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The National Security Threat of Denying Climate Change

February 21, 2019 Expert BlogJuanita Constible

President Trump’s latest ploy to manufacture doubt about climate change is disingenuous and dangerous.

California Could Be the First Organic-to-School State

February 21, 2019 Expert BlogAllison Johnson, Lena Brook

Healthy, organic, culturally appropriate food should be available to everyone, and especially California’s public-school students. With the state’s help, California’s schools can lead the way toward a better food system for all, from farm to fork.

Legislation Improves CA Program to Ensure Safer Products

February 21, 2019 Expert BlogAvinash Kar

The bill would amend California’s innovative “green chemistry” program to improve its functioning and ensure better oversight of toxic chemicals in consumer products that we all bring into our homes every day.

The Issue with Tissue: How the U.S. Is Flushing Forests Away

February 20, 2019 Expert BlogJennifer Skene, Shelley Vinyard

Toilet paper’s ubiquity and low sticker price belie a much, much higher cost: it is taking a dramatic and irreversible toll on the Canadian boreal forest, and our global climate.

California Puts Buildings in Energy Policy Spotlight

February 20, 2019 Expert BlogPierre Delforge

California took another pioneering step in tackling carbon emissions from millions of homes and commercial buildings across the state today. The California Energy Commission's latest policy report puts reducing the climate and air pollution from buildings front and center for…

17 Surprising Ways You Might Be Wasting Food and Not Know It

February 20, 2019 Expert BlogAndrea Collins

Many of us now realize that food waste is a big problem in the U.S. But did you know that a lot of that food is wasted in our homes—probably more than 40 percent in all. It may seem like…

Local Water Reliability Act Boosts CA Coastal Water Supplies

February 20, 2019 Expert BlogDrevet Hunt

Every year, more than 400 billion gallons of water are diverted from California’s rivers, streams, and groundwater aquifers, used once, treated at a wastewater plant, and then dumped into the ocean. SB 332 would require California’s coastal communities to reduce…

Groups seek court order blocking Atlantic Seismic Blasting

February 20, 2019 Press ReleaseSouth Carolina

A group of conservation organizations today asked a federal judge to block the start of harmful seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean until the case can be fully heard in court.

“Issue With Tissue” Sustainability Scorecard Flunks Charmin and Other Toilet Paper Brands

February 20, 2019 Press ReleaseCanada

NRDC/Stand.earth Report Exposes the “Tree-to-Toilet Pipeline” Destroying Canada’s Boreal Forest

Environmental Groups Ask Court to Block Harmful Seismic Blasting in the Atlantic

February 20, 2019 Expert BlogNRDC

A first step toward offshore drilling, the blasts will put ocean life—from tiny zooplankton to the North Atlantic right whale—at risk.

Trump Administration Recklessly Rushing Review of Proposed Alaskan Copper Mine

February 20, 2019 Press ReleaseAlaska

The Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft Environmental Impact Statement for Pebble Mine, a highly controversial proposed gold and copper mine in Bristol Bay Alaska less than one year after notifying the public of its intent do so.

Path to Racial Equity in VA Includes Environmental Justice

February 19, 2019 Expert BlogMontina Cole

A 5-Step Roadmap to Zero-Emissions Buildings in CA

February 19, 2019 Expert BlogPierre Delforge

California has laid a strong foundation for energy efficiency in new buildings. Now the state needs to figure out how to help the entire building sector meet a carbon-neutral future by 2045. A new report offers a five-point path forward…

120 Countries Discuss Climate-Friendly AC & Fridge Standards

February 19, 2019 Expert BlogAlex Hillbrand

Energy and environment regulators from 120 of the world’s developing countries are gathering this week in Paris to tackle a growing climate threat—cooling in an increasingly warming world. They’ll be reviewing a suggested template for reducing the energy use of…

Dec. 2018 Bay-Delta Agreements Were Only Smoke and Mirrors?

February 19, 2019 Expert BlogDoug Obegi