Posted May 15, 2012 by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
A suite of bad bills is scheduled to be considered in the House Natural Resources Committee tomorrow, and NRDC opposes all of them. Here are the details from my colleague Bobby McEnaney on the four worst: H.R. 4383 – This draconian bill is designed...continued→
Posted May 15, 2012 by Frances Beinecke in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
Natural gas fracking has been in the news a lot in the past few weeks. The Obama Administration took initial steps to limit air and water pollution from fracking. Even though these measures are not yet strong enough to protect...continued→
Posted May 15, 2012 by Rocky Kistner in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil
Washington’s political wars rarely match reality back home. So when politicians and K Street lobbyists peddle the $7 billion Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, you can bet the red meat rhetoric about jobs and national security—fanciful charges according to independent analysis—is straight...continued→
Posted May 15, 2012 by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably
About two decades ago, my friend Bob – a mover and shaker of sorts in the art world – took me to an artist’s studio in a (then, at least) scruffy area of lower Manhattan. The artist we were...continued→
Posted May 14, 2012 by Geoffrey Fettus in Health and the Environment, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy, U.S. Law and Policy
For decades, uranium has been mined in ways that damage our waters and land, put our communities at risk, and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in clean-up costs. Now, for the first time in years, the environmental community...continued→
Posted May 14, 2012 by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
Anyone who is following the current boom in domestic oil and gas production knows that the e-mails, articles, and reports never stop. I think the information flow will continue to grow as the industry continues to expand closer and closer to...continued→
Posted May 14, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
It is easy to feel depressed about the state of the Rio+20 preparations after the recent two weeks of “informal informal” negotiations at the United Nations in New York. The governments managed to reach agreement on less than two dozen...continued→
Posted May 14, 2012 by Alice Henly in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment
Yesterday was a historic day for the Ivy League, in more ways than one. The League launched the inaugural Ivy League Women's Rowing Championship with a very successful regatta full of intense racing. The hard-fought competition peaked with a breathtaking...continued→
Posted May 11, 2012 by Alice Henly in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment
Over the past few years sports greening has taken the U.S. by storm. All major professional leagues have joined forces with NRDC to make commitments to environmental stewardship, and have already achieved impressive environmental accomplishments to boot. But this...continued→
Posted May 11, 2012 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
This week the Chicago Tribune published a remarkable 4-part series about the chemical industry and its deeply dishonest campaign to perpetuate the use of toxic flame retardants in household products. This series is essential reading for every parent, every person...continued→
