Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A Hands Across the Sand event in Long Beach, NY, on May 20, 2017 Source: Dani Tinker/NRDC Over the weekend, a tidal wave of opposition to expanded offshore drilling washed over the nation, initiating a Week of Action protesting any attempts to sell-off our collective ocean resources to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The international negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change continued this week — even as the world’s largest cumulative emitter threatened to withdraw from the talks. Trump continues to treat participation in the Paris Agreement as a bargaining chip for the upcoming G7 meeting in Italy. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund During his trip to Bears Ears, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (pictured here, in a blue shirt, with Utah governor Gary Herbert) spent almost all his time with politicians and energy executives who want to open up the monument for fossil fuel extraction. U.S. Department of the Interior Interior […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund More pro-polluters appointed, a barrage of dangerous bills advanced, and Bears Ears under threat—again. But there’s one bright spot: bold climate action in Virginia. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to open up the Bears Ears National Monument (right) to fossil fuel extraction; on the left, an oil pumpjack […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It feels like Groundhog Day…..again. Because the Senate Commerce Committee just snuck what is essentially the same ballast water bill we have been beating back every year into the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act. And then they voted it to the Senate floor. The legislation is custom-designed to allow […]
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. iStock At Least They Have Regulatory Certainty . . . Dozens of California field-workers harvesting cabbage on a Bakersfield farm this week smelled a noxious odor blowing in from […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Be a good American. Protect our national treasures. Sharon Buccino President Trump has issued an executive order that threatens 27 of our national monuments―and the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah is first on the chopping block. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has opened a comment period to review whether to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund May 2017 flooding in Eureka Missouri. The second major flood to hit the town in less than 18 months. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by PFC Garrett Bradley) The lower Midwest is still recovering after severe flooding swept through the region in early May. Cities and towns along […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Vaquita NOAA/Paula Olson With fewer than 30 remaining and an annual decline rate of about 50 percent, the vaquita porpoise is the world’s most endangered marine mammal. It may be the most endangered animal on the planet. Now, there’s frantic energy around the vaquita, like the last moments […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Latin America Green News: Cocaine trafficking is killing Central America’s forests, Argentina to manufacture electric vehicles, Chile launches electric vehicle rental To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. May 12 – 18, 2017 Maize crops in Honduras ISABEL COELLO EU/ECHO […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The news that America’s largest municipal utility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), is joining the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) promises to bring even more economic and environmental success to emerging regional electricity markets. LADWP, which serves about 4 million […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Adding water heating to a model solar ordinance for California cities creates new opportunities for deep carbon cuts. The Golden State is making promising headway toward a remarkable goal: making all its new residential buildings zero net energy — which requires that newly constructed homes produce as much […]
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 The energy industry trend of slashing carbon continues with the DTE Energy announcement to reduce its carbon emissions by more than 80 percent by 2050. Frankly, trend is too temporary a word to describe what is really going on across the country and globe. DTE’s CEO Gerry Anderson […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A humpback whale and its calf NOAA Nobody likes an eavesdropper. But for humpback calves, being overheard can be a death sentence. Sound travels four times faster in water than in air, and the creatures living below the waves have evolved highly sensitive hearing. Humpback whales use the […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s agenda to put Virginians’ health and safety at risk was stopped at the banks of the Potomac today, where Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe delivered on his promise to tackle climate change and grow a clean energy economy in the Commonwealth. McAuliffe announced that he is seizing Virginia’s best opportunity for meaningful progress on climate change and […]