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
Americans elected clean energy and clean air champions up and down the ticket last week. Even though oil, gas, and coal companies spent more than $270 million on campaign ads in the pas… Continue reading →
NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide
Pierre Delforge spoke to Scientific American about how we can reduce the energy consumption necessary to keep the Internet humming by relying on natural ways to keep server rooms cool, l… Continue reading →
Kit Kennedy, Counsel, Air and Energy Program, New York
Today the Obama administration moved forward with plans to develop the enormous offshore wind energy resources along the Mid-Atlantic coast, using a “Smart for the Start&rdquo… Continue reading →
Legislative Watch, A Newsletter Congress, particularly the House of Representatives, cast many major environmental votes during July. Most significantly, spending bills have become vehicles for an unprecedented number of anti-environment policy riders … Continue reading →
Legislative Watch, The Bulletin on Environmental Legislation from NRDC June was a busy month for environmental issues in Congress, with July looking to be even busier as more spending bills are taken up by the House. The House continued to press its ef… Continue reading →
Doug Obegi, Staff Attorney, Western Water Project, San Francisco Listen to talk radio in California’s Central Valley long enough, and you’ll hear the refrain, “turn on the pumps.” Of course, the massive pumps in the Bay-De… Continue reading →
As my colleague Melissa Waage wrote last week, the Environmental Protection Agency made a science-based and legally justified decision to prohibit a massive mountaintop removal coal operation – the Spruce No. 1 Mine in West Virginia — from dumpi… Continue reading →