Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund G7 leaders will meet in Rome later this month Gaetano Virgallito/Flickr The Trump administration has kept the country waiting on whether the United States will keep its promises in regard to the Paris climate agreement. The latest word from White House watchers is that the president will postpone […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Start spreading the news: New York City ranked second in the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 2017 City Energy Efficiency Scorecard, released this week. ACEEE has published this report detailing the energy efficiency efforts of cities across the country every other year for the last six […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Filip Fuxa/Shutterstock We bid farewell this week to a particularly pernicious period in President Trump’s and the congressional Republicans’ double-barreled assault on public health and our environment. The window finally closed on their legal ability to annul a handful of Obama-era safeguards through an obscure measure known as the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund If the Trump administration’s strategy is to put a foreign mining company first—and America’s greatest wild salmon fishery dead last—then sadly it’s succeeding. Today EPA settled a lawsuit with Northern Dynasty Minerals—the Canadian junior mining company behind the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The settlement has […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In a surprising new finding, scientists recorded narwhals using their horns to hit and stun fish before eating them. Scientists already knew that narwhal horns are full of nerves and are not used for fighting purposes. But the video reveals a here to now unknown narwhal behavior. Long known as […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today proposed a 12-month extension for implementation of the revised final. Certification and Training of Pesticide Applicators (C&T) rule. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/updated-epa-requests-comment-extending-timeline-pesticide-applicators-rule
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) From meeting with Florida Governor Rick Scott, signing a proposed rule that will let North Dakota regulate CO2 storage and reaffirming his commitment to cleaning-up Superfund sites, it was a successful week at EPA. Below is a recap of all of the good news from an EPA […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON –The US Environmental Protection Agency entered into a settlement agreement with the Pebble Limited Partnership to resolve litigation from 2014 relating to EPA’s prior work in the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska. The settlement provides the Pebble Limited Partnership Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-and-pebble-limited-partnership-reach-settlement-agreement
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “Descent” Josh Keyes The image of a whale’s tail covered in graffiti may exaggerate humanity’s impact on the natural world—but only just. A recent study of the Mariana Trench turned up scads of pollutants in the most unexplored habitat on the planet. The sentiment, at least, evoked by […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Scott Pruitt, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, sure has been busy since he took over the agency. He’s spent most of his time cancelling, stalling, or starting the deconstruction of numerous public protection actions that the Obama administration took, and plenty of time promoting himself. None […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ten City Energy Project cities rank in the “Top 20” cities in the third edition of the City Energy Efficiency Scorecard, released yesterday by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The Scorecard ranks 51 of the largest cities in the United States based on scores in […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today announced a 12-month extension for implementation of the revised final Certification and Training of Pesticide Applicators (C&T) rule. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-extends-timeline-pesticide-applicators-rule
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report this week detailing how oil and gas operations managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are often granted waivers to allow industry to conduct drilling activities without necessary environmental safeguards. These activities are often discreet, but their impact can […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – In an effort to restore Superfund cleanup to its rightful place at the center of the U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-administrator-announces-new-directive-prioritize-superfund-cleanups
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Florida Governor Rick Scott met on Wednesday to discuss water policy and other issues vitally important to Florida, its environment, and its economy. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-administrator-pruitt-and-governor-scott-discuss-floridas-environment-and-economy-0
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “‘Listening Sessions’: Excellent!” Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency held “listening sessions” to hear public comment on Executive Order 13777, which requires an EPA Task Force to recommend “specific rules that should be considered for repeal, replacement and modification.” Not surprisingly few if any individual citizens or public […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Paris accord provides its members with more flexibility than the earlier Kyoto Protocol, an argument for those who want the United States to remain in the deal. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/climate/paris-climate-agreement-kyoto-protocol.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The New York City Council is again confronting the controversial issue of how to get rid of polystyrene foam food and beverage containers―one of the most environmentally troublesome constituents in the municipal waste stream. Expanded polystyrene foam―the lightweight, brittle, white material that is used in billions of […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund 1. How many vaquitas are left? A survey released earlier this year estimated the vaquita population was as low as 30 individuals. An all time low for the porpoise, the population is half of what it was just the year before. And a 97% drop from the year before that. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today announced that EPA has signed a proposed rulemaking to approve North Dakota’s application to implement and enforce its own Class VI Underground Injection Control (UIC) program. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-empowers-state-regulators-encourages-energy-innovation-signing-proposed-rule