Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A diverse coalition negotiating Con Edison’s rates and services for 2017 through 2019—including Department of Public Service (DPS) staff and Con Edison representatives—agreed to a joint proposal, released today, that includes a significant commitment by the utility to implement new energy efficiency programs, as well as performance incentives […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Next week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments in the polluter-backed case challenging the most significant step our country has taken to address climate change: the Clean Power Plan. The Clean Power Plan will help clean up power plants, the largest […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund North Carolina just got some pretty excellent news about solar power in the last week: We Tar Heels now have more solar power installed than any other state, save blindingly bright California. Got that? Second in the nation. Only 10 years ago, we were a paltry 19th in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Emerging Relationship between Distributed Energy Resources and the Transmission System DERs AND REGIONAL LOAD FORECASTING: Getting Full Bang for Our Bucks This blog is the second in a series on the relationship between distributed energy resources or “DERs” (energy efficiency, demand response, rooftop solar, electric vehicles and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Arctic ice hits second-lowest level on record – At 1.6 million square miles, sea ice reached its summer low on the 17th. The previous record, 1.31 million square miles, was set in 2012. Associated […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Elena Elisseeva Solar power sounds like a genius, obvious way to save the planet—after all, solar is clean and renewable. “If you can offset your home energy consumption, that might mean eliminating a quarter to a third of your carbon footprint,” says Jay Orfield, a renewable energy analyst […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today NRDC sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approving a flawed clean-up plan for trash in the Anacostia River. The Anacostia—which flows from Maryland, through the District of Columbia, and eventually into the Potomac—is one of the few waterways in the country that’s legally designated as “impaired” […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund When you talk about taking a trip in the United States, or even the world, do you note what state you’re visiting or what city? Nine times out of 10, I’d venture it’s the latter. Pixabay Major metropolitan areas are their own attraction and they’ve become something akin […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Most states are meeting their Clean Power Plan targets – Twenty-seven states are challenging Obama’s climate plan in court, arguing that cutting carbon pollution poses an undue burden. But thanks to changes to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund After international agreements are finalized it often takes years for countries to formally join the agreement and for the agreement to take effect. It took the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change almost two years after it was adopted for that agreement to enter-into-force. On September 21st, a next […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In less than two weeks, nine judges on the Court of Appeals in Washington will hear arguments over the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of this country’s action on climate change. At stake are limits on the nation’s biggest single source of dangerous carbon pollution – some 1500 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Moving Toward Strong Global Climate Action on HFCs Co-authored by Bhaskar Deol Countdown to Kigali is a round-up of recent news, blogs and other stories as world leaders head to Kigali, Rwanda to achieve a global agreement on phasing down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent heat trapping greenhouse gases, under […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Written by my colleague Robin Roy. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) hosted a well-attended Capitol Hill briefing this week on the Community Storage Initiative, aimed at making tomorrow’s electricity grid cleaner and cheaper. I had the pleasure of participating, representing both NRDC and the Community Storage Initiative (CSI), where I serve […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Offshore wind power is finally on the rise in the United States, with the first U.S. offshore wind project slated to come online soon off Block Island, off the Rhode Island coast. Here in New York, the State has just released its Blueprint for the New York State […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Pipeline spill prompts states of emergency in Alabama and Georgia – A major gasoline pipeline that usually transports 1.3 million barrels a day from Houston to New York has been shut down since […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The United Nations expects 20 more countries to ratify climate agreement next week – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited world leaders to join the landmark deal at an event on September 21, and so […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, the State Water Resources Control Board is releasing its long awaited analysis of proposed changes to instream flows in the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced rivers. As the Board recognizes, these rivers are critically impaired by unsustainable water diversions that have harmed native salmon, fishing jobs, and the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last week, the IUCN World Conservation Congress voiced its opposition to the Pebble Mine, a gargantuan gold and copper mine proposed at the headwaters of the planet’s greatest wild salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska. In a virtually unanimous vote, the IUCN adopted a motion that opposes the Pebble […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Humans are driving large marine species to extinction – A new analysis of the previous five big extinction events as compared to the current “sixth extinction” finds a big difference between them: In […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Americans would pay higher bills to curb climate change – A new survey finds that 57 percent of Americans would be willing to pay an extra dollar per month to fight climate change. […]