Published by the Environmental Defense Fund A new underwriting and risk assessment standard could help scale up this $1 trillion global market. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/531371568/0/edf/blogs/feed~A-global-game-changer-for-energy-efficiency-investments
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog by Jennifer Skene For decades, Quebec has greenlighted development in Val-d’Or boreal caribou habitat, knowing full well the toll it was taking. Now, with the herd’s population diminished to around 18 individuals, Quebec has offered the Val-d’Or caribou herd a brief eulogy on Facebook, stating that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pumpjack in the Aneth oil field just southeast of the Bears Ears, March 2017 WildEarth Guardians Movie villains are a garrulous lot, always announcing their short-term plans and long-term goals in clear, unambiguous language. “First I’m going to feed you to this school of hungry sharks that I’ve […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans of President Trump and his allies. See No Science, Hear No Science The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board, which used to meet six to eight times annually to ensure that the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration in January released the most far-reaching offshore drilling plan ever proposed. Unprecedented in scope, the new plan proposes opening vast areas bordering nearly every coastal state to drilling and schedules 47 lease sales—the most of any Five-Year Program Plan in history. This comes at a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund More energy efficiency can help New Yorkers create new good clean energy jobs, enjoy better health, and save billions, as a NRDC fact sheet published today shows. With Governor Cuomo promising to release a “comprehensive and far-reaching energy efficiency initiative by Earth Day, April 22,” it’s important to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump Administration asked for feedback on its proposal to expand offshore drilling along almost every mile of our coastline, and today is the last day for the public to weigh in. This plan represents the most extreme fossil fuel assault on our nation’s public oceans—ever. President Trump […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A parasitic wasp like the ones used in the experiment attacks a pair of aphids. Dirk Sanders Biodiversity has long been touted as important for staving off extinction. The more kinds of critters you have, in other words, the less likely any one of them—or a whole bunch […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In US Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s opening address at the CERAweek conference, he tried to garner interest for a global pro-fossil fuel alliance. This misguided initiative, supported wholeheartedly by Japan’s Prime Minister Abe, is yet another way Perry is trying to bail out the coal companies. How does […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a letter sent to British Columbia’s Premier John Horgan this morning, eight environmental and conservation organizations express their support for his government’s common sense, science-based approach to confronting potential new threats created by Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion. The Kinder Morgan project, which […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Roger Bannister was the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes. “The quest to break the 4-minute mile carried a special mystique. The numbers were easy for the public to grasp: 1 mile, 4 laps, 4 minutes.” Bannister died on March 3rd 2018, but his […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On March 9, the nation’s regional grid operators are poised to tell their regulator—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—what they are doing about grid “resilience” and what, if anything, FERC should do about it. Here’s a preview of what the grid operators are likely to say, and how […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In 2016, the Virginia Office of Environmental Health and Safety recommended a thorough survey of all private water wells and springs, as well as septic systems, within 1,000 feet of a pipeline–at a minimum–before construction starts. Water found beneath the surface is known as groundwater, or aquifers, and such a […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund New questions arise inside Pruitt’s EPA after officials obtain ethics waivers to solicit outside work. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/530958854/0/edf/blogs/feed~These-senior-EPA-officials-can-now-moonlight-for-secret-privatesector-clients
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund But Modern Fish Act in Congress opens the door to an “alternative” management scheme that would reduce accountability and threaten healthy fisheries Both the commercial fishing industry and the recreational saltwater fishing sector have an immense impact on the number of fish in our oceans. Lest you associate […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy A Bloomberg editorial described it as a “minor miracle” and Quartz magazine called it a “stunning victory” for global conservation in its 2017 retrospective. In December, 10 countries reached an agreement to prevent the start of commercial fishing in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO) for at least 16 years while scientists study […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Trump Takes Aim at California Once Again After opening up most of our country’s shorelines to offshore drilling, the Trump administration is now reconsidering an ambitious and innovative plan to conserve desert lands while generating renewable energy. The Administration intends to reopen the Desert Renewable Energy and Conservation […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Seeking to fix growing problems with certain wholesale electricity markets, an unusual coalition of rural-cooperative and publicly-owned electric utilities, industrial and commercial customers, consumer advocates, renewable energy organizations, and NRDC have joined together in support of a set of principles for market design. Chief among the concerns spurring […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund While the Trump Administration attempts to censor the truth, the ground realities are that climate change is pushing weather extremes “off the scale”. It is clear we need to act. Fortunately, as highlighted during the recent World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) in New Delhi, developing economies, such as […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund As WWF works with communities around the world to preserve habitats, wildlife, and natural resources, we know that it is critical to engage both women and men for the best results—environmentally, socially, and economically. In sub-Saharan Africa, women make up at least half of subsistence, smallholder farmers, yet have far […]