6 Things You’re Missing if You’re Not Watching Deep-sea Research Live Feeds

Published by Ocean Conservancy The deep-sea is one of the least studied areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists continue to map, explore and study the deep-sea on ocean expeditions. In the Gulf of Mexico, one focus is the state and recovery of deep-water corals impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Multiple research expeditions have […]

A Rubber Stamp on Keystone XL? Good Luck Persuading These Nebraskans

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Art and Helen Tanderup with their daughter Vanessa Brand, their grandchildren, Kyle and Amelia, and the family dog, Penny Mary Anne Andrei/Bold Nebraska When TransCanada began knocking on doors throughout Nebraska in 2008, most residents didn’t know much about its Keystone XL pipeline or the dirty tar sands […]

FEMA Turning Blind Eye to NFIP’s Influence on Land Use (2)

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Minot Airmen aid community affected by flood | US Air Force FEMA recently published for public comment a draft Nationwide Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (NPEIS) to evaluate the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) environmental and social impacts. In preparing the draft NPEIS, FEMA had a prime opportunity to […]

American Economy Threatened by Federal Cuts to Efficiency

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. will put jobs and the economy at risk if proposed cuts to energy efficiency programs get adopted, a Congressional analysis released this month confirms. The report highlights thousands of jobs in every state that are produced by the very programs President Trump seeks to cut.  The […]

Despite Trump’s Threat to Eliminate, ARPA-E is a Success

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The first-ever assessment of the Department of Energy’s energy innovation incubator is in and the glowing reviews say its Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) is driving cutting-edge innovation in energy technologies with the potential to greatly enhance U.S. economic competitiveness and energy security. Unfortunately, the president’s […]

How Trump’s Budget Drains Drinking Water Protections

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Trump’s recently proposed budget for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets lofty goals to “ensure that all Americans are protected from exposure to hazardous environmental risks where they live, learn, work, and enjoy their lives.” But just saying it doesn’t make it so. Compare the facts around […]

How the Trump Administration Has (Already) Failed Red Snapper Rebuilding

Published by Ocean Conservancy Red snapper: It’s iconic, delicious and arguably the most important fish in the Gulf of Mexico. It also supports a robust commercial fishing industry. And recreational anglers from all of the country travel to the beaches and ports around the Gulf for a chance to catch one. And now, red  snapper will […]

Latin America Green News: 6/9 – 6/15/2017

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Colombia’s climate vulnerability, Bolivia’s second solar plant, Argentina’s robust year of renewables To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. June 9 – 15, 2017 Climate Change              The threat of climate change has never been higher in Colombia. The Institute of […]

Week 21: The Corporate Takeover of Our National Parks

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. This week, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke not only called to shrink Bears Ears National Monument but also proposed privatizing public parks. Reuters/Carlos Barria All Ears U.S. Department of the […]

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 15

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Bears Ears National Monument is in danger, more international embarrassment, rollbacks to an air pollution rule, and NRDC sues—again. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt ran into trouble on June 15 defending the indefensible: President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget that proposes to eviscerate the EPA. Testifying […]

India Green News: India’s RE Capacity Reaches 57 GW and More

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News: To slow climate change, India joins the renewable energy revolution; India’s renewable energy capacity reaches 57472 GW; Delhi to get 20 new pollution monitoring stations by October this year India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India. June […]

Scott Pruitt Defends the Indefensible

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today’s budget testimony from the EPA Administrator leaves us wondering who exactly is protecting our environment and health. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images On the basis of congressional testimony Thursday from our nation’s top environmental steward, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, I can’t help […]

Ohio’s Coal Plant Bailouts: As Bad a Deal as it Sounds

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund If given a choice between buying a new car with high fuel efficiency and state of the art technology (assembled with parts made by workers right in your own state of Ohio), or a 1950s era Studebaker that runs only 50% of the time and costs billions of […]

How Can Scott Pruitt Defend Drastic Cuts to EPA’s Budget?

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has trouble telling the truth. The world saw that from his brazen attempts on TV recently to spin President Trump’s withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris climate accord. Many fact-checkers have called him out on his lies. See here, or here, […]

This Tiny Seabird’s Colossal Migration Is in Danger from All Sides

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund © Hans Hillewaert / CC BY-SA 4.0 Like a dollop of whole-grain mustard nestled among the seashore’s rocks and shells, a clutch of horseshoe crab eggs doesn’t look all that important. But for the threatened Rufa red knot, a migratory bird about the size of a robin, these […]

Product stewardship helps keep workers ‘Safe + Sound’

This week, OSHA has announced events to highlight worker health and safety initiatives through its Safe + Sound Week. While safety is a cornerstone value for us every week, the American Chemistry Council’s Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) is excited for the opportunity to highlight our commitment to safety and some of the ways we […]

Craft Brewers to EPA: Keep Protecting Clean Water

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last month, EPA asked the public to suggest regulations for possible modification or repeal. Instead, the agency got an earful from folks across the country—hundreds of thousands of them—demanding that our nation’s environmental safeguards be maintained or even strengthened. The voices of Americans standing up for the health […]

Trump’s Latest Climate Assault Targets our Forks

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration’s latest effort to undo the progress America is making in combating climate change is now targeted at our diets. On Monday, Trump’s Agriculture Department announced an end to a 14-year ban on American beef exports to China. Beef is the largest contributor to climate change […]

Scott Pruitt’s Journey from Bologna to Baloney

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s trip to Bologna this weekend for the G-7 Environment Ministers Meeting was bound to be awkward, coming less than two weeks after President Trump stuck his finger in the world’s eye on the Paris Climate Agreement.  Pruitt added insult to insult-and-injury.  The man who’s […]

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