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International Green Bank Summit Message from Christina Figueres

November 19, 2014 Resource

In a video address to the Green Bank Summit held in New York, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres applauded recent commitments by the finance industry to address climate change and spoke in favor of speeding up the transition to a…

House GOP Continues Its Anti-Science Campaign

November 19, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 19, 2014)—House Republicans continued their attack on science-based protections for public health and the environment today, passing on a largely party-line vote a bill that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from using certain peer-reviewed health research when…

The EPA's Clean Power Plan Could Save Up to $9 Billion in 2030

November 19, 2014 Fact SheetUnited StatesStarla Yeh

Up-to-Date Cost Data For Clean Energy Resources Mean Lower Costs, Greater Potential for Carbon Reductions

Waste Not: Common Sense Ways to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Natural Gas Industry

November 19, 2014 ReportUnited States

Bringing Sea Turtles Out of their Shells

November 19, 2014 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Four hundred miles from the ocean, rehabilitators are working to save the species.

Protecting the Mid-Atlantic's Deep-Sea Ecosystems

November 19, 2014 Fact SheetUnited States, EastAlison Chase

Japan Unveils New Plan to Hunt Whales in the Antarctic

November 19, 2014 Expert BlogJapanTaryn Kiekow Heimer

The Clean Air Act and Climate Change: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

November 18, 2014 Expert BlogDavid Doniger

Rejuvenation and Celebration: The Return of San Joaquin Fall-Run Chinook Salmon

November 18, 2014 Expert BlogMonty Schmitt

India Green News: India's Goals in the Wake of U.S.-China Climate Deal, Energy Efficient Buildings, and Environmental Health Threats

November 18, 2014 Expert BlogAvinash Kar

Is NYC Content to Lead the Nation in Raw Sewage Discharges? The Moment of Truth Is Here—and the Jury Is Still Out.

November 18, 2014 Expert BlogNew York CityLarry Levine

Follow Pollan's New Food Rule and Take Control of Your Thanksgiving Plate

November 18, 2014 Expert BlogDana Gunders

Feds Protect Vast Majority of George Washington National Forest from Oil & Gas Development

November 18, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 18, 2014) —The U.S. Forest Service today released a management plan that protects the vast majority of Virginia’s George Washington National Forest from oil and gas development.

White House Climate Preparedness Task Force Releases Recommendations and Tools

November 18, 2014 Expert BlogTheo Spencer

Clean Water Proposal Will Help Families, Homeowners Get Safe Drinking Water

November 17, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 17, 2014)—A proposed new clean water rule will help ensure Americans have safe drinking water by closing a critical gap in the country’s pollution laws, the Natural Resources Defense Council said.