Carolina Herrera, Latin America Advocate, Washington DC
President Obama’s visit to Mexico this week will be the second time he meets with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in less than six months, highlighting the import… Continue reading →
Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City
On Tuesday night, I had the honor of sitting in the House Chamber and hearing President Obama give a full-throated call for climate action in his State of the Union Address. &ldquo… Continue reading →
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
As the official top level delegates arrive in Rio, and as groups like NRDC continue to press for more concrete action commitments to reduce pollution and degradation, the world’s jud… Continue reading →
Susan Egan Keane, Senior Environmental Analyst, Washington DC
More than 6000 water pollution violations from apparel factories in China – that is just one revelation in a stunning new account of water pollution from the Chinese&nb… Continue reading →
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City One year after the largest peacetime oil spill in history, I am struck by how little our nation has done to reduce our oil dependence. The BP disaster killed 11 men. It oiled more than 1,000 miles of coas… Continue reading →
It is remarkable that the U.S. Clean Air Act is under attack these days. Have we come to take the blue skies in the U.S. so for granted that magazines are running columns with titles like “Clean Air Act: Defend or Dismantle?” I … Continue reading →