Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It’s official: The New York Public Service Commission has adopted a new rate structure to credit solar projects for communities, commercial, and industrial customers according to the benefits they provide. Based on our initial assessment, we are optimistic that the order adopting the new rates will provide a […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating stand out #WomeninConservtion all week long. Here, Corey Ridings, a Policy Analyst with our Sustainable Fisheries team, reflects on the representation of women in fisheries management. Our ocean fish populations are managed in a unique system where stakeholders take a lead role in crafting management strategies. […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Customers and businesses love this voluntary program – and it works. So why is Energy Star on the chopping block? Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/278733542/0/edf/blogs/feed~Trump-wants-to-cut-the-Energy-Star-program-%E2%80%93-and-with-it-billions-in-consumer-savings
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Hurricane Marilyn, US Virgin Islands, September 25, 1995—Many people were affected by the hurricane, from elderly people to small children. Eight people died and more than $2 billion in property damage was caused by Hurricane Marilyn. FEMA News Photo – Sep 24, 1995 The Federal Emergency Management Agency […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund What really prompted EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s whirlwind repeal last week to cancel the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to gather data from the oil and gas industry on methane pollution and measures to control that pollution? Even though some companies have already sent in their data, and others […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Author Kara Lankford and her mother Toni Lankford, one of the women who inspires her in her work. Courtesy Kara Lankford. In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating stand out #WomeninConservtion all week long. Here, Kara Lankford, Interim Director of our Gulf Restoration Program reflects on conservation leaders in Alabama. This […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund You can’t surgically excise weather and climate research, or satellite capability, without undermining preparedness and putting American lives at risk. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/278601724/0/edf/blogs/feed~Beyond-satellites-this-potential-NOAA-cut-would-be-devastating
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC and partners are going to court to ensure the federal government can keep working to end illegal fishing and seafood fraud, both of which are serious threats to ocean ecosystems. Specifically, we seek to intervene in a lawsuit that the commercial seafood industry brought to block a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Repeal of the rule denies the Bureau of Land Management use of modern tools. In its march to turn the clock back, the Senate passed legislation today repealing an effort by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to improve the management of the broad array of ecological and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Richard Mia If you’re new to hometown activism, now is the time to get a few pointers. To start, recognize that no matter how small they seem, local resistance efforts matter—we’ve certainly seen it at the town hall meetings that are heating up around the country. Remember the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A stellar new report from the World Resources Institute takes a no-nonsense look at the business case for food waste reduction—at the idea that wasting food is an inevitable cost of doing business or that reducing food waste is somehow “too expensive” to make sense. What did they […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Becca with two of the women who’ve been inspiring her her whole life–her mom and sister. Courtesy Becca Robbins Gisclair. In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating stand out #WomeninConservation all week long. Here, Becca Robbins Gisclair, Associate Director of our Arctic Programs, reflects on the women who have inspired her throughout […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund My colleague and I rode the rough, volcanic black rock roads of Goma, a city in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, to a series of small wooden houses. Here, an association formed mainly of women was very busy working to build new, improved cookstoves by hand to make them nearly […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund My colleague and I rode the rough, volcanic black rock roads of Goma, a city in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, to a series of small wooden houses. Here, an association formed mainly of women was very busy working to build new, improved cookstoves by hand to make them nearly […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Three new bills were recently introduced by California Senate Pro Tem Kevin de León and other state champions, all designed to protect California against environmental harm from the anti-environment antics of the Trump Administration and Congress. These bills can be a model for other states that want to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Brough Turner/Flickr Hudson River near Hadley, New York Last fall, a whale made a go of Manhattan. The humpback, eventually named Gotham, chased schools of herring from New York Bay into the Hudson River, as delighted onlookers snapped photos of its tail flukes framed by the city skyline. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration plans to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) budget by 17 percent, targeting programs that are crucial to America’s economy and public health and safety, according to a Washington Post report. The leaked OMB document obtained by the Post reportedly shows that the […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy The author as a junior scientist: writing computer programs, collecting specimens and troubleshooting equipment. Courtesy Sarah Cooley. In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating stand out #WomeninConservtion all week long. Here, Sarah Cooley, Director of our Ocean Acidification Program, writes a letter to her ten-year-old self. Check back every day for new […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The scientific consensus is clear and compelling: our climate is changing at a dangerous and unprecedented rate. Every year, we are seeing increasingly severe impacts, including more frequent and more intense droughts, floods and wildfires; dropping agricultural yields; rising sea levels; and acidifying oceans. At the root of these changes […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The scientific consensus is clear and compelling: our climate is changing at a dangerous and unprecedented rate. Every year, we are seeing increasingly severe impacts, including more frequent and more intense droughts, floods and wildfires; dropping agricultural yields; rising sea levels; and acidifying oceans. At the root of these changes […]