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Michigan Moves to Eliminate Lead Drinking Water Pipes

Expert BlogMichiganCyndi Roper

Michigan's new lead in drinking water protections can never make up for the disaster in Flint, but they help ensure that other communities will be better protected in the future.

PJM Auction Illustrates Importance of Demand Curve Fix

Expert BlogJennifer Chen
PJM, a grid operator for 65 million customers, recently conducted an auction that procured 22 percent extra capacity over its customers’ projected need. That’s more than 9,000 megawatts extra on top of PJM’s target reserve margin of 15.8 percent extra…

NRDC, 19 Other Groups Challenge EU’s Mistaken Climate Decision

Press ReleaseInternational
European Union policymakers agreed late last night on a new Renewable Energy Directive that failed to fix Europe’s broken bioenergy policies. The decision to mistakenly continue to label the indiscriminate burning of wood as “carbon neutral” jeopardizes the EU’s environmental…

Good Soil Policy in Senate Farm Bill

Expert BlogUnited StatesLara Bryant

The Senate Agriculture Committee just marked up a Farm Bill today that includes some innovative new provisions to improves soil health on farms. While the overall bill has some problems and there is room for improvement, this bill does some…

Science, Industry, NGOs Brief Congress on Right Whale Crisis

Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw
If we are going to save the North Atlantic right whale, we must act now. That was the resounding message from scientists, the fishing industry, and environmental groups at a briefing on Capitol Hill yesterday. Staffers were provided with three…

Hawaii Bans Pesticide Toxic to Kids, While Pruitt’s EPA Refuses

Press ReleaseHawaii
Hawaii Governor David Ige today signed a bill that bans the use of chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities—in the state. Meanwhile, at the federal level, under Administrator Scott Pruitt’s leadership the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reversed a proposed nationwide…

Race to Reduce Launched to Energize Saint Paul

Expert BlogMinnesotaKatharine McCormick

Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter has kicked off an energy efficiency challenge directed at the city’s largest buildings. Through the program, dubbed the “Race to Reduce,” buildings will be invited to join a cohort that will collectively strive to streamline…

World Oceans Day and the Salmon Industry in Chile

Expert BlogErika Moyer
Through the creation of new marine protected areas and global trends in green consumer citizenship, the oceans may find some relief from the unsavory aspects of commercial salmon farming.