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Energy Efficiency Day 2017: Great Progress and Potential

October 5, 2017 Expert BlogElisheva Mittelman

The nation’s second annual Energy Efficiency Day serves to remind us of the incredibly important role smarter energy use plays in America’s transition to a cleaner, healthier, more affordable energy system.

Fracking Rule Rollback Threatens Public Lands

October 5, 2017 Expert BlogBriana Mordick

Rebuilding After a Flood

October 5, 2017 Expert BlogPhilip Henderson

“Sonic Sea” Wins Two Emmy Awards

October 5, 2017 Press ReleaseUnited States

Advocacy Groups’ Film About the Devastating Effects of Ocean Noise Pollution on Marine Life Was Named Outstanding Nature Documentary

The Unassuming Crayfish—and Its Path of Devastation

October 5, 2017 ExplainerUnited States, InternationalJason Bittel

Do not underestimate the signal crayfish. It’s both a keystone species and a merciless invader of foreign streams.

Green Gentrification, and How Environmentalists Can Avoid It

October 5, 2017 Expert BlogRamya Sivasubramanian

Everyone deserves to enjoy the benefits of public investment in their community. And there’s a lot that environmentalists can do to make equity a central part of urban greening, ensuring that existing residents are the ones who reap the benefits…

Bennet Bill Affirms Cost of Carbon Pollution on American Economy

October 5, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Eight senators led by Michael Bennet (D-CO) today introduced a bill that would require the government to evaluate the cost of carbon pollution on the American economy. Earlier this year, the Trump administration suspended the use of the…

Global Greenhouse Emissions—A Good News/Bad News Story

October 5, 2017 Expert BlogJake Schmidt

It is welcome news that global emissions of carbon dioxide have plateaued for the last three years. After all, to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement it is critical that global emissions first stop growing and then decline significantly…

U.S. Onshore Wind Industry Caps Off a Terrific 2016

October 4, 2017 Expert BlogRachel Fakhry

The U.S. wind industry caps off a terrific 2016 to become the largest source of renewable power in the U.S. for the first time ever.

100 Clean Energy Communities and Counting in New York State

October 4, 2017 Expert BlogDonna De Costanzo

Resolving a Real-Life Rivalry Between Bears and Honeybees

October 4, 2017 DispatchMontanaCorey Binns

When hungry bears and Montana’s honey industry collide, apiarists and conservationists come together to avoid a sticky situation.

House Takes Aim at Endangered Species Act

October 4, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 4, 2017) – Five bills that would effectively eliminate federal protection for endangered species are scheduled for markup in the House Natural Resources Committee today.

Zinke’s Monument Review: Another Gift to Oil, Gas, and Coal

October 4, 2017 Expert BlogJacob Eisenberg

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has recommended that his boss, President Trump, do what no President has done before: fundamentally change and substantially diminish America’s national monuments. And fossil fuel boosters have played a key role in placing two…

Zinke’s Illegal Suspension of Methane Rules Will Not Stand

October 4, 2017 Expert BlogMeleah Geertsma

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s illegal suspension of rules to cut methane pollution from drilling operations on public lands is the latest example of the Trump administration’s cavalier disregard for vital public health and environmental safeguards.

Senate Panel Should Reject Flawed EPA Nominees Wehrum and Dourson

October 4, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON - The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is scheduled to hold confirmation hearings today for two nominees for top posts at the Environmental Protection Agency, William Wehrum to head the Office of Air and Radiation, and Michael Dourson…