Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A group of 26 oil and gas producers organized by industry trade association the American Petroleum Institute (API)—and self-styled as “The Environmental Partnership”—announced they will be pursuing voluntary efforts to reduce climate change-fueling methane emissions from their operations. While this sounds good, and we commend the industry for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Atlantic’s blue economy is busier than ever before: a chain of offshore wind leases is under development, growth of marine shellfish and finfish farming is anticipated, and the Panama Canal expansion, opened in 2016, has increased East Coast trade and traffic from massive ships. Our ocean is also home to a wide variety […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Governor of Washington State stepped up his leadership today in the race to save our Southern Resident killer whales. To quote Bon Jovi, these beloved whales are livin’ on a prayer. Well, a prayer and a few last fish. There are only 76 Southern Resident killer whales […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pipeline headed toward headwater stream crossing Tom Berlin NRDC recently commissioned an analysis from economists at the Applied Economics Clinic at Tufts University to dig into the repeated claim by project proponents that new interstate natural gas pipelines like the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) or Mountain Valley Pipeline […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pioneers, 2017. Oil and acrylic on wood panel, 72 x 144 inches. Courtesy of Alexis Rockman and Sperone Westwater, New York With loons and trout alongside allegorical monsters, the fantastical murals at the center of artist Alexis Rockman’s new exhibition don’t just look like a dream sequence; they […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Late last week, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) laid the foundation for greater electric vehicle (EV) growth by approving a $45 million charging station program put forth by Eversource—a utility serving 1.4 million electric customers in the state. The program is the largest of its kind […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Konza Prairie, Kansas Vincent Parsons/Flickr Loretta Johnson tortures plants. She sets them in awkward positions, deprives them of water or gives them too much, then watches how they react. Her victims are tall grasses—big bluestems, specifically, an icon of the midwestern prairie. Johnson isn’t tormenting the plants for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund We’ll stand up to Trump’s raid on our public lands. Bob Wick/BLM In the single-largest attack on our public lands in U.S. history, President Trump went to Utah on Monday to strip nearly two million acres of necessary protections, exposing spectacular landscapes and sacred lands to industrial ruin for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Each year at Thanksgiving, my family goes around the table and before we feast, we say what we are most thankful for. This year, I’m thankful for whales, not Congress. Congress isn’t making my list because any day now, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This morning the New Jersey state legislature will begin consideration of “strategies to prevent the premature retirement of existing, licensed, and operating nuclear power plants” at a rare joint hearing of the Senate Environment and Energy and the Assembly Telecommunications and Utility committees. The primary owner of nuclear […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA is proposing to roll back emission safeguards against sales of dirty trucks, leaving the public to cough and wheeze on more air pollution. NRDC is opposing the rollback at a public hearing on December 4th in Washington, D.C. The EPA proposal would lift restrictions on the number of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund One year after the Paris Agreement entered into force, are countries really shifting their financial flows to be consistent with a low-greenhouse-gas-emissions future? Our latest report, Power Shift, compares G20 governments’ financing for coal projects and renewable energy projects abroad. Our findings indicate that countries are still financing more […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The tax scheme protects the oil and gas industry while cutting clean energy initiatives and destroying millions of acres of nature. Hillebrand/USFWS Today the Senate voted to approve a $1.5 trillion tax bill that would, for the first time ever, allow drilling in Alaska’s pristine Arctic National Wildlife […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A Clean Power Plan hearing in coal country, using the tax bill to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and more questionable actions from Pruitt. Rob Crandall/Shutterstock Scott Pruitt must have thought it was awfully clever to hold the only public hearing on his climate destruction plan […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is attempting to monkey with the highly successful efficiency standards program – and we’re paying close attention. The DOE recently released two separate Requests for Information, one to evaluate advantages and disadvantages of additional flexibility for manufacturers and another to consider changes […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New England’s state renewable energy laws provide numerous benefits and are key to the region’s efforts to combat climate change. But these popular laws are under attack, as opponents seek to undermine them and prop up polluting energy instead. This week, NRDC pushed back against one such challenge. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke swears in David Bernhardt as the agency’s deputy secretary in August. U.S. Department of the Interior/Flickr One of the ways that our commander in chief got elected was by pledging to “drain the swamp” of Washington, D.C. The promise conjured […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a historic victory, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), the body responsible for regulating activities affecting water quality in the Delaware River Basin, just released draft regulations banning fracking in the entire watershed. This is thanks to years of advocacy by NRDC and our allies throughout the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News: Winter to be less severe this season, says weather department; India raises $400m green bond to fund renewables drive; Govt to standardize parameters used for measuring air quality India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India. November […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ross Tsai/Flickr There are plenty of luxury resorts where you can find palm trees, infinity pools, and catamarans. But only in the Dominican Republic’s Punta Cana can you sip piña coladas in the sand as critically endangered, snake-snatching birds of prey circle the Caribbean skies above. Ridgway’s hawks […]