A bill that aims to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating farm dust addresses an imaginary problem and could choke critical powers from the Clean Air Act, according to opponents.
As the U.S. State Dept. considers a proposal to build a nearly 2,000-mile long pipeline to transport Canadian tar sands to refineries on the Gulf Coast, key questions about the safety of moving tar sands by pipeline remain unanswered, watchdog groups warned this week.
Most people, regardless of political affiliation, oppose Congressional efforts to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating pollution under the Clean Air Act, according to a new poll from ORC International.
The 1,007 person survey was commissioned by the Natural Resources Defense Council after former U.S. House More…
Late last week, the Natural Resources Defense Council had a good post explaining why California’s Proposition 26, which voters in the state approved last Tuesday, won’t impact the state’s landmark global warming law, as many have suggested.
NRDC’s Kristin Eberhard said the proposition, which would require two-thirds approval in More…
More than 75 environmental and conservation groups have signed a petition calling on the U.S. and Canadian governments to halt all oil sands projects that would result in the creation of new tailing ponds, which hold the waste of oil sands production.
The Natural Resources Defense Council released a report yesterday ranking the states that are most vulnerable to gasoline price spikes. The report is meant to determine which states are making the greatest effort to lessen their dependence on foreign oil.
In 2009, drivers spent less on gas than in More…
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman Rajendra Pachauri called on President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to commit to working together to tackle climate change and develop clean energy technology on the president’s upcoming trip to India next month.
Pachauri’s comments come as observers expect little progress in More…
Natural Resources Defense Council International Climate Policy Director Jake Schmidt told reporters on a conference call today that the United States needs to convince other countries that it will take action to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in order to be taken seriously at upcoming United Nations climate negotiations.
“Uncertainty More…
A bipartisan coalition of senators today unveiled a proposal that would require a certain percentage of the country’s electricity to come from renewable sources like wind and solar. The announcement revived hopes that the measure could move this year, but it remains unclear if there is enough time or political More…
Former Obama administration Minerals Management Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum, who resigned amid criticism of the agency in the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill, spoke publicly today for the first time since leaving her post in May. In testimony before the national oil spill commission, Birnbaum painted a picture of More…
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