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Protecting and restoring the world's rainforests is critical to preserve biodiversity. Tropical forests are teeming with life - covering just about 6% of the earth's surface they are home to between half and three fourth of all plant and animal species in the world.
Last year, NRDC ...
Environment
Costa Rica
Global Warming
National Resources Defense Council
Revive
Both Transform and the Urban Land Institute have recently released reports that look at the Bay Area from a perspective NRDC has been pushing in the public arena for some time: “ location efficiency .” Just as appliances can be more or less energy efficient, homes and ...
Energy/Transportation
Energy Efficiency
Alternative Transportation
California
Both Transform and the Urban Land Institute have recently released reports that look at the Bay Area from a perspective NRDC has been pushing in the public arena for some time: “ location efficiency .” Just as appliances can be more or less energy efficient, homes and ...
Energy/Transportation
Alternative Transportation
California
A recent meeting of the Montana Chapter of the Society of Conservation Biology showcased talks by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Western Gray Wolf Recovery Coordinator, Ed Bangs, and the Montana Wolf Project Manager, Carolyn Sime. What struck me most about their presentations was ...
Environment
I like what Michelle, of the No Impact Man duo for those of you who don't know, said about alternative transportation: it's ‘net net net positive gain' and that it is. You can help the environment, save money, do something good for your body, brighten your day, and make your hometown a ...
Energy/Transportation
Alternative Transportation
To the non-water wonk, a long-range planning process within the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (known as Met) might appear as exciting as drying paint. But for those of us within the water community, it has the potential to offer high drama.
This process is confronting a ...
Environment
California
Water Conservation
According to a recent news report, the head toxicologist for the Texas Commisssion on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is "shocked" at the high levels of benzene being detected in the Barnett Shale area. What may be even more shocking in this report: not one of the ten biggest natural gas ...
Environment
Texas
Door County, Wisconsin is famous for their fish boils. We are talking about massive kettles of Lake Michigan white fish with potatoes, onions and the perfect spices boiling in giant bonfires on the beach. Yum, it's a great tradition that has become central to the area's identity and ...
Environment
Wisconsin
New York
The US Chamber's extreme position on climate has been drawing fire for a long time, and dissatisfaction with the US Chamber is growing as more and more businesses say that the Chamber doesn't represent them on climate and other issues.
American Rights at Work has launched a " Not My ...
Environment
Global Warming
The federal EPA has a new and very handy "what you can do" web site on green homes . Click on a portion of the house and you'll be taken to a page with tips that pertain to that part of the house. It could be even better if the jump pages had the sort of cool ...
Environment
Green Grid
Environmental Protection Agency
National Resources Defense Council
On Sunday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will embark on a five day trip to the United States for the first official state visit of the Obama administration. The visit will be highlighted with a state dinner with President Obama on November 24th , meant to celebrate growing ...
Environment
India
Climate Change
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has just announced that South Korea would commit to significant steps to address their global warming pollution (as Reuters and the Financial Times reported). He announced that South Korea would cut their global warming pollution to 30 percent below ...
Environment
Global Warming
CO2
We have been awash with an array of unhappy water stories in this region of late. On the surface they are unrelated... scary fish ...E. coli contamination... improperly regulated pesticides ... intentionally poisoned waterways ... But if you scratch below the surface there's a problematic ...
Environment
Water Conservation
Illinois
This just in: Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, has accepted the challenge to debate environmental champion Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., senior counsel for NRDC, on energy issues.
I was with Bobby last weekend in Nashville at NRDC's Music Saves ...
Energy/Transportation
Coal Mining
Massey Energy
West Virginia
The US Chamber's recently exposed interest in commissioning a study to put health reform in a bad light isn't the first time the federation has shown its willingness to trumpet questionable analyses about proposals it doesn't like.
Heck, the US Chamber has been peddling bad studies on the ...
Energy/Transportation
Reliance
Global Warming
Missouri
You could pay an outfitter in the Northern Rockies $3,600 or $2,900 for a guided hunt to kill one wolf, or you could come to Montana and illegally poach two wolves for $1,135. And you don't need to ...
Other
Montana
It's a fun way to build awareness for a very serious problem. Safe water and sanitation are the world's most pressing environmental health challenges as NRDC has highlighted here and here . Luckily World Toilet Day celebrations in DC did reach lots of people.
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Environment
Water Conservation
National Resources Defense Council
Earl Blumenauer
Looks like we'll have to add a new category to our US Chamber Climate Credibility Crisis Counter (honk if you love alliteration.)
As the Wall Street Journal recently reported , Duke Energy
has cut the electric utility's contributions to the Chamber over two years to protest the group's ...
Environment
Climate Change
Global Warming
Nike
Apple
(From the new Arkansas Clean Energy Report, Figure 1: Mean wind density at 100 meters)
". . . Arkansas has the opportunity to build a strong long-term economy on the solid foundation of its bountiful renewable resources."
Today we released the third installment of our State Clean ...
Environment
Arkansas
Clean Calgary Association
Oil Drilling
Green Grid
Global Warming
Today in the NY Times , there's an exciting article about efforts to develop deepwater, floating wind turbines. The article makes it clear that there are still engineering and major costs hurtles, but I'm hopeful that one day floating wind farms will provide bountiful zero-carbon electricity. ...
