Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Nazario Graziano, colagene.com When farmers returned to war-torn northern Uganda in 2008, they had to figure out how to begin again. A local cotton gin backed by social entrepreneurs from abroad offered some hope. The Gulu Agricultural Development Company (GADC) would train the returning farmers to grow cotton […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund SolStock/iStock Coupled with the joy of becoming pregnant is the unfortunate realization that keeping your baby healthy means avoiding sushi, cold cuts, wine, and countless other delicious foods and beverages. But the “no list” doesn’t stop there. The daily skin-care products that expecting and breastfeeding mothers put on […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Antique 1921 player piano with ivory keys and custom die-cut vellum score based on the artist’s predictive algorithm Jenny Kendler Elephants are extinct. If that sentence became fact, how would you feel? Artist Jenny Kendler’s “Music for Elephants: A Eulogy for the Future” attempts to evoke the grief […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC filed its first lawsuit against the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for illegally rescinding a rule that would protect the public from 5 tons of mercury discharges every year. The Mercury Effluent Rule is simple, common sense, and supported by all major stakeholders, including the American Dental […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Job creation was a decisive factor in the recent election. But the question of how to create jobs rarely has been answered well. Republicans and Democrats both value job creation and retention. If broad new programs were known they could have been implemented any time since the recession […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With its dispiriting apathy about climate change, the Trump administration is ceding U.S. leadership to others in the world. India, for one, is aggressively moving ahead with climate action and clean energy development that will protect people from climate harm and boost its economy. India’s doing several hard […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored with Karan Chouksey With 2016 as yet another record breaking year for global temperatures, communities across India are grappling with rising temperatures and the deadly threats from extreme temperatures. Rising temperatures are creating a surge in cooling demand that poses a tremendous challenge to meet peak electricity […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund iStock Order a new memory stick online, and chances are it will arrive packaged, like a Russian nesting doll, in a box within a box within a box. But if you avoid that waste by driving to a store to make your purchase, your carbon footprint could be […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News News: India Meteorological Department Opens Climate Services Unit; Renewables to Overtake India’s Oil Output in 2035; India Just Banned All Forms of Disposable Plastic in its Capital India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India. January 20 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On the eve of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources confirmation vote for Rick Perry to be Secretary of Energy, it’s important to take a close look at the Trump administration’s plans for America’s energy future. The administration’s new webpage on “An America First Energy Plan” is—like […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, gave evasive answers to hundreds of questions from Senators trying to evaluate his fitness to for the office. On most questions the Environment and Public Works Committee’s ranking Democrat, Senator Tom Carper, said “Pruitt’s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Democrats and President Trump both want to improve the nation’s infrastructure. To do so, the key is to prioritize the needs of the people and the environment—not the pockets of investors and industry CEOs. L.A. freeway interchange iStock American cities and towns have a major problem. They rely […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Photo courtesy of Anthony Ambrose For Anthony Ambrose, a University of California, Berkeley, tree biologist, fieldwork means getting up-close and personal with some of the world’s largest living things. In the wee hours of the morning, his team of intrepid researchers hike out to groves of giant sequoias, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, is no stranger to saying one thing in public on climate change and saying contradictory things later. Tillerson, who spent the last 10 years as CEO of ExxonMobil, staked out conflicting positions in his answers to Senator’s written questions […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Gage Skidmore Welcome to onEarth’s inaugural weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which we review the environment-related shenanigans of President Trump and his allies. A Mission Long Since Accomplished One of Donald Trump’s first acts as president will be to solve problems we don’t have. His America First […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump has nominated Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt to be administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Pruitt’s career reflects an extreme antagonism to the very agency the president wishes him to head, after Mr. Trump called for the EPA’s elimination. Mr. Pruitt’s Senate confirmation hearing was […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Larry Moats, USFWS The state of Colorado recently decided to spend $4.5 million over the next nine years killing cougars and black bears to see how this might affect mule deer numbers. The effort, which begins in the spring, allows the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to trap […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund When President Trump signed his executive memorandum bringing the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline back from the dead, he stated that it would be “subject to a renegotiation of terms by us.” Unfortunately, the memorandum itself doesn’t say this—in fact it doesn’t contain the word “negotiate” or “renegotiate” […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ever since launching my Wasted report in 2012, I have found myself in the middle of an exciting firestorm of interest on how to get America and Americans to waste less food. From policymakers to school teachers to large retailers to aspiring entrepreneurs, there seems to be boundless […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California state agencies last week said they’ll put the interests of Big Oil and Gas before the interests of public health. The California Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources’ (DOGGR) and State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) plan will allow oil and gas companies to violate state […]