May 21, 2013
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
When the posh architectural firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the Chemsunny World Trade Center in Beijing, it was more efficient than a typical glass-walled luxury building in Ch… Continue reading
May 6, 2013
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
In 2011, residents of sprawling, fast-growing, Charlotte became part of a case study on obesity. Just a few years earlier, Charlotte had been one of the most car-dependent cities in the na… Continue reading
May 2, 2013
by Rob Perks
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Rob Perks, Transportation Advocacy Director, Washington, D.C.
On Monday the Obama administration announced the president’s pick to take over from Ray Lahood as secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The nominee is Char… Continue reading
April 9, 2013
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
NRDC’s annual Growing Green Awards ceremony last week kicked off with an indoor farmer’s market, where I got to taste about ten spectacular artisanal cheeses, organic strawberr… Continue reading
April 3, 2013
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
Last fall, employees at Jim Durst’s farm in Yolo County, California, harvested about 30 bins full of oddly-shaped organic butternut squash. These gourds would never see the inside of… Continue reading
March 15, 2013
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
I recently shared a stage with the White House pastry chef, the CEO of a $360 million company, and a woman who advocates eating weeds. We were all speaking at the TEDx-Manhattan conference… Continue reading
February 19, 2013
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
“Today no area holds more promise than our investments in American energy,” said President Obama, in his annual State of the Union address. In addition to wind and solar energy… Continue reading
February 7, 2013
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
I started thinking about food waste back when I was climbing mountains. When you are carrying 30 days’ worth of food on your back, every ounce is precious. When we packed, we weighed… Continue reading
February 1, 2013
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
“We are in a global race to develop and deploy clean energy technologies,” Steven Chu wrote in his White House blog in 2011. ”We can either sit on the sidelines and watch the competit… Continue reading
January 16, 2013
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
I played the cello for many years–but I doubt I ever produced any music as inspiring as 19-year-old Juan Manuel Chavez playing the prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite #1, on a cello made out … Continue reading
November 16, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
For nearly a decade, the American military has been investing in clean technology as part of a long-term strategy to stabilize its energy costs, save soldiers’ lives, and reduce dependence… Continue reading
October 24, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
Consumers have a right to know what’s in their food. And in much of the world, they do, because of government labeling laws. For example, China, Russia, and India are among the 50-odd … Continue reading
September 10, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
In Killingly, Connecticut, workers at the Frito-Lay plant churn out crunchy chips 24-7, processing more than 250,000 pounds of corn and potatoes each day, and cooking them up in enormous i… Continue reading
July 31, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
The U.S. Navy launched its Great Green Fleet recently at RIMPAC, the world’s largest naval exercise, which takes place biannually off the coast of Hawaii. Squadrons of F/A-18 Hornet fighte… Continue reading
July 25, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
According to The Economist Intelligence Unit, nine out of ten companies have suffered weather-related disruptions in the past three years, and most of them say these impacts are becoming m… Continue reading
June 21, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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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
June 20, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
I arrived yesterday in Mangaratiba, Brazil, about an hour down the coast from Rio–and about a meter above sea level–for a relatively small (by international conference standards) gatheri… Continue reading
May 25, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
Nine out of ten travelers–about 30 million people–will be hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). In the organization’s annual… Continue reading
May 22, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
The evening was foggy, but the mood was upbeat at NRDC’s fourth annual Growing Green Awards, held in San Francisco last week. It was inspiring for me not only to meet our winners in person… Continue reading
April 18, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
Big Oil’s supporters in Congress have yet to come up with a credible plan to help get America out of the gas price crunch. Their latest effort, the Gasoline Regulations Act, is no excep… Continue reading