NRDC has been working in China for over twelve years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Aler...

The pictures below were all recently taken on July 28, 2010, just off the Gulf coast of Grand Bayou near Barataria Bay. They were taken shortly after cleanup authorities announced major surface oil had been cleaned up. Yesterday, &a...

A new report from a Canadian climate change think tank concludes that excess carbon dioxide from large-scale development of shale gas--which is just vented into the air--is potentially a very large source...

EPA today denied petitions from a rogue’s gallery of climate deniers who had asked the agency to reconsider its scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and the environment. The list of petitioners is not exactly a wh...

Polls on Californians’ attitudes on the environment released today show strong support across all regions, races and political affiliations for tougher air pollution standards on diesel trucks.  The Public Policy Institute...

Day 101Highlights in this issue:- BP fights government over lawsuit venue- Newsweek’s top 6 losers in the Gulf oil spill- Senator seeks Lockerbie hearing in September- Is the missing oil a good sign or a bad one?- Why Dudley’s BP....

In the early eighties, Chile was a world leader in modernizing its electricity sector by privatizing state assets and creating a competitive environment.  Now, it has the chance to be a leader again in the “green power” r...

  Wendy Schmidt believes human ingenuity will find new, far more effective ways to clean up the next BP-like oil spill disaster. And she’s betting $1.4 million on it. Spurred by BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster, the X Priz...

A recent assessment of the reliability impacts of climate change initiatives paints an encouraging picture of how resources in the pipeline can help enable a major transition to a low carbon economy.  The North American Electricity Reliabili...

Over the past four decades, the Clean Air Act has earned a well-deserved reputation as America’s most effective law for reducing dangerous pollution and protecting human health and the environment.  The big polluters and their poli...

On Monday, House leadership unveiled their legislative response to the Gulf oil disaster.  Incorporating the work of several committees, the CLEAR Act is a comprehensive reform bill and an important step forward in improving our nation&r...

Last week, the State Water Board released a draft report presenting their scientific conclusions regarding the amount of water required to restore a healthy San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem.  The draft report, discussed here, clearly reveal...

The NY Times has an important editorial up today, arguing for the extension of the Treasury Cash Grants for renewable energy.  Some background: last year, in response to the most significant economic downturn in several decades, the Treasury...

In the last week 4 major newpapers have editorialized against the corn ethanol tax credit. FIrst the Chicago Tribune wrote under the headline: Enough Ethanol. Then the Washington Post wrote: It's time to end the excessive subsidies for corn ethanol.....

This week, NRDC released the “2010 Smarter Cities” list of 22 municipalities that are leading the way in green power, energy efficiency, and conservation. These cities are already testing out the solutions that will launch America...