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Road Pricing Can Fix Traffic and Inequities

January 29, 2019 Expert BlogCarter Rubin

New report from TransForm and NRDC puts equity at the center of the congestion pricing conversation.

Will State Agencies Let CA's Bay-Delta Estuary Get Trumped?

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

On January 31, the Trump Administration is scheduled to release its new proposal for the operations of the federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project under the Endangered Species Act (known as a biological assessment). It’s widely expected that…

Bristol Bay Crossroad: National Treasure or the Pebble Mine

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Army Corps of Engineers unreasonably accelerates permit process despite requests from Bristol Bay communities for more time, stable project plan, and missing information about reckless mine proposed for headwaters of world’s greatest wild salmon fishery.

The Carolinas Face a Climate Trifecta: Floods, Fire, and Heat

January 28, 2019 DispatchNorth Carolina, South CarolinaRobynne Boyd

The National Climate Assessment’s outlook for the two coastal states is daunting, but local leaders are starting to dig in for a fight.

Trump’s “Affordable Clean Energy” Rule: A Dirty Lie

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesJohn Walke

By rigging the system for how emissions are measured, Trump’s EPA would let coal-fired power plants spew even more pollution than they do already.

Women, Skills and Green Economic Growth in India

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal

New Fast Food Beef Pledges Don’t Measure Up to McDonald’s

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogLena Brook

Community Solar for IL’s Environmental Justice Communities

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogSamuel Garcia

EPA Expected to Punt on Protecting Millions from Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water

January 28, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to issue standards that would protect the public from a group of dangerous chemicals called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) that are present at unsafe levels in drinking water, according to a report today…

Climate Change Is Already Driving Mass Migration Around the Globe

January 25, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

To ignore this fact—as the Trump administration insists on doing—is to hamper U.S. foreign policy.

Community Left in the Dark about Well Blowout

January 25, 2019 Expert BlogBriana Mordick, Damon Nagami

It’s Past Time for Our Federal Workers to Get Back to Work

January 25, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Following the announcement of an agreement to reopen the government, Ana Unruh Cohen, managing director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council, issued the following statement:

India Green News: 2018 India's Sixth Warmest Year on Record

January 24, 2019 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal

2018 was sixth warmest year in India's recorded history: IMD; 74% of India’s new power capacity addition In 2018 was renewables; Ahmedabad civic body budget jumps by 30%, focus on pollution, cleanliness

Bristol Bay Coalition Rejects Pebble Mine’s Claim of Support

January 24, 2019 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Pebble’s efforts to woo support for reckless mining scheme fail to persuade broad-based local opposition.

We Made It Only Two Days Into the New Year Before a Species Went Extinct

January 24, 2019 Latest NewsHawaiiJason Bittel

Hawaiians will never again hear the song of George the Snail. The fate of Achatinella apexfulva is a cautionary tale of decorative gardens, imported cannibals, and snail sex (or lack thereof).