Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund iStock Spring break—a chance to escape the winter doldrums for a balmy, palmy paradise, with sand toys and swimmies for some and mojito-fueled foam parties for others. (No judgment.) But the crush of sun and sand seekers in vacation hot spots like Mexico and Florida can magnify the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s executive orders on climate change can’t stop U.S. action on climate change or progress on the Paris Agreement. Final rules can’t be undone with the stroke of a pen and market dynamics will continue to shift the U.S. to a clean energy economy despite President Trump’s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration continues its war on health today with an executive order that aims to claw back climate protections like the Clean Power Plan. If fully implemented, the polluter-friendly order would guarantee more deadly heat waves, more choking air pollution, and more contamination in our food and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s sprawling executive order directing the EPA and other agencies to start dismantling President Obama’s climate legacy flies in the face of law, science, and strong public support for climate action. Trump’s executive order is a Climate Destruction Plan. It attacks the centerpiece of his predecessor’s climate […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump acted today to derail the effort to overhaul a broken federal coal leasing program that’s short-changed taxpayers more than $30 billion. He did so by issuing an Executive Order that would lift the moratorium on new leasing enacted by President Obama. The move is part of President Trump’s efforts to benefit big corporate […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Today, President Donald Trump and his administration announced they would take measures to roll back crucial climate change policies, including the Clean Power Plan, a law which is widely considered the most significant action to address climate change ever taken by the U.S. This decision ignores the sweeping actions […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Today, President Donald Trump and his administration announced they would take measures to roll back crucial climate change policies, including the Clean Power Plan, a law which is widely considered the most significant action to address climate change ever taken by the U.S. This decision ignores the sweeping actions […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It turns out the laundry room in apartment buildings is good for much more than meeting neighbors and cleaning clothes. A new report by Rebecca Schaaf and Ruchi Shah of SAHF (Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future) highlights the value from energy and water savings that is available. The report gives useful guidance to building […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Around the globe, we are already feeling the effects of climate change: extreme weather events, melting glaciers, and rising sea levels, to name a few. These impacts may sometimes leave us feeling helpless. But if we act now, we can still tackle this challenge. There is plenty that we can […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Around the globe, we are already feeling the effects of climate change: extreme weather events, melting glaciers, and rising sea levels, to name a few. These impacts may sometimes leave us feeling helpless. But if we act now, we can stave off the most dire impacts of a warming world. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A blowout on Platform A caused the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill Doc Searls/Flickr Those old enough to remember 1969 may recall that it was a very good year for music, moon landings, and the New York Mets. But it was a spectacularly bad time for the American […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is positioning the state as a national leader on the issue of food waste with his Food Recovery Act. And now as budget negotiations near a close, he is further strengthening that proposal with the addition of the Farm to Food Bank Tax […]
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. Anti–Keystone XL pipeline sign along the planned route near Fullerton, Nebraska AP Photo/Nati Harnik Another Twist in the Pipeline The State Department approved the Keystone XL Pipeline on Friday, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [This is an update from my previous blog] Officials from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) voted unanimously to reaffirm the state’s clean car standards today at their hearing in Riverside, CA – a city facing among the worst air pollution in the nation – giving an official […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The California Air Resources Board (CARB) yesterday approved some of the nation’s strongest limits on emissions of methane, a potent climate-changing pollutant, from oil and gas operations. California is the third largest oil-producing state in the nation. Along with other major oil and gas producing states including Wyoming […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Twenty eight years ago today the world experienced a massive wake-up call on the hazards and harms of oil spills when the Exxon Valdez oil tanker split open and poured oil into Alaskan waters. At the time, images of oil coated wildlife and a devastated ecosystem in one […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog post written by Ben Williamson As a person more comfortable in a hoodie with a fly rod in my hand, it felt strange to walk the polished stairs under the capitol’s rotunda, wearing a tie, and carrying a binder full of bill drafts. As I left […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund What, there’s a sanitation crisis? If you’re reading this in Japan, North America, or Europe, you’re probably unaware of anything like a “crisis” in sanitation, of all things. The world has plenty of alarming events, all right, but a sanitation crisis? But what if you really had to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pediment on the EPA building, Washington, D.C. Kevin Harber/Flickr When federal scientists launched @AltUSNatParkService and other rogue Twitter accounts to battle the Trump administration’s censorship of climate change facts on government websites, lawyer Jeff Ruch had his work cut out for him. His legal team at Public Employees […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A million acres of Patagonia donated to Chile, Peru slammed by deluge, Latin America’s future water challenges To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. March 17 – 23, 2017 Conservation | Special Report President Michelle Bachelet and Kristine McDivitt […]