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This Is How America Will Cut Dangerous Pollution and Stamp Out Our Carbon Footprint

Frances Beinecke – President of NRDC: Posted October 21, 2014 in Solving Global Warming

Tags:: carbonpollution, carbonsink, carbonstandards, efficiency, extremeheat, forests, fueleconomystandards, heatwaves, powerplants, renewablenergy, wetlands, worldwecreate

Millions of people in Southern California were under an excessive heat warning a few weeks ago. The Los Angeles Unified School District cancelled outdoor sporting events and more than 100 San Diego schools sent children home early to shield them...continued→ | comments

First New York Green Bank deals to bring up to $800MM in Clean Energy Investments to New York State

Doug Sims – Director of Strategy and Finance, Center for Market Innovation: Posted October 22, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:: Ameresco, America, Bank, Capital, capital, Center, CHP, Citi, clean, Deutsche, Development, efficiency, energy, finance, for, Funding, Green, GreenCity, Innovation, Market, markets, New, of, Renewable, securitization, solar, Sustainable, York

Today, the New York Green Bank (NYGB) announced its first planned transactions. It's a broad, impressive set of offerings that could have transformative impact in New York and nationally by doubling down on boldness and creativity in the clean energy finance...continued→ | comments

A Major Agreement That is Good News for Utah Wilderness

Bobby McEnaney – Senior Lands Analyst, Deputy Director Western Renewables Energy Program: Posted October 22, 2014 in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:: Bishop, BLM, ForestService, Utah, Wilderness, wilderness

Just some of the trout to be found in the Green River, where state surveys have found that this wild and scenic river averages a population of 15,000 trout per square mile. Photo Credit: EWConner flickr Today marks an important day for...continued→ | comments

Threat to Cabo Pulmo National Park from Cabo Cortés project re-emerges

Carolina Herrera – Latin America Advocate: Posted October 22, 2014 in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:: baja, cabocortes, cabodorado, cabopulmo, coral, international, latinamerica, los, marineprotectedareas, mexico, oceans, pericues

In a move that places Cabo Pulmo National Park at risk once more, a Tribunal Court in Mexico City has effectively thrown out a 2012 decision that cancelled Cabo Cortés, a massive real-estate and tourism project proposed right near the...continued→ | comments

The Clean Water Act -- 42 Birthday Candles and Half a Million Americans Who Support It

Jon Devine – Senior Attorney: Posted October 22, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:: cleanwater, cleanwateract, non-navigablewaterbodies, rivers, water, waterpollution, waterprogram, waterquality, wetlands

Forty-two years ago this past Saturday, Congress passed the law known today as the Clean Water Act. I salute their forethought and bipartisan leadership, not just because I make my living implementing that law, but because it has helped to...continued→ | comments

Burden of the Boom: Who Will Pay the Price for Fracking in California?

Miriam Rotkin-Ellman – Scientist: Posted October 22, 2014 in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment

Tags:: airpollution, California, drinkingwater, environmentaljustice, fracking, oil, oil&gas, publichealth

From polluted skies to contaminated drinking water and hazardous waste, communities of color in California get way more than their fair share. If the oil and gas industry gets their way, drilling – and the environmental and health threats from...continued→ | comments

Feeding the 5000 Oakland: Bringing Food Waste Awareness by the Dumpster Load

Tiffany Traynum – Program Assistant: Posted October 21, 2014 in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment

Tags:: #Feeding5kOak, EndFoodwaste, FeedingThe5000, food, foodjustice, foodtips, foodwaste, lunch, Oakland, sustainablefood, YTF

As everyone knows, I like keeping it local. Don’t get me wrong, traveling is the only way to experience other ways of life and take in all the beauty this world has to offer. But there is nothing better than...continued→ | comments

AWEA's Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition Emphasizes Offshore Wind's Bright Future While Also Calling for Action

Kit Kennedy – Director of Energy and Transportation: Posted October 21, 2014 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, U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:: AWEA, BOEM, cleanenergy, Fishermen'sEnergy, Investmenttaxcredit, ITC, offshorewind, OffshoreWINDPOWERConference

Guest Blog by Andrea Leshak, NRDC Ford Legal Fellow I had the great pleasure of attending AWEA’s Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition earlier this month. The conference was appropriately held in Atlantic City, NJ, a city committed to supporting offshore wind...continued→ | comments

The tar sands train that couldn't

Anthony Swift – Attorney, International Program: Posted October 21, 2014 in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:: biogems, climate, dirtyfuels, international, KeystoneXL, oilsands, rail, State, tarsands

This blog was co-written with Lorne Stockman, Research Director at Oil Change International The issue of whether significant quantities of tar sands crude will move by rail if projects such as the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline are not...continued→ | comments (1)

Grid Modernization and Public Lands

Carl Zichella – Director of Western Energy Transmission: Posted October 20, 2014 in Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places, Solving Global Warming

Tags:: climatechange, places, renewableenergy, transmission, wild, wildlife

Here at NRDC I work in an unusual program niche: the intersection of our renewable energy and lands and wildlife programs. During my career I have worked as an advocate for protecting wild places and creatures as well as a...continued→

How a Koch-Funded Group Attacking Clean Fuels Standards Flubs the Math

Simon Mui – Director, Clean Vehicles and Fuels: Posted October 20, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming

Tags:: ab32, biofuels, cleanenergy, climatechange, electricvehicles, LCFS, lowcarbonfuelstandard, tarsands

(This blog is cross-posted with Ben Serrurier at Climate Solutions) When the organization purporting to represent “small business” conducts an analysis attacking climate policies, one would hope that basic business accounting wouldn’t be a problem. But in the latest salvo...continued→ | comments (1)

The Benefits of Wind Energy in Iowa: A Valuable, Reliable Crop for This Agricultural State

Katharine McCormick – Midwest Advocate: Posted October 20, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:: #actonclimate, carbonpollutionstandards, cleanpowerplan, climatechange, EPA, iowa

Iowa wind continues to blow away critics of the potential for clean energy to lead to economic growth! Last week Governor Branstad announced that MidAmerican Energy, the largest utility in the state, plans to add 67 wind turbines in Adams...continued→ | comments

Compact and connected communities improve public health, says new research

Kaid Benfield – Special Counsel for Urban Solutions, Washington, DC: Posted October 20, 2014 in Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably

Tags:: diabetes, emilytalen, heartdisease, hypertension, obesity, reidewing, smartgrowth, sprawl, wesleymarshall

We know from exhaustive past research that walkable neighborhoods and cities reduce driving, associated emissions, and living costs. Three important academic studies published earlier this year demonstrate that they are good for our health, too. In particular, the research,...continued→ | comments

China Environmental News Alert (10/11 - 10/19/2014)

Greenlaw from NRDC China – NRDC China Program: Posted October 19, 2014 in Greening China

Tags:: carbontrading, chinaenergy, chinaenvironment, chinafracking, coal, dams, fisheries, forest, solarenergy

October 11 - October 19, 2014 NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a...continued→ | comments

Fossil-fuel funded study: net gains from EPA's Clean Power Plan

Laurie Johnson – Chief Economist, Climate and Clean Air Program: Posted October 18, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:: #actonclimate, cleanpowerplan, cpp, electricitycosts, nationaleconomicresearchassociates, nera

On behalf of some of America's biggest polluters, a new study by NERA Consulting makes a valiant, but ultimately failed, attempt to portray first-ever proposed limits on carbon pollution as an economic calamity. The limits, under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)...continued→ | comments (1)

Latin America Green News: Peru's melting glaciers, Paraguay's new deforestation fine, Mexico's proposed offshore phosphate mine, Chile's recent oil spill

Carolina Herrera – Latin America Advocate: Posted October 17, 2014

Tags:: brazil, change, chile, climate, conservation, costarica, deforestation, dondiego, international, latingreennews, marine, mexico, paraguay, peru, quintero, renewables

Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. October 13th – October 17th, 2014 Climate Change Peru’s glaciers have lost 40 percent of their surface area since 1970, according to...continued→ | comments

At Greenbuild: Leading Southern Cities Ramp Up on Energy Efficiency - Melissa Wright (October 17, 2014)
NRDC, Fishermen and Watershed Protection Groups Launch Legal Action to Protect Disappearing Blueback Herring - Brad Sewell (October 17, 2014)
Pentagon Sees Climate Change as Immediate Security Risk - Peter Lehner (October 17, 2014)
Unpacking the Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Regulation Implementation Act: Victory for Big Coal or Much Ado About Nothing? - Jackson Morris (October 17, 2014)
International Climate News October: Hints for Paris Emerge at Climate Summit, NRDC releases new Indian reports, & more - Jake Schmidt (October 17, 2014)
Montana Rejects Wolf Stamp - Zack Strong (October 17, 2014)
India Green News: India to talk HFCs under Montreal Pact; India will be renewables superpower says Energy Minister - Avinash Kar (October 16, 2014)
California Customers Will Continue to Save Money and Energy through 2015 and Beyond - Lara Ettenson (October 16, 2014)
Illinois fracking rules update: industry self-pity winds up while the clock winds down - Ann Alexander (October 16, 2014)
Kids, Grandparents, College Students to Drop Off Almost 90,000 Signatures Urging Urge Gov. Scott to #ActOnClimate - Pamela Rivera (October 16, 2014)
What Senators Talk About When They Talk About "Collusion" - David Goldston (October 16, 2014)
Amazingly Good Energy News, 2014 Edition - Ralph Cavanagh (October 16, 2014)
EPA approves new pesticide combination Enlist Duo, NRDC files suit - Sylvia Fallon (October 15, 2014)
Imagining Zero Carbon - David Goldstein (October 15, 2014)
McAuliffe: it's Virginia's "Time to Lead" in the Clean Energy Economy - Walton Shepherd (October 15, 2014)
Question answered - EPA approves Enlist Duo - Kristi Pullen (October 15, 2014)
Honoring Our Gorgeous and Efficient Skyline: Retrofit Chicago Commercial Buildings Awards - Henry Henderson (October 15, 2014)
Why NRDC Supports California's Prop 1 (Water Bond) on the November Ballot - Annie Notthoff (October 14, 2014)
Tonight: FRONTLINE airs report on antibiotics overuse in the American meat industry - Sasha Lyutse (October 14, 2014)
Heading in the Right Direction: Shenzhen Pushes Green Shipping - Barbara Finamore (October 14, 2014)

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