Reducing nutrient pollution across an entire watershed is no small feat. However, farmers can decrease runoff from their fields by improving soil health, which reduces the need for synthetic fertilizers. Planting cover crops—crops that keep the soil covered and provide…
NEW YORK, NY – Ad Council and the Natural Resources Defense Council today launched the second phase of their Save The Food national public service campaign, aimed at combatting America’s food waste problem from its largest source—consumers. In doing so…
I bet we’ve all had the experience of standing over the trash can, staring at what was once a tasty-looking snack, entrée or piece of fruit before we forgot about it and let it get scary in the back of…
Regional grid Integration—centrally coordinating the operations of the grid via an organized electricity market—is the essential element to the renewable energy transition in the western U.S. Here, as with cap and trade, California’s leadership will be critical.
What is needed to fix the infrastructure is not more ways for developers using federal dollars to move forward without public involvement and rapid approved use of eminent domain.
As the United States continues to struggle with policies focused on healthcare, leaders could learn from Copenhagen that investing in people and the places in which they live might be a better strategy to improve health outcomes for everyone.
Growing, processing, transporting, and disposing our uneaten food in the United States has an annual estimated cost of $218 billion, costing a household of four an average of $1,800 annually.
WASHINGTON – President Trump is expected to sign an Executive Order today that would significantly weaken environmental review and public transparency requirements in the permitting process for infrastructure projects. The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the…
Federal energy efficiency standards help us heat, light and cool our homes; run our businesses; and use more electronic devices while also lowering our energy bills and slashing greenhouse gas and other forms of air pollution.
The renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement –NAFTA—has been an international topic of discussion and conjecture for many months. That conversation will shift from speculation to substance when negotiators from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. sit down for…
Americans say they support infrastructure spending, but a new NRDC-sponsored poll shows they oppose many parts of President Trump's budget plan regarding his approach to infrastructure.
