Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a 3–2 vote, the Nebraska Public Service Commission approved an alternate route for the tar sands oil pipeline. Andrew Burton/Getty In a long-awaited decision, Nebraska’s Public Service Commission voted this morning to approve the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, but along a different path than […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund (C) Elly Pepper NRDC and the Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Trump Administration for allowing elephant and lion trophy imports from Zimbabwe. As I wrote previously, last week the Trump Administration lifted the ban on African elephant trophy imports, which was imposed by the Obama Administration […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pixabay.com Any tax plan that defers yet again the urgently needed infrastructure, resiliency building and job-producing revitalization our country needs is a defeat for millions of Americans. On that score, the congressional Republican leaders’ so-called “tax reform,” so far, is a failure. The House and Senate tax plans […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored by Alex Hillbrand The world returns to Montreal this week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1987 Montreal Protocol, the treaty that saved the ozone layer. The ozone hole over Antarctica is beginning to close, and a massive global epidemic of skin cancer was averted, thanks […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund (c) Jay Tansey As many of you may have heard by now, President Trump tweeted, and Interior Secretary Zinke reiterated, a decision late last night to put elephant trophy imports from Zimbabwe “on hold” out of the belief that “conservation and healthy herds are critical.” This follows the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Esta entrada de blog fue escrita por Andrea Becerra, consultora del proyecto de Latinoamérica de NRDC Hoy, líderes, ONGs, activistas y ambientalistas de todo el mundo se reunieron en Bonn, Alemania, para una ceremonia de clausura que marcó el fin de otra COP. Los negociadores han estado trabajando […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is a guest blog by Andrea Becerra, NRDC Latin America Project consultant Today leaders, NGOs, activists and environmentalists from around the world gathered in Bonn, Germany, for a closing ceremony to mark the end of another COP. Negotiators have been working tirelessly for the past two weeks […]
Published by the Environmental News Service PIERRE, South Dakota, November 17, 2017 (ENS) – TransCanada has shut down its Keystone pipeline after it sprang a leak early Thursday near the small community of Amherst in Marshall County, South Dakota. The pipeline carrying crude oil from Canada’s tar sands will remain shut down as the company […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Latin American countries, regions and cities demonstrated clear ambition and leadership at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) held in Bonn, Germany over the past two weeks. Their progress appeared in the form of national commitments, participation in global coalitions, subnational action plans, and even an innovation […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pipeline Near Homes David Jones I recently blogged about the top ten reasons to stop the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines. The ACP would cut through West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. Here are two more reasons why the ACP is bad for North Carolina’s environment and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Murray Foubister/Flickr Way down in the Florida Keys live about 950 miniature relatives of the white-tailed deer. Since the last Ice Age 11,000 years ago, the species has become so adapted to island living that it has shrunk down to no more than 32 inches tall, about the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Mind the Store If you’re like most Americans, you will soon be spending hours shopping for holiday presents. But no matter how well you plan your shopping list, you will have a hard time finding out which toxic chemicals may be lurking in the products you’re buying. Fortunately, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Adding renewable, zero-carbon generation to an electricity system helps reduce carbon emissions, just like adding ice to a drink makes it colder. This may seem like an intuitive point and one not worth arguing about, and yet it’s the subject of a recent column in the New York […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The sixth annual Mission Possible Turkey Fry, hosted by country music star Tracy Lawrence Splash News/Alamy Stock Photo The generosity flows year-round at the Nashville Rescue Mission, the city’s largest homeless shelter, but it’s never more obvious than during the week of Thanksgiving. Starting at 4 A.M. on […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Written with Courtenay Lewis A dozen prominent caribou scientists have rebutted claims by the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC)— an industry trade group that is working to downplay how rampant logging is destroying caribou habitat in Canada’s boreal forest. For more than five years, Canada’s federal government […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The commission was established by Congress last year to coordinate and facilitate activities in 2026 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/nonprofit-sought-coordinate-usas-250th-anniversary-commemoration
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund While dangerous air pollution levels spike across Northern India, world leaders are meeting in Bonn to move forward with the Paris Climate Agreement. India is vital in moving forward with the Paris Agreement to both combat global warming and shift to clean energy to protect communities in India from harmful […]
This year on America Recycles Day (November 15, #BeRecycled), there’s a lot of discussion about challenges facing the recycling industry. A recent example: the 2016 dip (2.4%) in plastic bottle recycling, which reversed twenty-five years of growth and a five-year compounded annual growth rate of 2.1%. So, what happens when an enterprise that has seen […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Developing and emerging economies could save $40 billion worth of electricity and prevent 320 million metric tonnes of carbon pollution annually simply by transitioning to LED lighting, according to estimates from United Nation’s Environment. Today speakers at a side event to the big international climate change conference (COP 23) occurring […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As the Oregon legislature considers implementing a carbon cap-and-invest law, the state should look to Ontario for an example of an environmentally and economically successful program in a similar jurisdiction. Senate Bill 1070, would set in motion an economy-wide carbon pollution market. Carbon markets function by capping greenhouse […]