Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Monday marked the end of a public comment period, initiated by the political leadership of the Environmental Protection Agency, to identify regulations for possible modification and repeal. But a funny thing happened – it turns out most people care a lot about safeguards that protect our air, our […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As one of my NRDC colleagues mentioned on Monday, this week is Infrastructure Week – a national event that uses education and advocacy to elevate infrastructure as a critical issue affecting all Americans. A lot of folks think about bridges and roads when they hear the word “infrastructure,” […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] The following a transcript of the video. Paul F. Schwarz, Independence, Missouri: If you’re selling food in the public, you ought to do it the right way, follow the regulations, don’t do any shortcuts, because that means life or death to people. My father’s name is […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the City of Joshua, Texas a one-time $675,083 Special Appropriation Act Program grant for drainage improvements for their growing city. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/water-infrastructure-investment-city-joshua-tx-protects-environment-and-sparks-economic
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality today announced an agreement with Vopak Terminal Deer Park Inc. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/under-agreement-us-and-state-texas-vopak-reduce-hazardous-air-pollution-chemical
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/bill-signed-president-trump-gives-epas-wifia-program-additional-help-meet-communities
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Americans just delivered a clear message to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Keep your hands off our clean air and water. Yesterday marked the end of a formal comment period in which EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt asked for input on safeguards that “may be appropriate for repeal, […]
A new study by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), part of the U.S. Department of Energy, found that converting non-recycled plastics into diesel fuel can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 14 percent, water consumption by up to 58 percent, and traditional energy use by up to 96 percent compared to diesel production from traditional […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund At the recent Belt and Road Summit hosted by China, thirty countries reaffirmed their support for the Paris Agreement and called on all countries to implement their commitments under the Agreement. At a time when the White House is attempting to backslide from the global effort to combat […]
Virtually every day in the U.S., we are flooded with more and more reports about growing problems with the nation’s crumbling water infrastructure. While the problem was first brought to the public’s awareness in Flint, water systems are failing in countless other cities, from Cleveland, to New Jersey, to Massachusetts. Now, we are seeing more […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With our nation facing a growing crisis of antibiotic-resistant infections, leading health organizations have been calling for not only for a reduction in the amount of unnecessary antibiotics used in human medicine, but also in animal agriculture. That’s because more than 70 percent of drugs that are deemed […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of 14 organizations to receive funding to operate environmental job training programs for local residents. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epas-brownfields-job-training-program-transforms-lives-and-land-across-country
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest authors: Dr. Jeff Wells and Harvey Locke In the midst of a steady stream of grim reports about the environment, a new study offers a welcome ray of hope. Researchers have determined that there are still hundreds of regions around the globe healthy enough to help maintain […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund We’ve seen this time and again: pipelines leak and tankers run aground. At a time when the federal government is doing everything in its power to permit fossil fuel infrastructure, we have a rare opportunity in New York State to say “No!” Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipelines-NY in front […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund An alfalfa field in central California Ken Figlioli/Flickr California’s fertile Central Valley is known for its rows upon rows of carrots and tomatoes, fields of rice, and groves of almond and orange trees. It is less known for the untamed nature in its midst. Yet the pastoral lands […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund With an estimated 30 or fewer remaining individuals, the vaquita are the focus of WWF’s new report calling for immediate, collective action to save the species from extinction. Fondly known as the “panda of the sea” for its distinctive markings, the vaquita is endemic to the Upper Gulf of California. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – EPA is launching a new website (www.epa.gov/wotus-rule) today to provide the public with information about EPA’s review of the definition of “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) as set out in the 2015 “Clean Water Rule.” Th Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-launches-new-waters-us-website
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program will receive approximately $344,000 in the form of a federal grant appropriated by Congress to conserve and improve working waterfronts and preserve fishing communities, Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-grant-mobile-bay-national-estuary-program-protecting-natural-resources-and
Published by the Environmental News Service VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, May 12, 2017 (ENS) – The Trump administration has undone President Barack Obama’s protection for Bristol Bay, Alaska, which hosts the world largest sockeye salmon run, by allowing a Canadian mining company to apply for a permit to dig up the world’s largest undeveloped gold […]
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. © Chris Boyer, Kestrel Aerial Services, Inc. A Win! A Win! In a week of big surprises and dramatic twists in Washington, D.C., the defeat of the Republican-led effort […]