Confirming many of the 2017 findings of New York-based investment firm Kerrisdale Capital, a new report issued by J Capital Research (J Cap) concludes that Northern Dynasty Minerals (NAK)—the company behind the Pebble Mine proposed at the headwaters of the…
Zero Net Energy embraces several related but distinct goals. This blog identifies four levels of increasing ambition, like rungs on a ladder and suggests that Strategic Energy Management can be the process for moving up the ladder over time.
The Lightfoot administration announced today that it will begin a program to replace lead service lines next year. Chicago code required lead service lines far longer than most American cities, until 1986, leaving Chicago with the dubious distinction of having…
While millions of Californians suffer from the effects of massive wildfires that have blotted out the sun and rained ash on communities across the state, the Trump administration late last night blithely dismissed any compelling need for the state to…
Press ReleaseTennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) announced the expansion of the Food Matters Project in the Southeast region with the goal of furthering larger-scale change related to food waste throughout the region. Building on five years of partnership on the project, Nashville will…
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) announced the expansion of the Food Matters Project in the MidAtlantic region with the goal of furthering larger-scale change related to food waste throughout the region. Building on two years of partnership on the project…
The California legislative session was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and several bills were put on hold earlier this year. But NRDC, coalition partners, and our allies in the state legislature still helped pass several important bills that support a…
Hurricane Laura—one of the strongest storms on record to hit the United States—brought strong winds, heavy rain, and 12 to 18 feet of storm surge to parts of the Louisiana and Texas coasts. Many people in the five coastal parishes…
The people of North Carolina deserve clean drinking water, and there is plenty that North Carolina can do. The question is whether the state will actually use its full power to protect the people of North Carolina from PFAS contamination.
Hurricane Laura is yet another reminder of how low-income communities and communities of color are most vulnerable to climate-fueled disasters. How post-disaster recovery and disaster mitigation dollars are allocated contribute can put further distance between the haves and the have-nots.
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