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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
Curbing methane—the second most important climate pollutant—now sits at the top of the world’s to-do list if we hope to head off the worst impacts of our rapidly and dangerously changing climate, according to two major international science reports released this summer. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
The Biden administration’s very welcome decision to block sulfide-ore copper mining on the edges of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is personal to me and my family. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
As enormous fires engulf the West and hurricanes pummel the South, Andy Wheeler, the former oil and gas lobbyist running Trump's EPA, has taken another step to let climate-polluting industries off scot-free—this time by rolling back standards to keep the oil and gas industry from leaking millions [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
When EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt proposed to repeal the Clean Power Plan – the largest step yet taken to curb America’s climate-changing carbon pollution – he scheduled a single public hearing, in Charleston, West Virginia, last November and allowed a short period for public comment that was i [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
Speaking on FOX News from Hazard, Kentucky, as the season’s fourth hurricane still pummels the southeast, EPA chief Scott Pruitt said that tomorrow he will propose to repeal the Clean P [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
Congressmen Ted Deutch (D-FL), Francis Rooney (R-FL), John K. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
NRDC and leading companies are asking the full federal appeals court in Washington today to rehear and reverse a divided panel’s August decision blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from cutting emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
I'm updating this 2012 post on the occasion of the new documentary airing on PBS: "Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet". [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
For the most part, Republican leaders’ response to rising public concern about climate change is just denial and derision. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
                                                                                     Co-authored by Alex Hillbrand The world returns to Montreal this week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1987 Montreal Protocol, the treaty that saved the ozone layer. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
There’s no environmental imperative more urgent, and no higher priority at NRDC, than to protect ourselves and our children from the growing dangers of climate change. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
Exxon leaned in to weaken EPA's methane regulations. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
World Ozone Day arrives with little fanfare each year on September 16th. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
Plus, the decision announces a new doctrine designed to hamper the government from instituting basic protections, from pollution limits to food and drug safety standards to workplace safety requirements. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday on bipartisan legislation to phase down hydrofluorocarbons -- the powerful climate-changing chemicals used in air conditioning, refrigeration, and many other applications -- and replace them with climate-friendlier alternatives. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
As the Trump EPA falters, states are stepping in to keep the phase-down of the super climate pollutants known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) on track. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
Post co-authored with Alex Hillbrand Two billion years ago, blue-green algae floating atop Earth’s primordial oceans had an interesting idea. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Doniger
With the change in leadership of the House of Representatives, the new Congress offers real opportunities for renewed action on climate change, which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi aptly called “the existential threat of our time. [read post]