Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A blowout on Platform A caused the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill Doc Searls/Flickr Those old enough to remember 1969 may recall that it was a very good year for music, moon landings, and the New York Mets. But it was a spectacularly bad time for the American […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is positioning the state as a national leader on the issue of food waste with his Food Recovery Act. And now as budget negotiations near a close, he is further strengthening that proposal with the addition of the Farm to Food Bank Tax […]
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. Anti–Keystone XL pipeline sign along the planned route near Fullerton, Nebraska AP Photo/Nati Harnik Another Twist in the Pipeline The State Department approved the Keystone XL Pipeline on Friday, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [This is an update from my previous blog] Officials from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) voted unanimously to reaffirm the state’s clean car standards today at their hearing in Riverside, CA – a city facing among the worst air pollution in the nation – giving an official […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The California Air Resources Board (CARB) yesterday approved some of the nation’s strongest limits on emissions of methane, a potent climate-changing pollutant, from oil and gas operations. California is the third largest oil-producing state in the nation. Along with other major oil and gas producing states including Wyoming […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Twenty eight years ago today the world experienced a massive wake-up call on the hazards and harms of oil spills when the Exxon Valdez oil tanker split open and poured oil into Alaskan waters. At the time, images of oil coated wildlife and a devastated ecosystem in one […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog post written by Ben Williamson As a person more comfortable in a hoodie with a fly rod in my hand, it felt strange to walk the polished stairs under the capitol’s rotunda, wearing a tie, and carrying a binder full of bill drafts. As I left […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund What, there’s a sanitation crisis? If you’re reading this in Japan, North America, or Europe, you’re probably unaware of anything like a “crisis” in sanitation, of all things. The world has plenty of alarming events, all right, but a sanitation crisis? But what if you really had to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pediment on the EPA building, Washington, D.C. Kevin Harber/Flickr When federal scientists launched @AltUSNatParkService and other rogue Twitter accounts to battle the Trump administration’s censorship of climate change facts on government websites, lawyer Jeff Ruch had his work cut out for him. His legal team at Public Employees […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A million acres of Patagonia donated to Chile, Peru slammed by deluge, Latin America’s future water challenges To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. March 17 – 23, 2017 Conservation | Special Report President Michelle Bachelet and Kristine McDivitt […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Whether it’s fighting lead contaminated water, the effects of extreme heat, or industrial pollution, people living in communities on the frontlines for environmental threats also disproportionately lack access to the healthcare we all need. And, right now, lawmakers are considering legislation that would push critical medical care even […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Officials from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) will gather tomorrow in Riverside – a city facing among the worst air pollution in the nation – to discuss the status of the state’s clean car standards following the results of staff’s formal review. The 16-member Air Resources Board is expected by […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On March 2, the Trump White clarified that it would not require the company proposing to build the Keystone XL tar sands pipelline to use American steel. But it appears that President Trump would rather ignore that fact and keep on promising the moon. When he signed his executive […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It was with great determination that a pair of bipartisan energy bills passed last December putting Michigan on the path toward a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. The law maintained and improved aspects of the energy efficiency and renewable energy standards and long term planning, but more […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again failed to fully evaluate the impacts of the combination pesticide Enlist Duo before approving it for use—and NRDC is once again taking the agency to court. EPA first approved Enlist Duo in October of 2014, but a year later asked […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund National Wind Technology Center in Boulder, Colorado DOE/Flickr Andrew Pruitt is taking a repair lesson, 300 feet up in the air. A climbing harness keeps him steady as he works alongside his mentor, learning to fix FAA lights atop a wind turbine that’s part of an energy center […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “I strongly believe in clean energy, in conserving energy, all of that—more than anybody.” Donald J. Trump, quoted in a fact sheet about a 2012 energy efficiency project at a Trump-branded apartment building in White Plains, New York, as reported recently in the New York Times. Given recent […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump went to an auto facility outside of Detroit, Michigan last week to start the process of rolling back successful clean car and fuel efficiency standards that are working to lower American drivers’ fuel bills, reduce our dependence on oil, and cut pollution. Not surprisingly, his remarks […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Endangered fin whales can breathe a huge sigh of relief: the director of Iceland’s only fin whaling company said that his fleet would not hunt fin whales again this year because of difficulties exporting the whale meat to Japan. This is the second year in a row that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Release of the Trump Administration’s proposed 2018 federal budget reinforces fears that our nation’s ocean arm will experience deep cuts, putting at risk services and products that affect an estimated one-third of the country’s gross domestic product and save American lives. First reported by The Washington Post, the […]