Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Viktor Vasnetsov, 1887 The column you’re reading began its life last week with an unsavory, if relatively straightforward, goal: Explore the disastrous environmental ramifications of president-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Oklahoma’s attorney general—and oil-and-gas industry bestie—Scott Pruitt as the next head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. No […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NOAA Approves Largest Ocean Protection Area in U.S. Atlantic The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency today finalized important protections for more than 38,000 square miles of ancient, fragile deep-sea coral habitat off of our nation’s most populated coastline. The Frank R. Lautenberg Deep Sea Coral Protection Area will […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2016 Energy Developments It’s been another banner year for clean energy across the west. The year saw big policy gains, falling renewable energy prices, and utility investments shifting from coal to clean energy. All of this means that the gains and momentum […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a striking and welcome display of corporate leadership, 15 leading food companies have publicly committed to reduce their food waste by 50% by the year 2030. By stepping forward as founding “U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions”, these companies have made it clear: when it comes […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. You will be in the Middle Ages if you deny science. —Erik Solheim, executive director of the U.N. Environment Program, expresses concern over Drumpf’s climate change-denying cabinet picks 59 min ago Support Our Work […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Of Trump’s nominations so far, the most radical pick is the man chosen to lead the EPA. It’s why we must speak up. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/243389906/0/edf/blogs/feed~most-disturbing-things-about-Scott-Pruitt-and-the-EPA
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The world needs a U.S.–China partnership to help stop global warming. But the presidential election has thrown the future of this alliance into question. During the presidential race, it was one of Donald Trump’s favorite refrains: China is beating us! Why are we letting them? I don’t agree […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Yesterday, NRDC sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice to express its strong opposition to the creation of the largest seed and chemical corporation in the world—a new industrial goliath anticipated from the German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate, Bayer AG’s, proposed takeover of the U.S. agrochemical […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It doesn’t take a genius to see that drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean is a really bad idea. Now, a new NRDC report, The Fate of the Arctic in Offshore Oil Blowouts, gives us a better idea of just how bad. Even ignoring the risks of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2016 Energy Developments The incredible strides renewable energy made in America this year, combined with the election of Donald Trump, remind me of that famous quote from A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times, it was the worst […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The Arctic is seeing unprecedented declines in sea ice and snow cover triggered by abnormally warm temperatures, according to a new report released by the US government. The change has been so dramatic that a record-breaking delay in the fall freeze up of sea ice is threatening some wildlife populations, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Gregory Canyon, in California Damon Nagami/NRDC Listen closely, and you can almost hear a croak of relief from the arroyo southwestern toad. It’s one of the myriad rare wildlife species that make their home in Gregory Canyon, located in the rural northern reaches of California’s San Diego County. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With the flip of a switch today, the country’s first offshore wind power project began commercial operations. That’s something to celebrate—and it’s only the beginning for this abundant energy resource! An American First: The nation’s first offshore wind power project, located off the Rhode Island coast, can be […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President-elect Trump should look to clean energy and energy efficiency if he wants to make good on his jobs promise to Americans. Energy efficiency already accounts for nearly 1.9 million U.S. jobs — ten times more than oil and gas drilling, and 30 times more than coal mining. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Alarming air pollution levels in Indian cities are a major topic of discussion during this week’s Parliamentary session. The Indian Health Ministry found that the health consequences of particulate matter pollution alone are estimated to be exceed 3 percent of India’s gross domestic product, as announced in the […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy In the month since the election, I have had so many questions. What will it be like to work at an ocean nonprofit under the new Administration? Will we be able to move forward towards sustainable ocean policies or will we spend the next few years fighting? Or both? We simply don’t […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC filed a “friend of the court” brief on December 9th to support New York State in defending against a legal challenge that could have an impact on the right of New York and other states to adopt policies to promote clean energy. Several fossil fuel power companies […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC’s Shelley Poticha (left) moderates the Compact, Connected and Resilient: Planning our Future City panel at the C40 Summit in Mexico City. Amanda Eaken For those of us worried that even rumors of the United States pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement would have a chilling effect […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Virginia Dept. of Transportation Winter is coming, and so is truckload after truckload of rock salt. By the time daffodils start popping up in the spring, Americans will have dumped more than 24 million tons of the stuff on our roads, parking lots, and driveways. Dissolved in melting […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund An updated chemical safety law is already bringing results. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/241246172/0/edf/blogs/feed~Chemical-reform-in-action-EPA-moves-to-ban-solvent-used-by-dry-cleaners-consumers