Leaders concluded the negotiations in Bonn, Germany with stronger actions and a clear-eyed focus on the additional steps that need to be strengthened in the coming years. The train (or the zero emissions vehicle) is leaving the station and the…
One of the most successful international environmental treaties, the Montreal Protocol, is celebrating its 30th anniversary at the Meeting of the Parties (MOP) next week in Montreal. The Protocol, adopted in 1987, is a prime example of the effectiveness of…
In Music City, restaurateurs, grocers, farmers, volunteers, the mayor, and NRDC's Nashville Food Waste Initiative are harmonizing in the fight against wasted food.
In the face of the Trump administration’s science-defying stubborn determination to stand alone in pulling out of the Paris Agreement, everyone else is looking for ways to move forward.
Just a few years ago, India relied almost exclusively on coal to fuel its rapid development, opening new coal-burning power plants and increasing coal mining and imports. This year, however, in a remarkable turnaround, India cancelled plans for an additional…
TransCanada has announced that its Keystone I tar sands pipeline has spilled 210,000 gallons of tar sands oil on farmlands in South Dakota. This spill comes days before Nebraska’s Public Service Commission (PSC) decides whether to approve TransCanada’s proposed route…
NEW YORK – The board of trustees of the Natural Resources Defense Council has named long-term board member Alan F. Horn as NRDC chair, charged with leading the organization into a new era of environmental advocacy grounded in sound science…
WASHINGTON – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is set to vote Wednesday on a bill drafted by its chairman, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), which would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.
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