I joined NRDC in 2009 to work on the campaign against tar sands. Prior to that, I worked with Greenpeace, the Energy Action Coalition, and Clearwater. I graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Environmental Science and Public Policy, where I convinced the school to switch its toilet paper and paper towels from clear-cut Kimberly-Clark products to 100% recycled Bay West.
In the hours when I am not fighting the tar sands, you will likely find me cooking, baking, gardening, or biking.
Posted May 22, 2013 by Elizabeth Shope in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment
Yesterday, USAID officially released its long-awaited Water and Development Strategy in front of a group of hundreds of Members of Congress, Congressional staff, Administration officials and water and development professionals. The stated goal of the Strategy is “To save lives...continued→
Posted April 24, 2013 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil
This is a guest blog post by David Malitz, Ph.D. David is a consultant living in Austin, Texas with over 30 years of experience in statistical analysis. As a statistician, I expected the Keystone XL draft supplemental environmental impact statement...continued→
Posted April 22, 2013 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released its comments on the deficient environmental review for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that the State Department published on March 1, 2013. EPA rates the environmental impact statement with a 2 – meaning...continued→
Posted March 20, 2013 by Elizabeth Shope in U.S. Law and Policy
This morning, I used and flushed a toilet, and used sink and shower – all with running water inside my house. Normally, I don’t think about this, but today, I did, because Friday is World Water Day, and more than...continued→
Posted February 17, 2013 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Today, I joined a crowd of more than 35,000 people including thousands of NRDC members and activists at the #ForwardOnClimate rally calling on President Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, set carbon standards for dirty power plants,...continued→
Posted January 8, 2013 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
A study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) provides damning evidence that tar sands development has been causing carcinogenic pollution in Alberta – not just in the immediate development region but even as far...continued→
Posted December 20, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
This blog was jointly written with NRDC Senior Consultant Shelley Kath. Big Oil has a plan that will put communities at risk in New England and Eastern Canada. The Portland-Montreal Pipeline – a very old oil pipeline owned mostly by...continued→
Posted December 19, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
This blog was jointly written with NRDC intern Olly Merrill The State Department has indicated that it will soon release a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. My colleague Anthony Swift blogged last week...continued→
Posted November 16, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
President is back in the White House… and it seems from news coverage that the effort to push that zombie Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is back too. The good news is, we’re back, too! This Sunday, thousands will converge...continued→
Posted October 17, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Last week, an all-female delegation led by 1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Nobel Women’s Initiative Chair Jody Williams set out to Alberta and British Columbia in an effort to learn about the impacts of tar sands oil extraction and...continued→
Posted October 10, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Today, ten national and local Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire organizations including NRDC released a fact sheet exposing Big Oil's stealth campaign to bring extra dirty tar sands to New England. The research shows that ExxonMobil -- not some friendly...continued→
Posted August 1, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Guest blog by Shelley Kath, Advisor and Senior Consultant to NRDC Last week, Canada’s energy and pipeline regulator, the National Energy Board (NEB), approved Enbridge’s plan to reverse one of its pipelines that in the future may carry tar sands...continued→
Posted July 20, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Earlier this week, a group of ten of the nation’s top scientists including James Hansen, James McCarthy, and Raymond Pierrehumbert, sent a letter to the State Department calling for “a serious review of the effect of helping open Canada’s tar...continued→
Posted June 21, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Nearly 2 years ago, more than one million gallons of tar sands oil gushed out of Enbridge’s Line 6B into the Kalamazoo River. Today, EPA is planning to announce the reopening of a larger stretch of the still oiled Kalamazoo...continued→
Posted June 20, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, U.S. Law and Policy
Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passed the Water for the World Act – a step forwards towards enacting important legislation that could bring safe drinking water and basic sanitation to as many as 100 million people around the Globe....continued→
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