May 9, 2013
by Brant Olson
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Brant Olson, Campaign Manager, San Francisco
Last week, California’s State Assembly took its first steps toward adopting a groundbreaking new law to help keep plastic trash out of our oceans by creating a marine plastic pollution… Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 30, 2013
by Leila Monroe
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Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco
Late yesterday, after a marathon hearing of the California Assembly Natural Resource Committee, Assembly Bill 521, known as the Marine Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility… Continue reading
August 20, 2012
by Cai Steger
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Cai Steger, Energy Policy Analyst, New York, Center for Market Innovation
Before adjourning for August recess, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee reported a tax extenders bill addressing the fate of over $200 billion in t… Continue reading
June 7, 2012
by Jake Schmidt
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
Today, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee voted to allow illegal loggers to undercut the Lacey Act by allowing them to pillage the world’s forests. … Continue reading
May 8, 2012
by Jake Schmidt
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
At a hearing today before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee leading individuals and groups came out strongly opposed to bills that would unde… Continue reading
April 18, 2012
by Steve Fleischli
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Steve Fleischli, Senior Attorney, Washington, DC
Tomorrow’s Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing on sea level rise provides a good opportunity for elected officials to hear firsthand about the risks to U.S. infr… Continue reading
January 20, 2012
by Reduce
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Oregon’s legislature will once again consider a proposal to reduce mercury in compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). The proposal – introduced on Wednesday by the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee – is less restrictive than a failed 2011 bill that would have made it illegal to dispose of the bulbs in landfills and required [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookJune 24, 2011
by Leila Monroe
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Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco This morning, 34 actors, directors, musicians and other celebrities joined NRDC, Wild Aid, and the Humane Society of the U.S. to stand up for Sharks. Read this letter — from Leonardo Di… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJune 10, 2011
by Leila Monroe
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Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco Sharks are in serious trouble as a result of the international shark fin trade, with some populations declined by 99%. Why should you care? Because sharks are amazing creatures &nd… Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 14, 2011
by Frances Beinecke
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Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City This Congress has not passed a single piece of legislation to make offshore drilling safer in the wake of the BP oil disaster. Instead, nearly one year after the Deepwater Horizon blowout, the House Na… Continue reading
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