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Joan Mulhern: Clean Water Loses A Champion
Jon Devine, Senior Attorney, Washington, D.C.Joan Mulhern, my friend, a fellow clean water advocate, and a mentor, passed away on Tuesday. I hope everyone will read the touching tribute that her Earthjustice colleague, Marty Hayden, wrote....
Even California Can Do More to Advance the Clean Energy Economy
Lara Ettenson, Director, California Energy Efficiency Policy, San FranciscoA new report released this week by the Legislative Analyst’s Office recommends that the California Legislature develop a comprehensive strategy for meeting the state’s energy...
New Cuban Crisis Threatens Florida's Coasts
Ever since Cuba’s intent to drill within 70 miles of Florida’s coast has become known, concerned Floridians have been reeling with how to protect our treasured Florida Keys. For many Floridians, this is a very charged issue. It’s no secret that...
Solar is Ready for Prime Time in New York
What's the wait? New York needs to take the next step to invest in solar. Policies such as the New York State renewable portfolio standard (RPS) have done a lot to bring new renewables like wind and biomass into the state's clean energy...
How the Keystone XL rejection is inspiring young environmentalists
This is a guest blog from David Roswell, an Oberlin student interning at NRDC during January 2012 It’s not often that we win. Especially for the current crop of college students, who grew up in the Bush years, environmental victories have been...
Reality Check: Climate Change is a Human Problem, Not a Political One
I'm armed with a redbull and committing to a long night watching the Climate Reality Project. Updates are coming here! Already we have been to Mexico City, Boulder, CO, and Victoria, British Columbia. I have learned much from each presenter,...
In Face of Hunger, Corn Ethanol Industry Says Blame Anyone But Us
In a Washington Post editorial last week, biofuels expert Tim Searchinger sheds much needed light on the link between two important trends in today’s markets for grains: the expansion of global biofuels mandates on the one hand and the frequency and...
China's Announcements on Energy and Climate in Advance of Presidential Summit
Today, Chinese President Hu Jintao will be arriving in Washington, D.C., for a three-day U.S. visit. This is the second state-level visit between him and President Obama, including Obama’s visit to Beijing in November 2009, which set forth an...
Happy Birthday to the Clean Air Act -- 40 Years Young!
We've been celebrating the Clean Air Act's 40th anniversary a lot this year, but today is the old girl's actual birthday. President Richard M. Nixon signed the 1970 Clean Air Act into law on the last day of that year. In his remarks...
Texas Home Alone: Another Court Rejects Challenge to Coming Carbon Standards
Texas just lost another round in its bizarre and solitary quest to block the first carbon pollution control requirements under the Clean Air Act, which take effect next week. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in New Orleans, rejected...
Clean Air Standards Coming for America's Biggest Carbon Polluters
In a big step forward to protect Americans’ health and well-being, EPA is announcing today a two-year plan to set clean air standards for power plants and oil refineries, the two largest industrial sources of the dangerous pollution that drives...
Washington Lobbyists and Prophets of Doom
Sidewalk prophets of doom and Washington lobbyists know the best time to hype an “end of the world” story is just before the world is scheduled to come to an end. But the sidewalks are littered with the placards of doomsayers whose predictions...
