to do with each other? More than you may realize, it turns out. How you treat your pets, how you feed them, and how you clean up after them have a sizable impact […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ivory store window in San Francisco (C) Daniel Stiles (2015) The Los Angeles Superior Court has upheld California’s ivory ban (Assembly Bill 96; now California Fish and Game Code Section 2022) against a lawsuit brought by the Ivory Education Institute, which claimed the law was unconstitutional. NRDC, which […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With Washington becoming more hostile to climate action, the nation’s mayors are volunteering to fill the leadership vacuum. The city of Pittsburgh Rudy Balasko/iStock Within environmental circles, at least, it’s the question that’s on everybody’s mind right now. What kind of progress can we realistically hope to make […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. This year’s bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef was the worst on record – A new study by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies has confirmed that 2016’s bleaching […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New York’s recently launched $5 million clean energy competition will spur additional renewables, energy efficiency and clean transportation programs and projects in several of New York’s largest cities. This new initiative of the New York Power Authority, the country’s largest public power provider, demonstrates New York’s continued leadership […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Trump reportedly wants to eliminate NASA climate research – According to Bob Walker, who has advised the president-elect on issues related to NASA, Trump wants the space agency to avoid “politically correct environmental […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This week, about 46 million turkeys will appear on tables across the United States. As families give thanks and try to steer conversations away from politics, they should also give a nod of appreciation to the ancient Mayans, who were the first to domesticate that bird on their […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A federal appeals court is reviewing whether Connecticut’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) violates the Federal Power Act and the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. On November 22, NRDC and several allied groups filed a “friend of the court” brief in defense of the RPS, which requires an increasing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Courtesy Friends of Not Afraid to Look Since April, thousands of demonstrators have been camping out at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota. These peaceful water protectors—representing more than 200 Native-American tribes, plus many nonnative allies—are demanding […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund By Francine Kershaw and Grace Goldberg (originally published November 17th, 2016, on OpenChannels) Genetic data is often overlooked and geneticists are rarely at the top of the marine planning party guest list. This results in a significant gap in the protection of evolutionary processes, that are essential for the long-term […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last week, 200 of Chicago’s real estate and energy efficiency professionals gathered at the third annual Retrofit Chicago Energy Challenge Awards & Celebration to toast energy efficiency and recognize the buildings and individuals who are leaders in improving building energy performance. Deputy Mayor Steve Koch was on hand […]