July 24, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
About eight miles or so south of London’s storied Mall, where the Olympic cycling road race will begin and end (look for Mark Cavendish to win), and a little… Continue reading
July 11, 2012
by Amrita Batra
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Amrita Batra, Program Assistant, India Initiative and Food and Agriculture, San Francisco
Last week, one of India’s leading solar energy developers, Mahindra Solar One announced plans to move forward with a 50 megawatt solar plant… Continue reading
June 9, 2012
by Amanda Maxwell
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Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC
Chile
On June 5, the president of Endesa España, Borja Prado, whose company is a co-owner of the HidroAysén hydroelectric project, met with the Energy Ministry in Sant… Continue reading
May 31, 2012
by NRDC News
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NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide
NRDC’s comment letter to the Los Angeles City Planning Department regarding the proposed construction of a 72,000-seat football stadium and Convention Center expansion in downtown … Continue reading
October 6, 2011
by Reduce
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Oregon’s total waste recovery rate hit 50 percent for the first time in state history in 2010, according to a recent report by the state’s Department of Environmental Quality. Oregon originally set a goal to recover half of its waste by 2009 but met the total a year late. The state diverted 46.3 percent of [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 16, 2010
by Reduce
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The following is an op-ed piece by Earth911.com Staff Writer Jennifer Berry and does not describe the views or opinions of Earth911. If you open the book “1,000 Places to See Before You Die,” going to a landfill probably isn’t there. It certainly wouldn’t have made my own “bucket” list – after all, Thailand and [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 25, 2010
by Reduce
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For some people, “waste-to-energy” is a stirring term. The process, which generally involves burning of refuse to generate steam, heat or electricity, is an often divisive issue for a community making the decision to fund the construction of a waste-to-energy plant. “You need three things to make it successful: the community will, the political will [...] Continue reading
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