Published by the World Wildlife Fund In Nepal, the steep land above Devendra Jung Gurung’s house in Tanahun District’s Aamdanda village is prone to landslides. But now, he no longer worries as much about this potential danger. Devendra Jung has planted fodder trees and broom grass, a local plant known as amriso, whose strong root system […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Tigers, elephants, rhinos, and Himalayan black bears can all pose a risk to human life or livestock when they cross into nearby villages. Many species damage crops that farmers grow near forests and along traditional wildlife migration routes. As crops mature during the growing season, local people work day and […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At a meeting of the Arctic Council, the secretary of state was noncommittal when asked about the administration’s view on the landmark climate agreement. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/climate/rex-tillerson-arctic-council-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A strong and timely endorsement for western grid integration forcefully rebuts claims that moving from a balkanized system with 38 separate entities to a regional operation could introduce environmental problems, raise costs, or open state energy and climate policies to challenge by federal regulators. In fact, the analysis […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “Descent” Josh Keyes The image of a whale’s tail covered in graffiti may exaggerate humanity’s impact on the natural world—but only just. A recent study of the Mariana Trench turned up scads of pollutants in the most unexplored habitat on the planet. The sentiment, at least, evoked by […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Scott Pruitt, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, sure has been busy since he took over the agency. He’s spent most of his time cancelling, stalling, or starting the deconstruction of numerous public protection actions that the Obama administration took, and plenty of time promoting himself. None […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New York’s housing agencies are adopting an innovative property evaluation tool that will improve New York’s affordable housing by helping owners invest in cost-efficient energy, water, and health performance upgrades. Across New York State, more than 1.7 million families live in affordable apartment buildings. Owners of these buildings […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment With the Trump administration still undecided about the Paris climate accord, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson is to head to a meeting of the Arctic Council in Alaska. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/climate/arctic-nations-to-meet-amid-unsettled-us-stance-on-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund By a unanimous vote its City Council, Atlanta will now be the largest city in the Southeast to get 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar power. Richard Cawood via Flickr Add Atlanta to the list. The list, that is, of the 27 […]
Published by the Environmental News Service SEATTLE, Washington, May 8, 2017 (ENS) – Twenty-six activists were arrested today as local indigenous leaders and Seattle climate activists disrupted business at 13 Chase Bank branches across Seattle in a major escalation in their campaign to keep banks from funding projects catastrophic to the climate and to indigenous […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In 2006 when I helped lead the campaign to pass AB 32, California’s landmark global warming law, I used a Blackberry for the first time. It was a brick. A lot has changed since then, technologically and climate-wise: With California’s world class climate program in place, air is […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Politics intruded on climate science in Australia. The scientists fought back, led by John Church, a leading world expert on sea level rise. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/climate/a-parable-from-down-under-for-us-climate-scientists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump Administration is expected to announce their decision about staying or withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement next week. With the fate of global climate action on the line, now is an important time to take stock of who supports the Paris Agreement and who has […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pexels/Pixabay For decades now, the organized climate-denial machine in this country—largely composed of polluting billionaires, bought-and-paid-for government officials, spurious think tanks, and a colorful assortment of freelance cranks—has liked to think that the millions of Americans who describe themselves as evangelical Christians are totally on board. The relationship […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund According to reports, the Trump administration is expected to announce a decision as early as next week to possibly withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement. Trump has promoted himself as a pro-growth president, declaring the U.S. is “open for business;” yet an overwhelming majority of businesses […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The 2017 Peoples Climate March in Washington, D.C. Bobby Bruderle for NRDC “Show me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like!” That chant thundered from the voices of 200,000 strong marching in the steamy streets of D.C. on April 29 and reverberated in other cities […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Randolph County, Ark.:– Multiple rivers near Pocahontas flooded homes and businesses. Photo Credit: Arkansas National Guard Historic flooding has hit parts of Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri after torrential rain swept through the area earlier in the week. The flooding has closed hundreds of roads, inundated homes, and most […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy A new climate change assessment in the Arctic was released last week, and it had good news and bad news. The report, compiled by the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP), had contributions from almost 100 scientists and looked at the status of the Arctic from 2011 to early 2017. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New government initiatives seek to promote a transition to a more efficient, less polluting air conditioning market. Co-authored with Karan Chouksey Only about 6 percent of Indian households today use air conditioners, but as income levels rise, air conditioner sales are increasing by 10 to 15 percent every […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New York State is poised to make a decision on the Atlantic Bridge Project, a natural gas pipeline that would expand the existing Algonquin Gas Transmission Pipeline system, a vast 1,100 miles-long pipeline system that traverses New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. While natural gas pipelines are […]