Published by Ocean Conservancy Late Friday night, The Washington Post broke the news that the Trump Administration’s budget plans devastating cuts for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This is what we learned: NOAA faces a massive cut of nearly $990 million to their operating budget. Cuts on this scale aren’t just “trimming the fat” to […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund An assault of this scale on the nation’s premier environmental watchdog would be unprecedented. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/277082114/0/edf/blogs/feed~The-severe-realworld-casualties-of-Trumps-EPA-budget-cuts
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund FERC Should Remove Barriers to DER & Storage in Markets The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—the agency tasked by Congress to remove barriers to competition in the wholesale electricity markets—has proposed a rule seeking to remove several such obstacles to electric storage and distributed energy resources (DERs), such […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund One could see President Trump’s handling of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline as one of several early tests of his supposed negotiating prowess: could he get a foreign corporation wanting to build an oil pipeline across America to use American steel for the pipe? Forget possible legal […]
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. Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress. Chris Kleponis/SIPA/Newscom Climate Change Ignorer President Trump gave his first address to Congress on Tuesday. The first half […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pollution in the Anacostia River, Maryland Kamaweti Mutu/Flickr Nearly halfway through his first 100 days, President Donald Trump is on track to set a record for putting Americans’ health and our environment at risk. In recent days, we’ve seen Trump issue an order to keep streams and rivers […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference Gage Skidmore/Flickr This story originally appeared on Climate Central. The Trump administration wants to “zero out” many climate-related programs and grants that help state and local governments enforce environmental laws, according to a memo sent this week […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC Cities are the incubators of change. I had the opportunity to see city leadership in action during my recent visit to Ahmedabad, a rapidly urbanizing city in western India grappling with rising air pollution levels. In an innovative step, the city along with NRDC and other partners, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post was authored by Rachel Fakhry, Schneider Fellow, NRDC. The shift away from coal presents the U.S. with an exciting opportunity to lead a global transition to a clean energy economy. In that context, NRDC argues in an issue brief published today we should capitalize on clean […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Today we’re celebrating the fourth-annual World Wildlife Day—a time to reflect on the amazing diversity of wildlife on our planet and recommit to conservation. In the past year alone, we’ve had much to applaud when it comes to protecting wildlife and wild places: both the US and China began implementing […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Today we’re celebrating the fourth-annual World Wildlife Day—a time to reflect on the amazing diversity of wildlife on our planet and recommit to conservation. In the past year alone, we’ve had much to applaud when it comes to protecting wildlife and wild places: both the US and China began implementing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Katherine Welles/iStock Georgians adore their electric cars. With more than 26,000 plug-ins quietly cruising its roads, the Peach State holds the title for the nation’s second-largest fleet. Most are found in Atlanta, whose 500 charging stations make driving on electricity easy, practical, and of course free of tailpipe […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Colombian organization seeks to save seed species, Guatemala and UK Space Agency team up to fight deforestation, jobs in renewable energy sector are on the rise February 24 – March 2, 2017 Climate Change Record breaking temperatures during recent years have left much of Mexico in a troubling […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In his speech to Congress, President Trump simultaneously continued his attack on the regulatory system and continued to claim that he supports clean air and water, among other public goods. The problem is that the way we’ve cleaned our air and our water is through federal regulation, and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Senate is expected to confirm former Texas Governor Rick Perry’s nomination as secretary of Energy this week. President Trump has attempted to stack his cabinet with friends of polluting industries, and Perry, as a climate-waffler with deep ties to the fossil fuel industry, fits that bill. Yet […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Invasive species are a massive problem worldwide. Defined as nonnative species that become established outside of their native range, and whose introduction causes harm or is likely to cause harm, invasives can disrupt natural habitats, hurt local economies and threaten human health. Invasives cause billions of dollars of damage every year, and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ben Shattuck sketching wildflowers in Gates of the Arctic National Park Courtesy of Ben Shattuck Great Smoky Mountains National Park was the most visited national park last year, welcoming 11.3 million people to its swath of Appalachia. By contrast, Alaska’s Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund The president’s initial lack of popularity provides progressives with a unique opportunity to limit the damage he does to the environment. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/276297792/0/edf/blogs/feed~Trumps-speech-may-give-him-a-bump-but-his-underlying-popularity-is-historically-low
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a recent op-ed by Contra Costa Water District’s Board President Lisa M. Borba and Contra Costa Country Sanitary District Director Paul H. Causey, the duo states that California’s efforts to advance water efficiency will diminish recycled water investments and dis-incentivize future recycled water projects. As a civil […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund When he turned the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline from dead and gone into a reawakened zombie, President Trump claimed that his doing so would mean new construction jobs, steel manufacturing jobs, and money for the United States. Before he was elected, he used the pipeline to […]