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Farming and ranching isn`t anything new. But the way that farmers and ranchers do their job has evolved over time.

IMT's green leasing program manager Adam Sledd, along with Steve Teitelbaum --a lead author of the BOMA model lease--and speakers from the U.S. General Services Administration , officially introduced In a webinar with 300+ attendees, Sledd and his fellow panelists provided guidance and strategies for using green leases, and explained how the new ... (more)

More than 150,000 additional Americans could die by the end of this century due to excessive heat caused by climate change, according to a detailed analysis of peer-reviewed scientific data by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

The Natural Resources Defense Council made the estimate using data from 40 cities, calculating that temperatures in North America would rise between 4 and 11 degrees Fahrenheit in this century.

Ahead of National Heat Awareness Day , a new report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council on Wednesday says tens of thousands could die from increasing heat as a result of climate change by 2099 in the United States.

Metro Detroit will have the nation's second highest increase in heat-related deaths by the end of the century if further precautions aren't taken, according to a study released Wednesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

By the end of the century, the Twin Cities area could see eight times as many deaths annually due to extreme heat as it does now, according to a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council .

BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to install $400 million in new air pollution controls at its northwestern Indiana oil refinery and pay an $8 million fine under a deal announced Wednesday with the government and environmental groups.

A new report released today from NRDC shows how climate change is killing us as heat-related deaths in the U.S. are set to rise to 150,000 by the end of the century due to soaring carbon pollution.

In this April 2006 file photo photo provided by Earthjustice, a false killer whale is seen leaping while chasing prey in waters off Hawaii.

In this April 2006 file photo photo provided by Earthjustice, a false killer whale is seen leaping while chasing prey in waters off Hawaii.

Source: HuffPo Keystone XL Would Raise Gas Prices, Report Finds Lucia Graves lucia@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 05/22/2012 12:34 pm WASHINGTON -- The Natural Resources Defense Council on Tuesday released a report dispelling the myth that the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would lower gas prices.

Environmental advocates were among dozens of witnesses lining up to testify Monday on a bill laying out Ohio's new regulations for horizontal shale drilling and the use of renewable energy.

Bob Keefe, NRDC, 202-289-2373 or bkeefe@nrdc.org or Elizabeth Heyd 202-289-2424 or eheyd@nrdc.org WASHINGTON - May 18 - The House of Representatives today passed a back-door attempt that would force lawmakers to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline as part of an unrelated transportation bill - once again holding the legislation for improving ... (more)

Lucas Benitez, a Mexican immigrant who helped organize fellow farmworkers in Florida, shared with colleague Greg Asbed the Natural Resources Defense Council's Growing Green Award in the category of Food Justice.

A scientific report issued Wednesday confirms what most Iowans have long known or suspected: that heavy rains have been falling with increasing frequency, causing disastrous flooding.

In this May 6, 2004 file photo, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, and his wife Mary Richardson Kennedy arrive at the Natural Resources Defense Council, or N.R.D.C., fundraiser in Los Angeles.

Michigan and the rest of the Midwest saw an increase in extreme storms last decade, and a new study shows the heavy rain and flooding could continue to rise.

A new report sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council examines wastewater disposal methods used in Pennsylvania and comes to the conclusion that, well, none of them are safe.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - May 15 - Endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales are threatened by oil drilling and exploration, according to a lawsuit filed today by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Native Village of Chickaloon, Center for Water Advocacy and Center for Biological Diversity.