Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The confirmation by the New York State Senate last week of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s nominees to the New York Public Service Commission is good news for the state’s clean energy and climate leadership. With a new chair in place and all five commission positions now filled, New York […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy It’s finally here! Ocean Conservancy’s Marine Wildlife and Seascape Photo Contest is officially open! Have a favorite photo from a beach vacation? Dive trip? Visit to your local coastline? We want to see it. This year we have five fin-tastic categories to enter: Seascapes, Human Impact, Underwater Scenes, Wildlife and Humor. Submit […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With changing dynamics of both supply and demand in the electricity industry, including low natural gas prices, flat electricity demand due to increased efficiency, and robust growth of cheap, clean renewables, the term “baseload”—which historically has been used to refer to large coal and nuclear plants—is now outdated. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement was widely criticized around the world and raised speculation about how the Agreement’s goals, including targets related to climate finance would be met. The good news is that while the U.S. federal government is refusing to lead […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News: India to become 2-4 degrees Celsius warmer, but deaths due to heat are preventable; Power Minister Piyush Goyal Launches New Energy Conservation Building Code; Thirty new smart cities announced; India to have City Livability Index India Green News is a selection of news highlights about […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “We will never support Pebble Mine in our Bay,” reads the full-page ad in today’s Vancouver Sun paid for by the tribes and village corporations of Bristol Bay, Alaska. Photo credit: Bristol Bay Native Corporation This is not the message that Northern Dynasty Minerals wanted its shareholders to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As PM Modi sets out to visit the US for his first meeting with President Trump, the approach of the two leaders on climate change cannot be more different. President Trump has ceded leadership on the issue by pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement earlier this […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Richard Moore at the announcement of the EPA’s EJ 2020 Action Agenda in the Valle De Oro National Wildlife Refuge Jessie Jobs/USFWS Five miles south of downtown Albuquerque, on the banks of the Rio Grande, an urban oasis is taking shape on a 570-acre former dairy farm. On […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund AJEL/Pixabay Does your employer offer free parking to you and your coworkers? If so, it’s probably not billed as a fringe benefit, at least not in the same category as medical or dental coverage, vacation pay, or a gym membership allowance. But that’s exactly what it is. Free […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Latin America Green News: Brazil’s rampant deforestation causes concern, Nicaragua approves energy efficiency law, deadly heat waves expected to slam the tropics To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. The Latin America Green News will be taking a break and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a final rule to remove Yellowstone-area grizzly bears from the federal list of threatened and endangered species today. This means that the isolated population of grizzlies living around Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks will no longer be protected by […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed federal protections for the Yellowstone population of grizzly bears today. Chase Dekker Wild-Life Images The effort to save grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region has been a tremendous success—and has prevented the population from going extinct—but the bears have not yet […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump-Pruitt Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a set of rules today that will make it easier to ignore chemical risks and disregard harmful exposures. The final rules introduce loopholes that could allow EPA to ignore important exposure routes and chemical product uses. This opens the door for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored by Jennifer Skene and Courtenay Lewis Parks Canada The desperate plight of the Val d’Or woodland caribou, one of Quebec’s seven remaining woodland caribou herds, paints an alarming picture of the impact that unsustainable logging and industrial activities has had on the boreal forest and the species […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Pruitt has ended the important transparency practice of sharing senior policy leaders’ schedules, a practice which has a long bipartisan history at EPA. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/371439380/0/edf/blogs/feed~What-Scott-Pruitt-doesnt-want-you-to-know-and-why-it-matters
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Seismic airguns exploding in the ocean in search for oil and gas have devastating impacts on zooplankton, which are critical food sources for marine mammals, according to a new study in Nature. The blasting decimates one of the ocean’s most vital groups of organisms over huge areas and […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Preliminary results for this year’s West Coast stock assessments are in—and it’s good news. An important rockfish, bocaccio, has rebounded to healthy levels. Updated models, several classes of strong young fish and conservative catch limits are responsible. The Magnuson-Stevens Act is working to rebuild critical stocks, and good management implemented by forward-looking […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval of controversial new rules for America’s largest power market. We are disappointed because these rules unnecessarily funnel money from electricity consumers to fossil and nuclear power plants while largely excluding competition from reliable, economical […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India’s Solar and Wind Targets to Spur Substantial Job Growth With a median age of 27.6 years, India is one of the youngest countries in the world. Employment generation is a big priority for the government, and the economy. Fortunately, India’s clean energy goals are providing opportunities to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Surprising no one, Trump’s speech announcing his intent to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement was riddled with lies and misinformation. Numerous fact-checks were published soon after Trump’s speech explaining the various inaccuracies. (See NYT fact-check and WaPo fact-check). The Trump Administration’s reckless decision to withdraw from […]