Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Nicolas Sarkozy proposes carbon tax on American goods – Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. The former French president, who is running […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Amazon is under assault. As spotlighted in the upcoming episode of the Emmy award–winning series Years of Living Dangerously, this rainforest is threatened by a range of environmentally destructive forces. Cattle-ranching is at the top of this list. In fact, according to a 2011 report by the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund © Pen Waggener Congress is back this week after the long recess, and legislators have a hefty to-do list awaiting them in the lame duck. With only a few weeks remaining in the congressional year, Congress still needs to finalize a comprehensive energy bill package, pass the annual […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Skyline of Pittsburgh, new CEP city Pixabay Now more than ever cities must lead when it comes to sustainability and building a clean energy future to protect our health and boost the economy. The City Energy Project is helping cities do just that by creating a network of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund For years, the skeptics warned that a clean energy transition would drive up costs and make consumers’ energy bills unaffordable. They were wrong. Despite wild swings in fossil fuel prices, America’s electricity bills and the per-kilowatt-hour rates recorded on them have been relatively stable and affordable for decades, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Our cities are hotbeds of innovation and progress when it comes to solving some of the most pressing climate and energy challenges of today. Cities have the ability to convene community leaders and private sector partners to move initiatives that not only significantly reduce carbon pollution, but also […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Lauren Nichols “Close the door! We’re not paying to heat the whole neighborhood!” Moms and dads have been screeching that for decades, but what would happen to your community if you did pump out hot air until temperatures rose as high as climate scientists say they will by […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund From President-elect Trump’s campaign statements to the choices of his advisors, we have every reason to be very concerned about his intentions when it comes to climate change. It is likely that we will be facing a Trump administration attempt to reverse the climate progress achieved by President […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Donald Trump is all wrong about climate change. Not only does he risk becoming the only world leader who fails to understand that dangerous climate change is the central environmental challenge of our time. He also risks negating U.S. leadership on climate change at a time when the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The question now is whether President-Elect Donald Trump will govern less divisively than he campaigned. On climate change, there’s every reason for deep concern. Candidate Trump said he wants to “cancel” the historic Paris Climate Agreement; his transition team features a fanatical climate denier and energy lobbyists, and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Paris Agreement entered into force on November 4, 2016. As part of the Agreement, countries put forward nationally determined climate commitments. This week, several countries presented an update on their national climate policies, proving once again that the nations of the world are taking climate change seriously […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It’s a big week around the world. Countries are meeting in Morocco to strengthen climate action under the Paris Agreement. Donald Trump has been elected as President of the United States. Air pollution levels are at an all-time high while renewables are outpacing coal in India. There are […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The California Public Utilities Commission today adopted major improvements to its longstanding low income energy efficiency program, expanding it to rent-assisted multifamily buildings, in a decision that could become a national model. The vote comes after over 2 years of extensive legal proceedings and stakeholder input. For the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Shock and disappointment. Like you, that’s how all of us here at NRDC are feeling after witnessing Tuesday’s election results. Hillary Clinton, a climate champion, lost. Donald Trump, who embraces fossil fuels, has vowed to roll back the Paris accord, and calls climate change a hoax, has won. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The Paris Agreement on climate change became law so quickly because there is a significant national interest for each country in pursuing aggressive climate action and that fact has not changed because of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Tom Brewster Photography/Bureau of Land Management The Department of Interior’s new rule modernizes the wind and solar leasing process This week the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a long awaited rule designed to modernize how solar and wind projects will be permitted on federal lands. This new […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Uruguay launches electric vehicle charging network, Chile will become home to largest solar power generation plant in the world To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. October 24 – November 9, 2016 Conservation A group of indigenous leaders from the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Coral reefs worldwide are threatened by rising sea surface temperatures and ocean acidification, and humans will acutely feel this loss in a high carbon future. Who is likely to be most harmed by coral reef loss from these global stressors is the subject of a recent analysis I […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Photo by Jenna Bascom. Courtesy of the Museum of Arts and Design Twin sisters Margaret and Christine Wertheim first got their crochet hooks into the global coral crisis back in 2005. The ecological devastation attacking the Great Barrier Reef—a consequence of pollution and warming waters—hit too close to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It has been two years and seven substitutes, yet Senate Bills 437 and 438 still fail to deliver on the state’s desire to ensure a clean, affordable, reliable energy future. With multiple Michigan coal plants retiring, we need to plan long term how to meet future demand, but […]