Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s proposal flies in the face of a competitive energy market that has sustained our economy for decades. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/479208946/0/edf/blogs/feed~DOEs-coal-bailout-plan-could-cost-American-business-billions
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund ¡No queremos crudo en nuestras playas! Ilustración cortesía de Falco Nuestros amigos y familiares en la Florida, Houston, Puerto Rico, Cuba y el Caribe aún están tratando de rehacer sus vidas después de lo que fueron unos huracanes históricamente desastrosos. En el caribe y en Puerto Rico, aun […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Twenty-five years ago this week, President George H.W. Bush ushered the federal government into our bathrooms. This turned out to be a good thing. Congress enacted water efficiency standards in 1992 with bipartisan support. Photo: cj13822 The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct 92), approved with bipartisan support […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pixabay As Stephen King’s “It” frightens moviegoers nationwide this Halloween season, I’m reminded how the best-selling author once described the levels of a scary story—“terror on top, horror below it, and lowest of all, the gag reflex of revulsion.” Terror is exemplified in the beating of Edgar Allen […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Let’s not undermine the MSA in the name of short-term gain The Senate Commerce Committee just held another hearing on the potential reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), the law that governs how many fish US fishermen can catch. But the panel didn’t adequately represent what science tells us about how to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-Authored with Devon Klatell, The Rockefeller Foundation A year or so ago, NRDC, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, set out to undertake first-of-its-kind research to better understand wasted food in cities. Why? Because 40 percent of food in this country is never eaten—wasting massive amounts of water, energy, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund All too much food goes to waste these days. At the same time, low income individuals in the U.S. lacked the resources to afford more than 7 billion meals last year—a huge gap that affects the health and well-being of millions of children, elders, people with disabilities, and […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund It can be difficult growing up in your big sister’s shadow, which may be how Brazil’s Cerrado savanna feels. Covering a quarter of Brazil, the Cerrado is one of the world’s most important ecosystems, yet it’s far less well-known than its neighbor to the north, the Amazon rainforest. For more […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Up to forty percent of food in America is wasted and it costs our economy roughly $218 billion each year. When food goes to waste, so does everything that goes into growing, storing and transporting that food: water, energy, labor, agricultural chemicals, money and more. In addition, most […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Food is the largest component of what we send to landfills in the U.S., representing nearly 22% of disposed municipal solid waste. When we waste food, we not only add organic materials to landfills (where they generate methane, a powerful global warming pollutant), but we also waste all […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New research in the prestigious medical journal JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) reports on the startling evidence that glyphosate – the main ingredient in Monsanto’s weed-killer, Roundup – is not only getting into our bodies, but has been doing so at increasing levels for decades. The […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest written by New York Program Assistant, Jhena Vigrass. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has just signed into law legislation that gives the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) the power to prevent the siting of anchorages in the Hudson River. This bipartisan legislation is a major […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Imagine a canvas called the Great Plains, comprised of gently rolling green hills with splashes of colorful wildflowers. Picture languid waterways, rich with trout and other aquatic life, traversing unbroken landscapes that in turn also serve as highways for large herds of antelope and elk. Now, turn your attention to […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Assuring the world that the United States is still an ally in the fight against climate change, American leaders outside of the federal government—from governors and mayors to business executives and university presidents—announced they will attend the next round of international climate talks in November. Earlier this year, the US […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Department of Energy (DOE) recently proposed that American consumers further subsidize certain power plants (essentially, coal and nuclear power plants) by paying them billions of dollars to stockpile 90 days worth of fuel onsite. This proposal hinges on the idea that onsite fuel will somehow provide the […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy By now it’s not news that plastics are rapidly entering our ocean. In fact, an estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste flows into our ocean every year, threatening marine ecosystems and the animals, people and communities that depend on them. For more than 30 years, Ocean Conservancy has been at the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Authored by Jennifer Skene Le caribou des bois Howard Sandler Ontario needs to change course if it is going to save the threatened and iconic boreal woodland caribou. Over the last five years, instead of fulfilling its federal obligation to create boreal caribou protection plans, Ontario undermined and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Downtown Atlanta Shutterstock If the South were its own nation, it would be the seventh-largest carbon emitter in the world, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC). The region has more than 200 coal-fired power plants, and renewable energy policies in southern states are few and far […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Will report be secret? Will it call for drilling in these treasured ocean areas? The Commerce Secretary is due to submit a report to White House officials by Wednesday that could call for offshore oil and gas drilling and mineral exploitation in some of our nation’s most precious […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Not enough attention is being paid to two wholly unnecessary, risky and costly proposed natural gas pipelines that could impact the environment and quality of life in Virginia, North Carolina, and West Virginia for decades to come. But there’s plenty of time to stop them from being constructed, […]