Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Whether it’s fighting lead contaminated water, the effects of extreme heat, or industrial pollution, people living in communities on the frontlines for environmental threats also disproportionately lack access to the healthcare we all need. And, right now, lawmakers are considering legislation that would push critical medical care even […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Officials from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) will gather tomorrow in Riverside – a city facing among the worst air pollution in the nation – to discuss the status of the state’s clean car standards following the results of staff’s formal review. The 16-member Air Resources Board is expected by […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Last week, President Trump released his new budget proposal. As it stands, the proposal significantly reduces foreign assistance funding—including funding critical to conservation programs and sustainable development around the world. This is not good news. We must continue to support these programs and you can help do something about it. […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Last week, President Trump released his new budget proposal. As it stands, the proposal significantly reduces foreign assistance funding—including funding critical to conservation programs and sustainable development around the world. This is not good news. We must continue to support these programs and you can help do something about it. […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Last week, President Trump released his new budget proposal. As it stands, the proposal significantly reduces foreign assistance funding—including funding critical to conservation programs and sustainable development around the world. This is not good news. We must continue to support these programs and you can help do something about it. […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This is one anniversary that I don’t like celebrating. Friday will be the twenty-eighth anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Nearly 11 million gallons of oil spewed into the ocean over the course of three days. Even today, there are still some places in Prince William Sound where you […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund A growing number of states that supported Trump in 2016 are taking steps to rein in methane leaks from the oil and gas industry. It’s easy to see why. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/283809884/0/edf/blogs/feed~Why-rust-belt-states-are-tackling-methane-when-Trump-wont
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On March 2, the Trump White clarified that it would not require the company proposing to build the Keystone XL tar sands pipelline to use American steel. But it appears that President Trump would rather ignore that fact and keep on promising the moon. When he signed his executive […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Today, Ocean Conservancy took a bold step. I am proud to let you know my friend and colleague Janis Searles Jones has stepped into the role of Ocean Conservancy’s CEO as I assume the role of President. This mutual decision was unanimously endorsed by Ocean Conservancy’s Board of Directors. Yes, this is […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It was with great determination that a pair of bipartisan energy bills passed last December putting Michigan on the path toward a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. The law maintained and improved aspects of the energy efficiency and renewable energy standards and long term planning, but more […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again failed to fully evaluate the impacts of the combination pesticide Enlist Duo before approving it for use—and NRDC is once again taking the agency to court. EPA first approved Enlist Duo in October of 2014, but a year later asked […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund National Wind Technology Center in Boulder, Colorado DOE/Flickr Andrew Pruitt is taking a repair lesson, 300 feet up in the air. A climbing harness keeps him steady as he works alongside his mentor, learning to fix FAA lights atop a wind turbine that’s part of an energy center […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “I strongly believe in clean energy, in conserving energy, all of that—more than anybody.” Donald J. Trump, quoted in a fact sheet about a 2012 energy efficiency project at a Trump-branded apartment building in White Plains, New York, as reported recently in the New York Times. Given recent […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump went to an auto facility outside of Detroit, Michigan last week to start the process of rolling back successful clean car and fuel efficiency standards that are working to lower American drivers’ fuel bills, reduce our dependence on oil, and cut pollution. Not surprisingly, his remarks […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy We know that the Trump administration wants to cut NOAA’s budget bone-deep, proposing a nearly one-billion-dollar budget cut for America’s world-class ocean agency. But something amazing has been happening in the days since those devastating cuts were leaked to the Washington Post: People are saying “No!” Americans are making clear that they’re […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Endangered fin whales can breathe a huge sigh of relief: the director of Iceland’s only fin whaling company said that his fleet would not hunt fin whales again this year because of difficulties exporting the whale meat to Japan. This is the second year in a row that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Release of the Trump Administration’s proposed 2018 federal budget reinforces fears that our nation’s ocean arm will experience deep cuts, putting at risk services and products that affect an estimated one-third of the country’s gross domestic product and save American lives. First reported by The Washington Post, the […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy One of my favorite conservation success stories happened in the ocean. In my home state of California—southern sea otters were hunted to near extinction for their fur coats in the early 1900’s. But miraculously, a small population of fifty animals survived, hidden from hunters on the Big Sur Coast. They were placed […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund When her furnace started acting up, Alicia Dickenson knew her family had a problem. “I’m not going to have money for a new furnace,” the Ohio resident told her local paper. “How am I going to make it through the next winter?” When Dickenson found out she qualified […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump is expected to order the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies to start dismantling limits on carbon pollution from power plants and other sources, as he already ordered EPA to do for vehicles. It is likely that his executive order will include another huge gift […]