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Weakening Carbon Standards for Coal Plants Is Unjustified

February 13, 2019 Expert BlogLissa Lynch

EPA recently issued an unjustified and irresponsible proposal to dramatically weaken carbon pollution standards for new coal-fired power plants. Here are my remarks for EPA's public hearing on the proposed rule.

Energy Efficiency: The Extreme-Weather-Resilient Resource

February 13, 2019 Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein

There’s one energy resources that is 100 percent reliable and performs better when the weather turns bitter: energy efficiency. The more extreme the weather, the larger the savings from efficiency.

10 Denver Organizations Win Grants to Fight Food Waste

February 12, 2019 Expert BlogDenverElizabeth Balkan

With support from The Rockefeller Foundation, NRDC is providing grants to 10 local Denver businesses and non-profits, whose ongoing work will contribute to the achievement of our goals to reduce food waste in the capital of Colorado.

A Big Step Forward in Debate Over LA’s Clean Energy Future

February 12, 2019 Expert BlogLos AngelesMichele Knab Hasson

Mayor Eric Garcetti reaffirmed Los Angeles’ commitment to securing a carbon- and pollution-free energy future for Angelenos in a groundbreaking announcement today that the nation’s largest municipal utility will not be moving forward with a controversial plan to rebuild three…

Flint Safe Water Case Update: 2019 Terms Will Improve Efficiency in Pipe-Replacement Program

February 12, 2019 Press ReleaseFlint

The City of Flint agreed to use a data-driven approach to finding the remaining lead pipes delivering drinking water to residents’ homes, as part of the landmark legal settlement directing the City’s response to the water crisis.

Senate Passes Biggest Public Lands Package in Decades

February 12, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States, Utah

The Senate today passed a massive bipartisan package of bills that would protect vast swaths of public lands and wilderness in Utah and permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, among other important environmental strides.

Climate Change Takes Fashion Week by Storm (and by Drought and by Fire . . .)

February 12, 2019 PerspectivesNew York City, United StatesCourtney Lindwall

Model, actor, and designer Luka Sabbat can make just about anything look good—even an air mask. Behold the future of fashion.

Nuclear Power and Pennsylvania's Competition Act

February 12, 2019 Expert BlogMark Szybist

Although it’s less well-known than the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004 (AEPS), Pennsylvania’s 1996 Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act may be the state’s most important energy law. Legislators are currently focused on amending the AEPS to…

Public Lands’ Fossil Fuels & Climate Change

February 12, 2019 Expert BlogJacob Eisenberg

Fossil fuel production has been an unmitigated environmental disaster for our public lands and waters. Coal mining and oil and gas drilling have irreparably despoiled millions of acres of oceans and lands, contaminated water supplies, dirtied the air, and brought…

Stellar Energy Efficiency Programs Cut Costs and Pollution

February 11, 2019 Expert BlogLara Ettenson

Even as climate change indicators grow increasingly ominous, with 2018 marking the fourth-warmest year in a row on record, you needn’t look further than actions you can take in your home or business to combat climate change. That’s the conclusion…

With Tahlequah’s Newborn and Scarlet Gone, Orca Advocates Race to Save Their Kin

February 11, 2019 DispatchWestLora Shinn

The plight of the Southern Resident orcas is bringing together a coalition of state and tribal leaders, scientists, and grassroots communities to avert a looming extinction.

Food Matters City Summit: Addressing Food Waste Together

February 11, 2019 Expert BlogAndrea Collins, Yvette Cabrera, Elizabeth Balkan

In an Inaugural Food Matters City Summit, NRDC is bringing together a diverse mix of stakeholders to highlight the environmental, social and economic imperatives of addressing food waste and workshop practical strategies to rethink why food gets wasted, reduce unnecessary…

Highlighting City Actions to Reduce Air Pollution in India

February 11, 2019 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal, Dr. Kim Knowlton, Dr. Vijay Limaye

Indian cities are leading efforts to address the air pollution crisis.

House Leaders Introduce Bill to Protect Arctic Refuge

February 11, 2019 Expert BlogNora Apter

A new bill led by Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) would halt the destructive oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge currently being rushed by the Trump administration, by repealing the controversial drilling provision tucked into the 2017…

Rep. Huffman Introduces Bill to Restore Protections to the Arctic Refuge

February 11, 2019 Press ReleaseArctic

Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) is introducing a bill today that would restore protections to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.