Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Almost every waterway in New Jersey is too polluted to meet clean water standards, and the state’s new proposed permits for municipal stormwater discharges wouldn’t do anything to change that. Across New Jersey, polluted runoff from the built environment is burdening local communities with public health threats, lost […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Today, President Donald Trump and his administration announced they would take measures to roll back crucial climate change policies, including the Clean Power Plan, a law which is widely considered the most significant action to address climate change ever taken by the U.S. This decision ignores the sweeping actions […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Today, President Donald Trump and his administration announced they would take measures to roll back crucial climate change policies, including the Clean Power Plan, a law which is widely considered the most significant action to address climate change ever taken by the U.S. This decision ignores the sweeping actions […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It turns out the laundry room in apartment buildings is good for much more than meeting neighbors and cleaning clothes. A new report by Rebecca Schaaf and Ruchi Shah of SAHF (Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future) highlights the value from energy and water savings that is available. The report gives useful guidance to building […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is positioning the state as a national leader on the issue of food waste with his Food Recovery Act. And now as budget negotiations near a close, he is further strengthening that proposal with the addition of the Farm to Food Bank Tax […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund What, there’s a sanitation crisis? If you’re reading this in Japan, North America, or Europe, you’re probably unaware of anything like a “crisis” in sanitation, of all things. The world has plenty of alarming events, all right, but a sanitation crisis? But what if you really had to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A million acres of Patagonia donated to Chile, Peru slammed by deluge, Latin America’s future water challenges To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. March 17 – 23, 2017 Conservation | Special Report President Michelle Bachelet and Kristine McDivitt […]
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 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 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 the Natural Resources Defense Fund Josh Mogerman/NRDC The Great Lakes are an indelible part of the quality of life in some of America’s greatest cities (Canada’s too!). But the Trump budget outlined this week clearly represents a threat to the region. Between the elimination of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the hobbling […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump announced his proposed budget on Thursday. If it were to be adopted by Congress, it would threaten public health and our natural resources enormously. Although this budget is so radical that it has no chance of enactment, it still bears close examination for a couple reasons. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Alaska is warming at a rate two to three times faster than the mainland United States and the many indigenous communities along its coast, like the Inupiat villages of Kivalina and Shishmaref, are grappling with the impacts. Andrew Burton/Getty Images Mustafa Ali worked at the Environmental Protection Agency […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The President’s Budget, revealed today, proposes a whopping 21% funding cut to USDA. Until a more detailed draft is released in May, we don’t know which programs are most at risk. But we can be sure that this level of gouging would have a negative impact on rural […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “Beyond Streaming: A Sound Mural for Flint,” installation view Courtesy the Broad MSU Open one of the spigots at Michigan State University’s Broad Art Museum and it’s not water that rushes out, but sound. You might catch a few stanzas of a poem: The Flint water crisis is […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The fight to protect Lake Baikal, the world’s largest body of unfrozen fresh water, has shifted from industrial pollution to more mundane matters like sewage. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/world/europe/a-russian-lakes-future-hangs-on-tourists-and-toilets.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Soon, when you walk down 103rd Street or Wilmington Avenue—main thoroughfares in Los Angeles’ historic neighborhood of Watts—you’ll be able to see the result of years of community-driven efforts to transform the neighborhood to one of vibrancy and opportunity. Naria Kiani Working with our partners at Grant Housing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Kana Okada As the days get longer and early flowers poke up through the ground, giving your home a thorough spring cleaning is a satisfying opportunity to mirror the renewal that’s taking place outdoors. Alas, keeping your home spic and span—and healthy—isn’t so straightforward. Because we don’t submit […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Minneapolis (Pixabay) President Trump says infrastructure is an urgent priority on which the country is going to “start spending big.” We couldn’t agree more that an infusion of money is badly needed. Mr. Trump has used a figure of $1 trillion, and Senate Democrats have released their […]
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 […]