Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News: India reaffirms its commitment to moving away from a coal-based energy; India-led solar alliance to add 1,000GW of energy by 2030; This city just got India’s first electric vehicle charging station India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Imidacloprid is one of the most popular and widespread insecticides in the U.S. The neonicotinoid or “neonic” pesticides are used to treat soil, seeds and foliage to control sucking insects such as rice hoppers, aphids, thrips, whiteflies, turf insects, soil insects and some beetles. Imidacloprid kills insects by debilitating […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Trump plans to further his disregard for America’s indigenous groups by removing protections for sacred public lands. Tim Peterson It wasn’t enough to hijack a ceremony to honor Navajo code talkers so he could deride a U.S. senator as “Pocahontas.” President Trump now plans to go to Utah on Monday to decimate the Bears […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund More than 3 million New Yorkers struggle to have enough to eat. At the same time, 40% of the food produced in this country is wasted—and here in New York, food makes up 18% of our municipal solid waste stream. The vast majority of this food is disposed […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Erik H As a roof bolter, Ken Knusta had one of the most dangerous jobs in coal mining. He would follow miners after they cut deeper into the New Future Mine in Galatia, Illinois, and secure the ceilings of the new tunnels. He did this every workday for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On August 3, 2015 President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Clean Power Plan (CPP), an effort to combat climate change by reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants. Now, current EPA Administrator Pruitt announced formally on Oct 10th that the Trump Administration would take […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed repealing the Clean Power Plan, the nation’s first limits on the carbon pollution from power plants that drives dangerous climate change Here are the remarks I’ll give Tuesday afternoon at the only public hearing the agency has scheduled, in Charleston, West Virginia. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored with Zhiming Pan, NRDC China Program Energy efficiency is a proven solution to meet our energy needs around the world. Energy efficiency is critical to saving power, combating climate change, growing economies, and improving air quality. To advance energy efficiency solutions, NRDC’s team from China, India and the United […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Pacific Gas and Electric Company The historic Joint Proposal to retire and replace the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant goes before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) tomorrow at a formal hearing featuring no less than 21 presentations on behalf of an even larger […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund iStock Photo Whenever California senator Ricardo Lara’s mother returned home from her job as a housecleaner, she would feel dizzy and sick. But she had no way to know what chemicals she was exposed to while she scrubbed sinks and toilets. Inspired to protect people like his mother […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund There is more to California’s Zero Net Energy state buildings policy than the state’s Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) considered in its recent report. The LAO, which is the California Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal and policy advisor, just released an evaluation of the state’s pursuit of Zero Net Energy (ZNE) […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California recently established an ambitious blueprint for how the state will meet its target of doubling statewide energy efficiency savings by 2030, which would be equivalent to avoiding the annual electricity use of 12 million households and the natural gas consumption of more than 3 million. Energy efficiency […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline would each cross hundreds of private properties. Many of these private properties are farms, and farmers are rightfully concerned about damage to their farmland from pipeline construction, as well as ongoing environmental and safety issues. Some of these farmers […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Coauthored with Alex Hillbrand Countries brought good presents to the Montreal Protocol’s 30th birthday bash. Here are […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund For 22 years the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health (IJOEH) was the leading scientific journal on global health hazards, and on criticizing the corporate manipulation of science and policy. But a new publisher appears to be transforming it into a mouthpiece for industry consultants. In 2015 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today on Thanksgiving, Virginia can rightfully be grateful for – and proud of – true leadership. As Governor McAuliffe approaches the end of his governorship, he has shown important vision as a resounding repudiation of Donald Trump’s “giant-step-backward” era, where mindless giveaways to fossil fuel’s beltway lobbyists hasten […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Looking out from shore amid a rapidly approaching northeastern winter, you would hardly imagine that a hive of activity could be taking place in the distant open ocean. Yet this is what the aerial survey team at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On Monday, the Nebraska Public Services Commission (PSC) issued its long-awaited decision regarding a route permit for the zombie Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Voting 3-2, the PSC decided to issue a route permit, but not for the route that TransCanada, the company behind the fraught pipeline, had […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Interior Department is the caretaker of America’s public lands, wildlife and natural resources. Unfortunately, Interior Secretary Zinke is proving to be a steward for just a few of us – the oil, gas and coal companies who seek to dig and drill our public lands. The rest […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Somewhat overlooked in the Trump administration’s request for $44 billion in supplemental disaster aid for areas of the United States affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria was a proposed $12 billion nationwide competition to increase resilience to future flood and hurricane disasters (see page 45 of the […]