Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New York City’s 2016 break-through law that established a five cent fee on single use plastic (and paper) grocery bags so as to encourage shoppers to switch to reusables has been toppled in Albany. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an ill-advised state bill preempting NYC’s plastic […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A mountaintop mine in Wise County, West Virginia ilovemountains.org, flyover courtesy of Southwings Another week has passed, and Donald J. Trump is still on the road to becoming the worst president ever for our health and environment. The GOP-led Congress is, if anything, ahead of him in destroying […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ever since Hurricane Katrina flooded much of New Orleans, experts have warned about a similar levee collapse in the San Francisco Bay-Delta. With 1,100 miles of levees, many claimed that the question about those levees was not if they would fail, but when. The same could be said […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today a group of 32 craft brewers sent a letter to the U.S. Senate asking members to vote against Scott Pruitt’s nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. These brewers, who are partners in NRDC’s Brewers for Clean Water campaign, are standing up for the clean water protections that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Every water system leaks – some a little, some a lot. Last October, a break in a 10-inch water main in McCandless in Allegheny County sent water rushing into a nearby home and cut water service to 20 other homes, according to KDKA. In December 2013, a 48-inch […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund During the last three years of California’s drought, the state and federal agencies charged with protecting fishable, swimmable, and drinkable water quality for all Californians have utterly failed to do their job. The results have been disastrous: more toxic algae blooms are infecting California’s waterways than ever before; […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Scott Pruitt on Ocean Acidification: Wrong Again Much has been written about how Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has tried to reject the science of climate change. Pruitt’s answers to Senators’ questions about ocean acidification – another destructive effect of carbon […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The new Congress took office on January 3 and the Trump Administration began just two weeks ago. Already we have seen not only critical environmental and health safeguards under attack, but also the institutions that are the basis for our public interest protections, including the media, civil society, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Nazario Graziano, colagene.com When farmers returned to war-torn northern Uganda in 2008, they had to figure out how to begin again. A local cotton gin backed by social entrepreneurs from abroad offered some hope. The Gulu Agricultural Development Company (GADC) would train the returning farmers to grow cotton […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 30, 2017 (ENS) – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Friday called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to “prioritize and accelerate” the risk evaluation for 1,4-dioxane, a potential carcinogen found in 71 percent of Long Island water supply systems. Read the full […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Larry Moats, USFWS The state of Colorado recently decided to spend $4.5 million over the next nine years killing cougars and black bears to see how this might affect mule deer numbers. The effort, which begins in the spring, allows the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to trap […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California state agencies last week said they’ll put the interests of Big Oil and Gas before the interests of public health. The California Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources’ (DOGGR) and State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) plan will allow oil and gas companies to violate state […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Less than a week into his presidency, President Trump has aligned himself with Republican leaders in Congress to launch a full-on assault on the nation’s environment and health. Light Brigading President Trump fired a broadside at the nation’s environment and health on Tuesday, striking out, in the process, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC The Women’s March rallied millions of women and men to stand together in Washington, D.C., around the country and on every continent. We marched to defend our families and our basic rights against threats posed by the Trump administration and congressional leadership. We marched to say that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s advisors have signaled that he is considering signing an Executive Order that will exempt the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and projects like it from having to show that they are in the national interest of the United States. Keystone XL was a pipeline that would […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt’s primary previous connection to EPA is that he has joined with corporations in multiple lawsuits to overturn federal safeguards that reduce air pollution and water pollution. Mr. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Gage Skidmore Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has sued to block every major EPA regulation in recent years—rules to limit carbon emissions, reduce interstate air pollution, protect us from airborne mercury, and improve clean water standards. As Oklahoma attorney general, Pruitt […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to serve as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Pruitt’s record overflows with examples of him siding with polluting companies to block or weaken actions to protect water quality. His record lacks any meaningful support for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund timlewlsnm on Flickr In the wake of the Flint lead crisis, many states, local communities and parents came to a disturbing realization: federal law does not require schools to test for and address neurotoxic lead in their drinking water. Illinois is the latest state, following on efforts in […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced approximately $4 million in funding to two universities to research water quality issues related to low flow conditions of drinking water in premise plumbing systems. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-provides-two-universities-4-million-drinking-water-quality-research