Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Kentucky Air National Guardsmen conduct water rescue missions in Port Arthur, Texas in wake of Hurricane Harvey. Photo Credit: U.S. Air National Guard In the era of climate change, the “business-as-usual” approach for addressing flooding is no longer an option. Current federal policies create an unsustainable “flood, rebuild, […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Hurricanes Harvey and Irma should serve as a collective wake-up call for policymakers who rush to respond to every disaster, but plan for none. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/458624761/0/edf/blogs/feed~New-data-shows-changing-disaster-trends-%E2%80%93-and-why-Congress-should-take-note
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund iStock The passage of the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 (SB 258) in the California Assembly today represents a big win for consumers across the country. If Governor Brown signs the bill, cleaning products will be required—for the first time—to disclose the bulk of their […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Our thoughts are with those whose lives have been impacted by this unparalleled season of terrible natural disasters—hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes and wildfires—unfolding across the planet. Many of these life-shattering disasters, in the US and around the world, are occurring as Ocean Conservancy prepares for the annual International Coastal Cleanup. This event, which […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Justin Bilicki/Union of Concerned Scientists Surely readers are as tired of reading this headline as the advocate is of writing it. Too bad for us, GOP members of Congress and their counterparts in the Administration have somehow not grown tired of brazenly attacking fundamental environmental protections. Case-in-point: Wednesday, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Parks Canada Last week the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) launched a campaign to advocate against protection for the boreal’s threatened woodland caribou, arguing that enforcing federal will come at the expense of Canada’s forest workers. This argument has long been used by segments of the forest […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), the body responsible for regulating water quality in the Delaware River, announced yesterday that they will re-open a process that may lead to banning fracking in the watershed. Despite this, the resolution that has been put forward by the DRBC could open […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund The push to return America to its toxic past may accelerate after Trump nominated Michael Dourson to run the EPA’s chemical safety program. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/458456420/0/edf/blogs/feed~A-hired-gun-for-tobacco-and-chemical-industries-this-EPA-nominee-would-undermine-chemical-safety
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund The push to return America to its toxic past may accelerate after Trump nominated an industry hired gun to run EPA’s chemical safety program. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/458415624/0/edf/blogs/feed~From-the-tobacco-industry-to-the-EPA-latest-Trump-nominee-bad-news-for-vulnerable-chemical-safety-law
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Golden State is stepping up its game to set the standard for powering our nation through 100 percent clean, renewable energy. One of the many clean energy projects in California, this one in Kern County Allan Der/Flickr California is about to make history by leading the way […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] The following is a transcript of the video. Anthony Swift, director, NRDC Canada Project: So right now, about two million barrels a day of tar sands oil is getting into the U.S., and most of it is coming in via pipelines. The Canadian oil industry has […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last week, my colleague published a report entitled Mismatched: A Comparison of Future Water Supply and Demand for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and Its Member Agencies. The report compares the 2015 Urban Water Management Plans prepared by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Six newborn tiger cubs were recorded during a recent wildlife survey in Thailand’s Mae Wong and Klong Lan National Parks. The survey revealed 10 adult tigers—six females and four males—in addition to the six cubs, bringing the park total to 16 tigers. According to the survey, adult female tiger […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Refusing to discuss climate change during catastrophic storms is like telling people to shut up about germs during a flu epidemic. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/457773038/0/edf/blogs/feed~Heres-whats-insensitive-Mr-Pruitt-Not-telling-hurricane-victims-whats-really-going-on
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s nominee to head EPA’s air program is an industry lawyer who was largely responsible for the Bush EPA’s record of violating the Clean Air Act more often, and allowing more illegal emissions of harmful air pollution, than any EPA administration before or since. Bill Wehrum is […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund One of the many restaurants in Bevil Oaks, Texas, that were severely damaged from Harvey. Kim Brent/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP As I type these words, three separate hurricanes are active in the Atlantic basin in various stages of formation. More are likely in store for the 2017 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A newly hatched Attwater’s prairie chicken USFWS Hurricane Harvey ripped through the Houston area two weeks ago, devastating entire communities and killing at least 70 people. The unprecedented hurricane wrought an enormous amount of human suffering, the extent of which we may not know for some time, if […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A comparison of future water supply and demand projections for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and its water agency customers reveals substantial differences over the next 25 years. Despite recent trends toward greater conservation and efficiency and more local water supplies, MWD expects relatively less […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog by Brianna Johnson-King, NRDC Stanback intern Policymakers in Washington can get caught up in technicalities and number-crunching and lose sight of individuals whom their policies are affecting. This underscores the importance of stories to add meaning and depth to figures in spreadsheets. In mid-August I traveled […]
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. Pruitt image courtesy Gage Skidmore The Dog Ate My Pollution Remediation Plan Lawyers for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told a federal judge late last week that they needed […]