Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Opponents have conceded the EPA has authority, and some other surprising elements about the case. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/203743802/0/edf/blogs/feed~Clean-Power-Plans-day-in-court-facts-you-didnt-know
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog post was written with my colleague Bruce Ho. As the nine Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) states continue to engage in discussions about what their program should look like after 2020, they’ve been wasting no time ramping up the very renewable energy and energy efficiency policies […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy By Megan Swanson Keila reached out to Ocean Conservancy concerned about the pollution plaguing our ocean and eager to make a difference. Growing up alongside the Pacific Ocean, she developed a deep respect for the ocean and its inhabitants from an early age and considers it as part of her home. After […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The transition to a clean energy future is accelerating all across the country, and this shift has been particularly apparent in the west. From Nevada to Colorado to Montana, power companies across the region are taking advantage of record low prices to invest in clean, affordable renewable energy […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, the Obama Administration made an important investment in the way American cities fight climate change. The U.S. Department of Energy unveiled the Better Communities Alliance. This is a partnership designed to help cities meet their own climate and energy targets and, at the same time, create more […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Photo courtesy of Saakje Hazenberg The government of Alberta recently released a draft Caribou range plan that falls short of adequate projections for the Little Smoky and A La Peche caribou herds. The plan kicks short term protections down the road in favor of the logging and oil and gas industry. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Earlier this year, the New York legislature passed an important bill (S7833/A10584) to benefit New York State farmers and food insecure communities. If signed by the Governor, the farm to foodbank bill will assist farmers in donating food into the emergency food system—reducing food waste and getting more […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Questions about climate and energy policies span all top voter issues, but are usually overlooked during presidential debates. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/203213528/0/edf/blogs/feed~The-debate-questions-media-cant-afford-to-ignore
Published by Ocean Conservancy Sea turtles have a strong sense of place—when it’s time to nest, they return to the same beach where they hatched decades before. Many residents of the Gulf Coast share that same sense of place (my own family has lived in Louisiana for more than ten generations!) That’s why sea turtles are […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Earthjustice on Friday filed a legal brief in federal court explaining why certain electricity market rules that are harmful to consumers and the environment are illegal and should be invalidated. The rules were proposed by PJM (the electric grid operator serving 13 Mid-Atlantic and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Rebecca Greenfield for NRDC About 175 years ago, an Irish immigrant with little money but a lot of self-confidence arrived in Mobile, Alabama, and summarily began looking for work. For more than a decade, his search propelled him farther and farther north until finally he decided on a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The Dutch parliament votes to close the country’s coal-fired power plants – The parliament voted last week to slash emissions 55 percent by 2030—which would require the Netherlands’ remaining coal plants to close. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The African elephant population fell 20 percent in 10 years – A new report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature says the number of elephants across the continent went from 500,000, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. India to ratify Paris Agreement on October 2 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this weekend that India, which accounts for 4.5 percent of global emissions, will soon join the landmark climate change pact. He […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Africa’s elephant population has crashed by an estimated 111,000 in the past decade primarily due to poaching, according to the IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report. Released at the world’s largest wildlife trade conference, the authoritative report estimates that there are 415,000 elephants across the 37 range states in Africa—a huge […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Last week, Ocean Conservancy brought the ocean into the Senate. You can imagine my confusion when I was asked to help. It made sense once I learned Ocean Conservancy and the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab were teaming up to bring the issue of ocean acidification to the Capitol. We would use […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Emerging Relationship between Distributed Energy Resources and the Transmission System THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND UTILITY BUSINESS MODEL REFORM: Avoiding road blocks This blog is the fifth and final in a series on the policy relationship between distributed energy resources or “DERs” (energy efficiency, demand response, rooftop solar, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ohio Senator Bill Seitz is up to his old tricks again this week, circulating an amended version of SB 320, a dead on arrival bill (originally introduced–and jettisoned by lawmakers–last spring) that would continue to kick the can down the road on Ohio’s wildly successful clean energy standards. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Congress’s utter disregard for the public health crisis in Flint is a national tragedy, as my colleague, Henry Henderson, pointed out yesterday. This mess has festered for too long. This dual problem—poisoned water and Congressional inaction—has festered for over two years. Henry’s blog highlighted the year-old anniversary of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund WindImages/Flickr Two years ago, Ohio made a mistake about clean energy. It’s a correctable mistake, but some are worried that the state is about to dig in its heels—and make things far worse instead. The story begins in 2008, when a bipartisan majority of legislators approved Ohio’s clean […]