Natural Resources Defense Council

Chris Dickerson pushing for environmental awareness -- and a role on O's

2013-03-20 17:28:00

SARASOTA, Fla. — Chris Dickerson's revelation occurred while playing in the minor leagues, when the outfielder noticed how often his Triple-A teammates used plastic water bottles and — without a thought — tossed them in the trash....

Want not, waste a lot

2013-01-02 03:00:00

Reaching way back in a kitchen cabinet, I grab a jar of what's billed as orange marmalade. It's really not marmalade, just sugar glop without any orange in it at all, masquerading as the real thing. It was a "bonus" in a crate of Florida citrus we got a...

Coal still a major cause of Maryland's toxic air pollution

2012-08-10 09:45:00

Maryland may have some of the nation's strictest limits on power plant pollution, but its residents are still breathing more toxic emissions from those facilities than in most other states. The state's reliance on burning coal for electricity appears to...

New hydraulic fracturing rules proposed

2013-05-17 11:46:00

Hydraulic fracturing, the process that involves shooting millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals underground to crack shale formations and unlock oil and gas, would become more difficult under new rules proposed by the Interior Department. As...

Insider's Guide: Ocean City, Md.

2013-05-17 12:34:02

LOOKING FOR a change of location for this summer's fun-in-the-sun family vacation? You might want to consider Ocean City. No, not that Ocean City. We're talking Ocean City, Md. A few clicks less than 150 miles southeast of Philadelphia City Hall, this...

Interior Department offers new rules for 'fracking'

2013-05-16 21:13:00

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on federal land Thursday, drawing criticism from environmentalists that it had weakened an earlier draft to placate industry. Industry...

Groups oppose effort to restart damaged California reactor

2013-05-16 14:56:02

HOUSTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Critics of the damaged San Onofre nuclear plant in California urged federal regulators on Thursday to reject an effort by a unit of Edison International to accelerate a review process needed to determine if the reactor is...

Kroger turns spoiled food into electricity; how do you reduce waste?

2013-05-16 15:55:00

As supermarkets try to figure out how to cut down on waste and experiment with alternative forms of energy,� Kroger Co. says it's doing both simultaneously by turning landfill-bound organic matter into electricity that powers its stores, The Times'...

A powerful use for spoiled food

2013-05-15 18:40:00

What happens to the 40% of food produced but never eaten in the U.S. each year, the mounds of perfect fruit passed over by grocery store shoppers, the tons of meat and milk left to expire? At Ralphs, one of the oldest and largest supermarket chains on...

Analysis: Obama climate agenda faces Supreme Court reckoning

2013-05-15 22:27:03

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate change regulations to the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and...

Commencement speaker Robert F. Kennedy Jr. implores Memphis law school grads to protect the environment

2013-05-13 01:24:04

On Sunday afternoon, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenged the University of Memphis' newest crop of lawyers to use their law degrees to fight corporate corruption and protect one of the world's most vulnerable entities: the environment. The 122 graduates of...

EPA continues to release producers' personal information

2013-05-10 01:05:36

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) is appalled to learn that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to illegally release information on cattle operations to the activist groups Earth Justice, the Pew Charitable Trust and the...

A February report by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that of 44 severely depleted stocks of fish nationwide that were under federal oversight, 48% had rebounded to target levels and an additional 16% had shown significant progress -- a total of nearly two-thirds.

2013-03-22 19:42:00

Canaveral National Seashore, which stretches from south Volusia County into north Brevard, is graded in a report by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and the Natural Resources Defense Council as facing the most risk from rising seas among the seven national seashores.

2012-08-30 00:00:00