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Nathanael Greene –
Director of Renewable Energy Policy
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Posted December 5, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- carbonreductions, cleanpowerplan, epa, ipm, nrdc, solarenergy, windpower
Here’s some exciting news from the number crunchers here at NRDC: Thanks especially to the plummeting costs of solar and wind power, states can cost-effectively cut much more carbon than the EPA originally proposed this June. As we wrote in...continued→
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Zack Strong –
Wildlife Advocate
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Posted December 5, 2014 in Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
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- endangeredspeciesact, federalprotections, grandcanyon, hunting, management, northernrockies, trapping, wolves
I first saw the Grand Canyon on a cold, calm, cloudless afternoon, more than a decade ago. It was late in the day in late March. From my vantage on the South Rim, the scene was dizzying. Before and...continued→
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Jennifer Sass –
Senior Scientist
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Posted December 5, 2014 in Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably
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- bees, CCD, colonycollapsedisorder, neonicotinoids, neonics, pesticides, pollinators, toxic, toxicchemicals
Bees and gardeners win! Public pressure successfully pushed Home Depot to start requiring labelling of its nursery plants that are treated with bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides. This means that we can read the label, and avoid buying these plants. That will...continued→
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Aliya Haq –
Climate Change Special Projects Director
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Posted December 5, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
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- ALEC, carbonpollutionstandards, climate, climatechange, climatedenial, EPA, globalwarming
Right now, the shadowy American Legislative Exchange Council is gathering in Washington, DC, for its annual policy summit. ALEC has not been humbled by Google and other tech companies cutting ties over ALEC’s climate denial. On the contrary, with roughly...continued→
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Amanda Maxwell –
Latin America Advocate
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Posted December 5, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
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- airpollution, blackcarbon, cleanair, climate, international, latinamerica, transportation
Today at the UN climate conference in Lima, Peru, NRDC is releasing a new report that focuses on a serious threat to both public health and climate in Latin America: black carbon. A recognized carcinogen and potent pollutant, black carbon...continued→
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Theo Spencer –
Senior Advocate
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Posted December 4, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
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- cleanpowerplan, climatechange, extremeweather, greeninfrastructure, michigan, RMCO
The kind of deluges that flooded Detroit this year and Grand Rapids last year are part of 50-year trend of increasingly frequent extreme storms in Michigan. That’s according to a new report we released today along with the Rocky Mountain Climate...continued→
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Daniel Raichel –
Staff Attorney
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Posted December 4, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
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- communityfrackingdefense, fracking, homerule, hydrofracking, newyork, texas
Today, the Denton Drilling Awareness Group (Denton DAG) and Earthworks, assisted by attorneys from NRDC, Earthjustice, and the Texas local government law firm Brown & Hofmeister, moved to intervene in defense of a local ordinance banning fracking within Denton city...continued→
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Avinash Kar –
Senior Attorney & Director of Policy and Research, India Initiative, International Program
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Posted December 3, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
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- cleanenergy, climatechange, energy, energyefficiency, environment, greennews, india, IndiaNews, international, solar
India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India This compilation of the India Green News was authored by Nehmat Kaur. November 20th – November 28th 200 countries agree to hold informal...continued→
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Jennifer Skene –
Ford Fellow, International Program
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Posted December 3, 2014 in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
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- alberta, athabasca, canada, oilsands, tailings, tarsands, water
A recent bilateral agreement between the governments of the Northwest Territories (NWT) and Alberta may offer Canadians increased protection against the tar sands industry’s impacts to northern watersheds. This month, after years of negotiations, the governments of the NWT and...continued→
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Peter Lehner –
Executive Director
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Posted December 3, 2014 in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- climatechange, CUNY, dirtyfuels, divestment, education, fossilfuels, harvard, universities
A group of Harvard students recently filed suit against the college’s president, fellows, and others, for “mismanagement of charitable funds.” The suit asks the court to compel the university — which boasts a $36 billion endowment, the largest of any...continued→
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Veena Singla –
Staff Scientist, Health Program
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Posted December 3, 2014 in Health and the Environment
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- chemicals, couch, flameretardants, furniture, pollution, toxics, water
You might be washing more than the green guacamole stains from yesterday’s messy burrito out of your favorite shirt when you do the laundry. Surprising findings from a new paper show that toxic chemicals used in our everyday products move...continued→
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Sheryl Carter –
Co-Director, Energy Program
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Posted December 2, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- carbonpollution, efficiency, efficientappliance, energyefficiency, energyefficiencysavings, energysavings, EPA, weatherization
We have an obligation to protect our children’s health and their futures and that means trying to put the brakes on climate change, much of which is caused by the fossil fuels burned in power plants to meet our energy needs....continued→
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David Doniger –
Director, Climate and Clean Air Program
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Posted December 2, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- #ActOnClimate, carbonpollution, carbonpollutionstandards, cleanairact, cleanpowerplan, climatechange, EPA
NRDC submitted our public comments yesterday on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan to cut the climate-disrupting carbon pollution from the nation’s electric power plants. NRDC supports EPA’s action under the Clean Air Act to clean up our...continued→
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Samantha Williams –
Staff Attorney
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Posted December 1, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
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- ActOnClimate, cleanenergy, climatechange, energyefficiency, powerplantpollution, powerplants, renewableenergy
There have been a slew of big energy stories coming out of Ohio in recent months. Most of them not so great: … Attorney General DeWine suing to halt efforts to regulate carbon pollution from our nation’s power fleet. …...continued→
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Anjali Jaiswal –
Senior Attorney
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Posted December 1, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- cleanenergy, climatechange, greenfinancing, india, international, nationalsolarmission, renewableenergy, solar, solarenergy
Co-authored by Nehmat Kaur and Meredith Connolly of NRDC’s India Initiative These are exciting times for India’s solar market. The solar resource-rich country just crossed the 3 gigawatt mark for total installed solar capacity. The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency...continued→
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