Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump Administration’s 2018 federal budget proposal doubles down on attempts to weaken our nation’s ocean and coastal arm, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with a dramatic cut of 16 percent from the enacted 2017 omnibus budget. Several NOAA divisions are recommended for slashing and important […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s new slash-and-burn budget puts polluters first and the rest of us—and our children—last. Richard Keller/iStock President Trump opened a new front in his assault on our environment and health on Tuesday, releasing detailed budget proposals that amount to a scorched-earth campaign—literally and figuratively. The budget calls […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The village of Ak-Shyrak, Kyrgyzstan is special to Farida Balbakova. But just in her lifetime, the village has gone through enormous changes. In her youth, it was under Soviet Rule and all property was government-owned. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and Farida watched as her countrymen lost their livelihoods […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Flooding is currently the most common natural disaster worldwide, and rising global temperatures will only make it more frequent and severe. Last year inland flooding emerged as the most expensive weather event in the US, contributing significantly to the $46 billion in damage caused by climate-related disasters in the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund While the rest of the world scales up clean energy, the electric grid operator running the world’s largest market procuring future commitments to deliver electricity is continuing to rely primarily on fossil fuels and nuclear. PJM, the grid operator serving 65 million electricity customers in 13 Mid-Atlantic and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration has just released its full 2018 budget proposal. Similar to his “starvation” budget released two months ago, Trump’s full budget proposal displays a reckless abandon for our country, our planet and future generations. Trump’s budget proposal seeks to eliminate nearly all international investments in climate […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration today proposed deep cuts to climate research across the federal government. Mick Mulvaney, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, tried to paint this anti-science move as a way to rein in “the crazy stuff the previous administration did.” In other words, Mulvaney […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018 makes it clear his administration intends to continue its war on clean energy. The “starvation budget” proposed today would slash funding for renewable energy and efficiency programs by a devastating 70 percent, including popular energy efficiency programs that helping put […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC, along with over 40 environmental and community groups, is pushing the Trump Administration to protect the 25 million Americans living near train tracks by regulating crude-by-rail trains. Currently, there is no limit to the explosiveness or flammability of crude oil shipped by rail—a dangerous situation given that, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The West Calumet housing complex was built over the site of the Anaconda White Lead Company (pictured), which smelted or processed lead for decades. Courtesy of the East Chicago Public Library Maritza Lopez pulled a postcard out of her mailbox five years ago. It was an invitation from […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund The Trump administration is trying to dramatically reshape the federal government’s environmental budget, threatening our most basic protections. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/330000412/0/edf/blogs/feed~Trumps-EPA-budget-critical-public-health-programs-on-the-chopping-block
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A Hands Across the Sand event in Long Beach, NY, on May 20, 2017 Source: Dani Tinker/NRDC Over the weekend, a tidal wave of opposition to expanded offshore drilling washed over the nation, initiating a Week of Action protesting any attempts to sell-off our collective ocean resources to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The international negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change continued this week — even as the world’s largest cumulative emitter threatened to withdraw from the talks. Trump continues to treat participation in the Paris Agreement as a bargaining chip for the upcoming G7 meeting in Italy. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund During his trip to Bears Ears, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (pictured here, in a blue shirt, with Utah governor Gary Herbert) spent almost all his time with politicians and energy executives who want to open up the monument for fossil fuel extraction. U.S. Department of the Interior Interior […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund More pro-polluters appointed, a barrage of dangerous bills advanced, and Bears Ears under threat—again. But there’s one bright spot: bold climate action in Virginia. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to open up the Bears Ears National Monument (right) to fossil fuel extraction; on the left, an oil pumpjack […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It feels like Groundhog Day…..again. Because the Senate Commerce Committee just snuck what is essentially the same ballast water bill we have been beating back every year into the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act. And then they voted it to the Senate floor. The legislation is custom-designed to allow […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Perry’s “study” appears to have more to do with undermining state policies than it does grid reliability. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/326331230/0/edf/blogs/feed~Heres-what-we-know-so-far-about-Rick-Perrys-fake-power-grid-study-%E2%80%93-and-it-isnt-good
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. iStock At Least They Have Regulatory Certainty . . . Dozens of California field-workers harvesting cabbage on a Bakersfield farm this week smelled a noxious odor blowing in from […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Be a good American. Protect our national treasures. Sharon Buccino President Trump has issued an executive order that threatens 27 of our national monuments―and the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah is first on the chopping block. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has opened a comment period to review whether to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund May 2017 flooding in Eureka Missouri. The second major flood to hit the town in less than 18 months. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by PFC Garrett Bradley) The lower Midwest is still recovering after severe flooding swept through the region in early May. Cities and towns along […]