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Pebble Mine: Still Crazy After All These Years

May 8, 2020 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

As the Army Corps of Engineers ignores requests for a pause in its process, Northern Dynasty Minerals (aka Pebble Partnership) fails to address objections to its preposterous mine plan or fix fatal flaws in its environmental review.

Life in the Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands

May 8, 2020 Expert BlogTexas, New MexicoJessica Carey-Webb

90 percent of the grassland bird species that breed on the Great Plains in the United States and Canada winter in the grasslands of the Chihuahuan Desert, which encompasses the northwestern region of Mexico, spreading into the states of Arizona…

As Maryland Bans Toxic Flame Retardants, Eyes on New York

May 8, 2020 Expert BlogAvinash Kar

In these troubled times, good news out of Maryland. Yesterday, legislation banning the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals in upholstered furniture, certain children’s products, and mattress foam became law.

More Fracking Planned for Greater Chaco Region

May 8, 2020 Expert BlogNew MexicoAlison Kelly

Our Forests Aren't Fuel

May 8, 2020 OverviewInternational, United States, Virginia, North Carolina, East

When companies cut down and burn trees to make electricity, the result is increased climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions, devastated ecosystems, and displaced wildlife.

Dungeness Crab Fishery Closes Early to Protect Whales

May 7, 2020 Expert BlogDillon Hanson-Ahumada

Data Show Millions at Risk of Water Shutoffs During COVID-19

May 7, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesJoan Leary Matthews, Larry Levine

To protect ourselves from the coronavirus, health officials repeatedly tell us to “wash our hands.” Many people can do that, but if you don’t have water in your home because it has been shut off by the water utility, you…

St. Louis Becomes Third U.S. City to Adopt Bold Standards to Slash Energy Waste from Buildings

May 7, 2020 Expert BlogNRDC

The move not only tackles the city’s biggest source of greenhouse gases, but it also shows that local leaders are continuing to pick up the federal government’s slack on climate action.

Bipartisan HFC Bill Gets Socially-Distanced Senate Hearing

May 7, 2020 Expert BlogDavid Doniger

The bipartisan HFC phase-down bill finally gets a Senate hearing—in writing—as industry-environmental coalition presses for passage.

The Circus Is Back In Town: Dominion's Monopoly-Money IRP

May 7, 2020 Expert BlogWalton Shepherd

It's another missed opportunity for Virginia's largest monopoly to look out for both Virginians and the environment, by showing how a clean energy transition, founded upon a bedrock of doubling down on energy efficiency to reduce demand and costs, steady…

City of St. Louis Becomes the First in the Midwest to Pass a Building Energy Performance Standard

May 7, 2020 Press ReleaseMissouri

Mayor Lyda Krewson has signed an ambitious bill that would require buildings in the City of St. Louis to meet energy efficiency standards and establishes resources to help building owners achieve the savings that come with decreased energy usage. The…

Commercial Whaling 101

May 6, 2020 GuideInternational, United StatesLauren Evans

Despite an international ban on commercial whaling since 1986, the animals are still being hunted and killed across the world’s oceans, with devastating impacts on global populations.

Too Frail to Fail? Fed Tailors Loans for an Ailing Oil Patch

May 6, 2020 Expert BlogDoug Sims

The Fed’s Main Street lending program—meant to provide COVID relief small businesses—is being tailored to fit ailing oil companies and their bankers, whose problems predate the current crisis. That’s a bad idea.

Treaty on Wildlife Trade Washes its Hands of COVID-19

May 6, 2020 Expert BlogInternationalPaul Todd

CITES should be among those leading, not avoiding, an effective global response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Fixing the Fix: How to Stop a Fossil Fuel Bailout

May 5, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesJosh Axelrod

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Nanette Barragán (D-CA) introduced legislation today—the Resources for Workforce Investments, not Drilling Act (ReWIND)—that would limit access of fossil fuel companies to federal bailouts that respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.