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Got Clean Energy? Not So Much from PJM’s Latest Auction

May 23, 2017 Expert BlogJennifer Chen

While the rest of the world scales up clean energy, the electric grid operator running the world’s largest market procuring future commitments to deliver electricity is continuing to rely primarily on fossil fuels and nuclear. PJM, the grid operator serving…

Protect Our Children: The EPA Must Finalize the Ban of Chlorpyrifos

May 22, 2017 Fact SheetUnited StatesMiriam Rotkin-Ellman, Dr. Jennifer Sass, Mae Wu, Dr. Veena Singla

Widespread use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in agriculture threatens farming communities, contaminates drinking water, and leaves toxic residues on fruits and vegetables. To protect families, the EPA must move forward and finalize its proposed ban.

Protect Our Coasts: Week of Action

May 22, 2017 Expert BlogFranz Matzner

Dear Secretary Zinke…

May 19, 2017 Expert BlogSharon Buccino

Be a good American. Protect our national treasures.

Zinke’s Western “Listening Tour” Light on the Listening, Heavy on the Fossil Fuels

May 19, 2017 Latest NewsUtahJeff Turrentine

As the interior secretary ponders the fates of 27 national monuments, he seems to be hearing some voices more acutely than others.

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 11

May 19, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

More pro-polluters appointed, a barrage of dangerous bills advanced, and Bears Ears under threat—again. But there’s one bright spot: bold climate action in Virginia.

“Time to Build” Flood Resilient Infrastructure

May 18, 2017 Expert BlogJoel Scata

The lower Midwest is still recovering after severe flooding swept through the region in early May. Cities and towns along the Meramec and Mississippi witnessed floods stages at historic or near historic levels. Climate change is loading the dice in…

Groups Seek to Protect Imperiled Vaquita Porpoises Through U.S. Ban on Imports of Mexican Seafood Caught with Dangerous Nets

May 18, 2017 Press Release

Gillnets Used in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California Violate U.S. Bycatch Standards

Latin America Green News: 5/12 - 5/18/2017

May 18, 2017 Expert BlogMaria Martinez

Fixing Our Water Infrastructure: Smarter, Fairer, More

May 18, 2017 Expert BlogLarry Levine

We cannot have a two-tiered system where the wealthy get water that is clean and safe for their families, and the less well-to-do get second-class water, wastewater, and stormwater systems that pose risks to their health and environment. Rather, we…

Rush to Save the Vaquita from Unyielding Human Negligence

May 18, 2017 Expert BlogZak Smith

With fewer than 30 remaining and an annual decline rate of about 50 percent, the vaquita porpoise is the world’s most endangered marine mammal. It may be the most endangered animal on the planet.

Energy Imbalance Market Progress and Why It Matters

May 18, 2017 Expert BlogCarl Zichella

Solar Energy Brings A Ray Of Hope To Salt Farmers In Gujarat

May 17, 2017 Expert BlogFrances Beinecke

A vast majority of India's salt comes from Gujarat's Little Rann of Kutch desert. Here, about 43,000 salt farmers, mostly women, work in brutal heat to produce salt from briny tidal water. It is hard work for little pay. Most…

Senate Takes up Bill to Block Public Health, Safety and Financial Protections

May 17, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON –– The Senate begins markup today on legislation that would cripple the government’s ability to protect people from dirty air, contaminated food, polluted waters, predatory financial practices and other serious threats. The House passed a version of the bill…

For Clean Water, We Need to Invest in Infrastructure

May 17, 2017 Expert BlogBecky Hammer