Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Los Angeles County is at the cusp of serious transportation greatness. Here is just some of the proof: The San Gabriel Valley and the Westside have new rail extensions serving thousands of riders daily. We have three new bike-share systems in Santa Monica, downtown Los Angeles, and West […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, developed countries released a “Roadmap” for how they will mobilize climate finance between now and 2020. This critical funding will help developing countries build low carbon and climate resilient economies and is an integral part of the Paris Agreement since countries reinforced their commitment to mobilize $100 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund How much energy do building codes save over time? That’s the question that a new report released last week from the Department of Energy (DOE) aims to answer—and the answers show the results can be mammoth, both in terms of consumers’ utility bill savings and avoided carbon emissions. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The past two weeks have been a remarkable period for international efforts to combat climate change, beginning on October 5 when the number of countries that ratified the Paris Agreement reached the number needed to bring it into force. This period wrapped up this past Saturday morning (October […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund After years of elevated lead levels in Newark Public Schools’ drinking water, NRDC and the Education Law Center have sent a letter to New Jersey agencies on behalf of the City’s public school children demanding access to funds for a lead filtration system. In March 2016, the New Jersey Department of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A ground-breaking new study commissioned by NRDC and conducted by Vivid Economics, a London-based consultancy with expertise in UK energy systems, focuses squarely on how the United Kingdom can most cost-effectively phase out coal and replace it with the truly clean energy solutions we need to ensure a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund At 6:55 on Saturday morning, more than 140 countries sealed a landmark deal, called the Kigali Amendment, to phase down the powerful climate-warming pollutants called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol, the treaty that saved the ozone layer. Almost ten years after NRDC and others first proposed amending […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The world took a huge step on climate action in finalizing a historic amendment to phase down super-potent greenhouse gases in Kigali, Rwanda. After a marathon negotiations stretching over ten days, and years in the making, countries around the world agreed on an ambitious and flexible amendment to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act turned 40 this year. And NOAA Fisheries, the federal agency that administers that law, reported coincidentally on Wednesday that forty ocean fish populations or “stocks” have now been rebuilt from depleted levels. The prudent thing for NOAA fisheries to do at […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Breezy Point, N.Y., Oct. 31, 2012—When Hurricane Sandy moved ashore in the New Jersey and New York area, high tide and a full moon caused tides to rise six feet above normal Walt Jennings/FEMA Photo by Walter Jennings This October marks four years since Hurricane Sandy slammed into […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California deserves high praise for taking a big step toward fighting climate change by proposing the nation’s first energy efficiency standards for computers and monitors. But for the groundbreaking rules to achieve their full energy-saving potential, the state needs to account for evolving technologies in the rapidly changing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Don’t rely too much on negative emissions technologies, study warns – Researchers have been working on technology that would actually remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But the ideas are new and the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Nations seek deal to phase out hydrofluorocarbons – HFCs were introduced in the 1980s as a replacement for CFCs (which deplete the ozone layer) in products like refrigerators and air conditioners. But HFCs […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Electric vehicle sales are expected to cruise by a new landmark – By the end of 2016, the number of plug-in cars on the world’s roadways is set to pass 2 million. China […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The title quotes Ms. Irene Diaz, Costa Rica’s Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Management, who said these words at the opening discussion of the high-level ministerial segment of the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Kigali, Rwanda today. Amidst intense negotiations to reach […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This weekend, over 400 clean energy decision-makers and stakeholders, including generators, marketers, utility representatives, purchasers, policymakers, and regional stakeholders will all meet in San Francisco for the annual Renewable Energy Markets (REM) conference and help decide where renewable energy markets will go over the next year. Organized by […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In another blog posted today, I argue that EPA, as it finalizes the design of the Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP), should just get rid of geographic definitions of “low-income community.” Applying the proposed geographic definitions would allow too much of the CEIP’s benefits to flow to higher-income households. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Between the time the Environmental Protection Agency proposed and finalized the Clean Power Plan—the first-ever limits on the nation’s largest source of carbon dioxide emissions, fossil fuel-fired power plants—the agency spoke to states, power companies, business groups, and advocates. Among the things they heard were that states wanted […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog was written by my colleague NRDC senior energy communications strategist Pat Remick. Imagine using a printer to make an energy-efficient home and car that power each other, owning a clothes dryer that uses one-fifth of today’s energy because it employs vibration instead of heat to remove […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In its Clean Power Plan, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new initiative called the Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP), intended to support early investments in renewables and energy efficiency in low-income communities. Back in January, NRDC provided comments to the EPA on its initial proposal. The EPA […]