Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Obama today has once again stood up for the health of this and future generations by saving the U.S. Arctic and key areas of the Atlantic from the risks of offshore drilling. This is a victory for our oceans and the millions of Americans across the country […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The world’s wildlife is under siege. Over the past four decades, wildlife populations have declined by nearly 60 percent on average, and projections indicate that by 2020, vertebrate populations may have declined by two-thirds in the previous half century as a result of climate change, habitat loss, and – […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog post was co-written with my colleague Bruce Ho. For the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), 2016 was a year of progress. The pioneering, bipartisan climate initiative among nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states – Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Just one week after scientists warned of unprecedented change brought on by warming in the Arctic, President Obama announced permanent protection for 115 million acres of federal waters in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Including previous presidential withdrawals, today’s action protects nearly 125 million acres in the offshore Arctic from […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – New agreement paves the way for enhanced cooperation between UN Environment and 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states on environment and climate change – UN Environment working closely with the ACP Secretariat to support a more coherent and integrated approach towards the implementation of the sustainable […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As 2016 comes to a close, India, striding ahead on the path to clean energy development, has reached an important milestone. The total installed solar power capacity has crossed 10 gigawatt (GW), a thousand-fold increase from 0.01 GW in 2010 when India first launched the signature National Solar […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The state attorneys-general suing to block the Clean Power Plan sent their Christmas shopping list last week to the incoming Trump administration and Republican congressional leaders. These AGs are working hand in glove with the country’s biggest polluters to roll back vital safeguards for clean air, clean water, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Now that Ohio’s Senate and House have sent an ideologically-driven bill, HB 554, to Governor John Kasich’s desk that would further delay implementation of the state’s popular clean energy standards (and weaken them, too), the Governor has until December 28th to do the smart thing for his state’s […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Here’s a selection of Times reporters’ most memorable stories of the year, with a focus on climate change and related environmental issues. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/science/2016-global-warming-news.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development – Pledges and commitments in support of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity made by Business; Cities and Subnational Authorities, IPLCs and Youth; – Capacity-building strategy […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The bears that come here are climate refugees, on land because the sea ice they rely on for hunting seals is receding. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/science/polar-bears-global-warming.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by Ocean Conservancy Today the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council approved their updated comprehensive plan to restore the Gulf after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. The updated plan includes small yet very important changes that echo the comments from tens of thousands of people like you from across the Gulf of Mexico. You’ll recall […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Food rescued from curbside garbage in front of Caputo Bakery and Union Market on Court Street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Aliza Eliazarov Aliza Eliazarov makes trash look good enough to eat—because all too often it is. The photographer’s series “Waste Not” captures the value of the perfectly good […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] This story originally appeared on Climate Central. It’s been clear that carbon dioxide is changing the climate. Now, how it moves through the atmosphere is clearer than ever, thanks to NASA scientists, satellites, and supercomputers. NASA released a mesmerizing new visualization of a year in the life […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund My colleague, NRDC Fellow Dan Aas, is the primary author of this blog entry. California is the national leader in distributed energy resources (DERs)—local ways to meet energy needs such as through technologies like solar panels and avoiding or delaying energy use—according to metrics ranging from installed capacity […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Deforestation efforts flop in Central America, Mexico City will ban diesel vehicles, Colombia enters green bond market To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. December 2 – 14 Featured Story Chief of the Umukomasã Tribe Eduardo Arraes A recent report […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Governors and mayors say they are determined to continue with plans to address climate change, no matter what a Trump administration may do. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/science/local-government-climate-change-efforts.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A decision adopted today by the California Public Utilities Commission would result in the nation’s single- largest deployment of charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs). The decision builds upon a settlement agreement supported by a diverse coalition of environmentalists, automakers, labor unions, EV drivers, social equity advocates, and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Viktor Vasnetsov, 1887 The column you’re reading began its life last week with an unsavory, if relatively straightforward, goal: Explore the disastrous environmental ramifications of president-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Oklahoma’s attorney general—and oil-and-gas industry bestie—Scott Pruitt as the next head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. No […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NOAA Approves Largest Ocean Protection Area in U.S. Atlantic The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency today finalized important protections for more than 38,000 square miles of ancient, fragile deep-sea coral habitat off of our nation’s most populated coastline. The Frank R. Lautenberg Deep Sea Coral Protection Area will […]