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India Green News: India Will Implement Paris Pact & More

July 13, 2017 Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal

India Will Implement Paris Climate Pact in Letter and Spirit: PM Narendra Modi; Tangedco Evacuates 5,079 MW of Wind Power, Sets National Record; CPCB Plans to Roll Out Action Plans for Air Pollution in Non-Attainment Cities

Tar Sands Expansion Slows, Causes Pipeline Woes

July 13, 2017 Expert BlogJosh Axelrod

House Committee Wants to Gut EPA

July 13, 2017 Expert BlogScott Slesinger

While the press concentrates on tweets and Russian assistance to the Trump campaign, the House Republicans continue their undercover assault on our environment and natural heritage.

Calif. Climate and Air Quality Bills: Give and Take Works

July 13, 2017 Expert BlogAnnie Notthoff

Leaders in California’s capitol this week announced a package of two bills to extend the state’s breakthrough cap-and-trade climate program and to get real about cutting local air pollution in communities suffering from traffic and industrial pollution.

Opposition to Offshore Drilling Comes in Bipartisan Wave

July 12, 2017 Expert BlogAlexandra Adams, Franz Matzner

The communities, people and businesses that rely on healthy coasts will defend their way of life against the federal government’s shameful readiness to put oil industry profits over people yet again.

Bipartisan Bill Aims to Accelerate Carbon Capture Deployment

July 12, 2017 Expert BlogGeorge Peridas

With a Few Creative Touches, Pollution Masks Become Symbols of Hope

July 12, 2017 PerspectivesUnited StatesClara Chaisson

Maskbook invites people around the world to express their environmental anxieties.

America’s Leadership on Climate Is Still Strong

July 12, 2017 Expert BlogRhea Suh

President Trump may be turning his back on climate action, but our cities, states, and businesses—and the rest of the world—are stepping it up.

India Moving Ahead Toward Climate-Friendly Cooling

July 12, 2017 Expert BlogNehmat Kaur

With the Montreal Protocol meetings in full swing this week in Bangkok, countries are making progress in implementing the ground-breaking Kigali Amendment of October 2016. India is a key supporter of the Kigali Amendment and hopes to secure better air…

EPA to Withdraw Water Protections, Open Door for Pebble Mine

July 11, 2017 Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer

EPA’s proposed withdrawal is an outrageous capitulation to mining interests at the expense of the American people and our economy.

Strong Safeguards Protect Our Loved Ones

July 11, 2017 Expert BlogPete Altman

The cribs our babies sleep in, the cars we drive our kids to school in, the places we work, the air we breathe, the water we drink … pretty much everything that touches our daily lives is safer because we’ve…

Western Regional Energy Markets: Synergies and Differences

July 11, 2017 Expert BlogCarl Zichella

A new fact sheet released by a coalition of organizations (including NRDC) supporting a western integrated grid not only seeks to help unpack the policy choices Californians face, but also makes the case for a regional approach to renewable energy…

Trump Chooses Foreign Miner Over People of Alaska

July 11, 2017 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Tribes, village associations, commercial and recreational fishing interests, hunters, conservationists, and even development corporations recognize that the $1.5 billion a year Bristol Bay fishery is the economic engine of success for the region and its people, their communities, and their…

An Uphill Battle, and Persistence, in Flint

July 11, 2017 NRDC in ActionFlint, MichiganNicole Greenfield

These four NRDC lawyers would finish each other’s thoughts—at any odd hour of the day or night—in their quest to help victims of the city’s lead crisis.

Climate Change Is In the Air

July 11, 2017 How-ToUnited States, JacksonMolly M. Ginty

As rising carbon emissions boost smog and pollen production, even breathing can be a challenge. Here’s what you can do to help clear the air.