Backers of the Pebble Mine—a giant gold and copper mine proposed at the headwaters of Bristol Bay’s legendary salmon runs—continue to ignore the will of the people of Bristol Bay, whose overwhelming opposition to the mine has not wavered in…
On Friday, California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) made big promises to address the risk from the pesticide chlorpyrifos—found to threaten children’s health, especially in agricultural communities—but delivered little in the way of real protections.
The Trump administration allowed the charter to lapse for a 15-member federal climate advisory committee that gathers real information from real people about the impacts of climate change today.
In a victory for New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld New York State's decision to block the Constitution Pipeline, a 124-mile natural gas pipeline intended to carry fracked gas from the Marcellus shale fields in Pennsylvania to…
Expert BlogDana Gunders, JoAnne Berkenkamp, Darby Hoover, Andrea Collins
NRDC has released the second edition of the report "Wasted: How America is Losing up to 40 percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill," which captures the latest studies, success stories, and recommendations across the food system.
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.
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