Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A mountaintop mine in Wise County, West Virginia ilovemountains.org, flyover courtesy of Southwings Another week has passed, and Donald J. Trump is still on the road to becoming the worst president ever for our health and environment. The GOP-led Congress is, if anything, ahead of him in destroying […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An ecological cornerstone is vanishing rapidly from the oceans, and scientists fear the consequences for climate change, fisheries and disease. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/science/seagrass-coral-reefs-pathogens-global-warming.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California, long a land of pioneers, leads the nation in developing emissions standards to reduce pollution from cars and trucks. These standards have cleaned up the Golden State’s air, and have benefited other states following California’s lead. Changes brewing in Washington could threaten these gains. Scott Pruitt’s statements […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Over 700 people—most of them elderly or poor—died prematurely during the 1995 Chicago heat wave. This public health disaster resulted from a deadly combination of extreme weather with temperatures soaring over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, lack of preparation and inadequate response by the city and county, power and water […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Colombian Sustainable Fund officially launches, campaign to protect Chilean Patagonia’s seas, Mexico’s stellar second energy auction To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. February 2 – 9, 2017 Climate Change Bleached staghorn coral Matt Kieffer Due to their deep […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “Polar Bear Plight,” painted by Cheryl Ann Lipstreu on Bethany Tuttle Courtesy of People, Planet, Paint Like so many citizens of the world, Monica Rowand spent the weeks following the presidential election feeling panicked about how the Trump administration could roll back years of hard-fought environmental progress. “I […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund I anticipated that relief and joy would be my overriding emotions today in announcing the communities in which SPARCC—the Strong, Prosperous and Resilient Communities Challenge—will invest. But I find that what I feel most strongly is an overwhelming sense of urgency. That’s what happens when you put years […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Trash and plastic waste is unfortunately everywhere in our ocean. From our coasts to the Arctic, to the deepest part of the ocean, marine debris is a growing, global problem. Without concerted efforts to combat marine debris now, the volume of plastic waste entering our ocean will only grow. Roughly 8 million […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Despite the Trump administration’s apparent affection for the fossil fuels industry, individual states are looking at the numbers and coming up with a different conclusion: The future belongs to pollution-free electric vehicles, and the sooner we get them on the road, the better off we’ll all be. And […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment When some climate scientists began saying we’d entered a new epoch, they meant to draw attention to human effects on climate. Now, to their dismay, it’s become a tech call to arms for more disruption. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/magazine/is-the-anthropocene-era-a-condemnation-of-human-interference-or-a-call-for-more.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today’s meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and President Trump highlights how much we need Canada’s climate leadership in the days to come. The Trump government has already invited reapplication of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. He is considering pulling out of the Paris climate agreement, undermining […]
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. Scott Pruitt arriving at Trump Tower in Manhattan, December 7, 2016 Reuters/Brendan McDermid Missing E-mails, Part 2 The office of Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt, Trump’s pick to head […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] The following is a transcript of the video. Over the past four and a half decades, presidents from both parties have furthered environmental protections designed to keep the American people safe and healthy. But President Trump and the Republican‑led Congress are poised to wipe out these […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund After just three weeks on the job, Donald J. Trump is well on his way to becoming the most anti-environmental president—ever. Call him “The Polluters’ President.” He has moved aggressively to undermine commonsense health and environmental safeguards, including issuing an order requiring that for every new measure a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Rick Gershon/Verbatim President Trump and the Republican-led Congress are poised to wipe out America’s crucial environmental safeguards, put the interests of polluters ahead of the health of our communities, and derail the global fight against climate change. We refuse to let this happen on our watch—but we need […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The second in a two-part series about the potential of state energy policy. You can find the first installment here. If you’re concerned about the fate of our climate and the job-creating clean energy industry over the next four years—and, really, given everything the Trump administration has said […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Paving the Amazon with roads, fires in Chile threaten bees, Mexico might soon have an electric taxi To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. February 2 – 9, 2017 Special Report on Chile’s Rivers Chilean Patagonia is known around the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Giuseppe Milo/Flickr In 1630, as waves buffeted the ship carrying him and his fellow Puritans across the ocean to the nascent Massachusetts Bay Colony, a lay minister named John Winthrop delivered a sermon introducing one of the most enduring tropes in American political rhetoric. In “A Model of […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The latest survey of monarch butterfly’s winter habitat in Mexico is a stark reminder that these butterflies are in need of protection: The area occupied by the butterfly colonies has decreased 27% compared to last year’s survey, which is conducted every winter at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. The forest […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A group of GOP elder statesmen, economists, and business leaders have proposed a carbon tax to address the growing dangers of climate change. It’s welcome and long overdue to see prominent Republicans acknowledge that “Mounting evidence of climate change is growing too strong to ignore,” and that “the […]