Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Cedar Mesa, part of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah Bureau of Land Management/Flickr This story originally appeared on Climate Central. President Trump has directed the Interior Department to “review” all large national monuments created since 1996 to recommend ways for Congress to shrink or abolish them. The […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund One of the toughest tickets to get in DC is for tonight’s 2017 ENERGY STAR® awards gala where 152 businesses and organizations from across the nation are being recognized at a sold-out event hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE). Unfortunately, the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Grand Staircase-Escalante Bob Wick/BLM The designation of a national monument is a recognition of the space’s contribution to America’s heritage, whether through its rich natural beauty or the role it’s played in our developing national story. Nearly every president since Theodore Roosevelt has made use of his Antiquities […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ranger Doug (left), Hannah Rothstein (right) At first glance, a print from artist Hannah Rothstein’s series “National Parks 2050” looks like one of the classic posters that Works Progress Administration artists created for the National Park Service between 1938 and 1941. The iconic landscapes are there, as are […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On Wednesday, President Trump will unveil his latest effort to undermine our bedrock environmental protections. Trump will reportedly sign an executive order requiring Interior Secretary Zinke to carry out a review of every national monument created in the past 21 years – both onshore and off. Spoiler alert: […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Photo: Climate Action Network/flickr Hundreds of thousands around the world will gather and march to demand action on climate change this Saturday, April 29th. It’s a clear act of resistance against policies that put our future at risk. But it is also a groundswell that channels months of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund David Sunding prepared yet another flawed analysis of the economics of California water earlier this week. Reading his report, one would never know that water exports from the Delta increased dramatically over the decades until the late 2000s, nor that today under the biological opinions, average water exports […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Oil pumpjacks in Kern County, California Gary Kavanagh/iStock Since taking office, President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have unleashed the worst-ever assault on our right to breathe clean air, drink safe water, and enjoy healthy lands, moving to undo the historic progress of recent years to address climate […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Long Island Power Authority, Long Island’s public utility, in concert with PSEG-Long Island, the company that operates the Long Island grid, today released its updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The IRP is a roadmap for how the utility can best serve its more than 1 million customers […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Environmental Protection Agency just kicked off an effort to gut many of the regulations that safeguard the air we breathe and the water we drink. EPA leadership announced this push with a “public” process designed minimize as much scrutiny as possible. We can’t let them get away […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Later today I will deliver remarks for NRDC at the Environmental Protection Agency’s first public session―a three-hour teleconference―to get “public input” on Clean Air Act “regulations that may be appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification.” This is the first of seven brief meetings or teleconferences that EPA Administrator […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Two sources of Earth Day inspiration for me today. First, it was a cool and rainy day in Washington, but tens of thousands showed up anyway to March for Science. As in dozens of other cities, towns, and research stations on every continent. What do we want? Evidence-based science! […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Chris Eason/Flickr The martial eagle of sub-Saharan Africa can make some pretty impressive dives. With wingspans approaching nine feet, these gray-and-white raptors can take down a goat. Unfortunately, the eagle’s population is taking a steep plunge, too. The species numbered in the tens of thousands as recently as […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Scientists were among the protestors the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. duluoz cats/Flickr This story originally appeared on Climate Central. Field research season is getting underway in Greenland. Scientists are racing to the island for the few months a year when the towering ice sheet is accessible. Despite […]
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 Let’s not make a deal. Last week, the G7 meeting in Rome ended in discord, as some of the world’s leading economies failed to agree on a statement—not […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A game-changing conversation has begun around the way community development is organized on a national scale and it includes the voices of environmentalists and those most affected – the people in local neighborhoods who must live with the consequences of that development. This assessment comes from leaders in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New York’s process to set new utility bill credit rates for solar projects for communities, businesses, and factories has reached its critical implementation phase. The New York Public Service Commission issued an order issued on March 9 that sets up general rules for crediting mid-size solar projects: the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Earth Day—a time to consider the planet, yes, but also the people who must inhabit it. Pixabay You might think of the rainforest or the endangered polar bear on this day, but Earth Day is a commemoration with decidedly American roots, born in 1970 with marches and rallies […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning the Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard Historic American Engineering Record/Library of Congress Even if you’ve never lived in Los Angeles, you still probably know the city’s eponymous river from the movies. Over the decades, Hollywood has given plenty of starring roles to this […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Electric and hybrid vehicle sales skyrocket in Mexico, Peru in hot water over illegal logging, Laguna Aculeo might soon dry up To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. March 14 – 20, 2017 Climate Change Laguna de Aculeo, a […]