Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration plans to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) budget by 17 percent, targeting programs that are crucial to America’s economy and public health and safety, according to a Washington Post report. The leaked OMB document obtained by the Post reportedly shows that the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CHICAGO, Illinois, March 5, 2017 (ENS) – Ten companies and organizations, two partnerships, and three individuals have been recognized with Climate Leadership Awards 2017 for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/03/06/companies-cities-earn-2017-climate-leadership-awards/
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The scientific consensus is clear and compelling: our climate is changing at a dangerous and unprecedented rate. Every year, we are seeing increasingly severe impacts, including more frequent and more intense droughts, floods and wildfires; dropping agricultural yields; rising sea levels; and acidifying oceans. At the root of these changes […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The scientific consensus is clear and compelling: our climate is changing at a dangerous and unprecedented rate. Every year, we are seeing increasingly severe impacts, including more frequent and more intense droughts, floods and wildfires; dropping agricultural yields; rising sea levels; and acidifying oceans. At the root of these changes […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Late Friday night, The Washington Post broke the news that the Trump Administration’s budget plans devastating cuts for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This is what we learned: NOAA faces a massive cut of nearly $990 million to their operating budget. Cuts on this scale aren’t just “trimming the fat” to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund One could see President Trump’s handling of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline as one of several early tests of his supposed negotiating prowess: could he get a foreign corporation wanting to build an oil pipeline across America to use American steel for the pipe? Forget possible legal […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans of President Trump and his allies. Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress. Chris Kleponis/SIPA/Newscom Climate Change Ignorer President Trump gave his first address to Congress on Tuesday. The first half […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pollution in the Anacostia River, Maryland Kamaweti Mutu/Flickr Nearly halfway through his first 100 days, President Donald Trump is on track to set a record for putting Americans’ health and our environment at risk. In recent days, we’ve seen Trump issue an order to keep streams and rivers […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference Gage Skidmore/Flickr This story originally appeared on Climate Central. The Trump administration wants to “zero out” many climate-related programs and grants that help state and local governments enforce environmental laws, according to a memo sent this week […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post was authored by Rachel Fakhry, Schneider Fellow, NRDC. The shift away from coal presents the U.S. with an exciting opportunity to lead a global transition to a clean energy economy. In that context, NRDC argues in an issue brief published today we should capitalize on clean […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Colombian organization seeks to save seed species, Guatemala and UK Space Agency team up to fight deforestation, jobs in renewable energy sector are on the rise February 24 – March 2, 2017 Climate Change Record breaking temperatures during recent years have left much of Mexico in a troubling […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Senate is expected to confirm former Texas Governor Rick Perry’s nomination as secretary of Energy this week. President Trump has attempted to stack his cabinet with friends of polluting industries, and Perry, as a climate-waffler with deep ties to the fossil fuel industry, fits that bill. Yet […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Heat waves like those that affected southeastern Australia early this year are much more likely with human-caused global warming, a study has found. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/science/australia-heat-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund When he turned the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline from dead and gone into a reawakened zombie, President Trump claimed that his doing so would mean new construction jobs, steel manufacturing jobs, and money for the United States. Before he was elected, he used the pipeline to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India’s Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is predicting April 2017 to be one degree hotter than normal. According to the IMD outlook, above normal temperatures are likely over most parts of the India during February, March and April 2017. With climate change, rising temperatures and every year since 2014 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In the wake of President Trump’s inauguration, one thing has become very clear. If there is to be progress on climate change in America it will likely come from state, regional and international actions, not Washington, D.C. Given this new context, developing a regional electricity grid that brings […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Prior to taking office the Trump administration talked about making $1 trillion in new infrastructure investments. Since taking office, the administration hasn’t said much about infrastructure, but Senate Democrats have put forward their own plan. Instead, the Trump administration has begun an assault on our environment and the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A tract of farmland, inadvertently flooded, shows a “softer” path to managing the state’s immense water system in an era of climate change. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/science/california-aging-dams.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans of President Trump and his allies. Polluters hail Pruitt. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Scott Pruitt’s confirmation a week ago with fanfare—really, really strange fanfare. The agency’s press release featured gleeful quotes from some […]
Published by the Environmental News Service LOS BAÑOS, Philippines, February 24, 2017 (ENS) – More than half of the world’s population, nearly four billion people, eat rice as their daily staple, but the changing climate is making it tougher for rice farmers to keep their plants alive until harvest. Now, new, stress-tolerant rice varieties can […]