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Implementing the Kigali Amendment: Key Issues for India

Expert BlogSameer Kwatra
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…

Alan Horn to Succeed Dan Tishman as Chair of NRDC Board of Trustees

Press ReleaseNew York
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…

Law Protecting Marine Mammals Turns 45, Congress To Kill It

Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer
How do you celebrate the 45th anniversary of the nation’s flagship law that has served as a bedrock for marine mammal protection and conservation? If you are NRDC and other groups, you celebrate its successes—the countless thousands of whales, dolphins…

LED Lighting Could Save Developing Countries $40 Billion/yr.

Expert BlogNoah Horowitz
Developing and emerging economies could save $40 billion worth of electricity and prevent 320 million metric tonnes of carbon pollution annually simply by transitioning to LED lighting, according to estimates from United Nation’s Environment. Today speakers at a side event…

Oregon Executive Order Charts a Course to Net Zero Buildings

Expert BlogLauren Urbanek
Oregon is the latest state to take major action to accelerate energy efficiency in buildings, thanks to a groundbreaking executive order (EO) signed by Governor Kate Brown that sets the state on a path to dramatically reduce water and energy…