4 Reasons the California Bag Ban Makes Us Smile

Published by Ocean Conservancy Last week was a tough one for many around the nation. The 2016 election season reached a stressful conclusion last Tuesday night and considerable uncertainty remains about where our nation is headed and what the future holds. Last week my home state of sunny California gave me something to celebrate: voters approved […]

Don’t Waste that turkey: Tips to Save the Food this T-Day

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund You’re gearing up for Thanksgiving dinner. Assignments are out to various attendees for sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Now, it’s time to figure out what size turkey to buy. Here’s a hint:  Buy less than you think. If you’re hosting anything like the average Thanksgiving dinner for ten, […]

At U.N. Meeting, Diplomats Worry Trump Could Cripple Climate Pact

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some diplomats at the global warming summit meeting called for retaliation to compel American compliance with the Paris accord approved a year ago. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/world/united-nations-climate-change-trump.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Polls Are Still Open to Cast Votes to Save Energy and Water

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Geoffrey Fairchild Electronic balloting is now underway—through November 22—on scores of proposals to revise the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), the national model code governing the energy efficiency of new buildings, used by more than forty states. The IECC is updated every three years, and the current cycle […]

Nicolas Sarkozy proposes carbon tax on American goods

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Nicolas Sarkozy proposes carbon tax on American goods – Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. The former French president, who is running […]

Eat Less Beef: Protect the Amazon, the Planet & Your Health

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Amazon is under assault. As spotlighted in the upcoming episode of the Emmy award–winning series Years of Living Dangerously, this rainforest is threatened by a range of environmentally destructive forces. Cattle-ranching is at the top of this list. In fact, according to a 2011 report by the […]

City Energy Project: It’s Growing, It’s Transformative and It Works

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Skyline of Pittsburgh, new CEP city Pixabay Now more than ever cities must lead when it comes to sustainability and building a clean energy future to protect our health and boost the economy. The City Energy Project is helping cities do just that by creating a network of […]

Clean Energy Investments Pay Off Big Time, New Study Shows

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund For years, the skeptics warned that a clean energy transition would drive up costs and make consumers’ energy bills unaffordable. They were wrong. Despite wild swings in fossil fuel prices, America’s electricity bills and the per-kilowatt-hour rates recorded on them have been relatively stable and affordable for decades, […]

Ten New Cities Join the City Energy Project

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Our cities are hotbeds of innovation and progress when it comes to solving some of the most pressing climate and energy challenges of today. Cities have the ability to convene community leaders and private sector partners to move initiatives that not only significantly reduce carbon pollution, but also […]

UN Environment: more and faster support needed for climate change adaptation

Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – International community has pledged to mobilize $100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020 – Up to $300 billion needed in adaptation finance from 2030; up to $500 billion by 2050 Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27088&ArticleID=36304&l=en

2016 Likely to Top 2015 as Hottest Year on Record, Scientists Say

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The announcement is no surprise to climate scientists, as experts at NASA had already projected that the year would be the third bringing record heat. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/science/2016-hottest-year-on-record.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

What Happens When You Turn Up the Heat on Ants?

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Lauren Nichols “Close the door! We’re not paying to heat the whole neighborhood!” Moms and dads have been screeching that for decades, but what would happen to your community if you did pump out hot air until temperatures rose as high as climate scientists say they will by […]

Making Trump Feel the Heat

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund From President-elect Trump’s campaign statements to the choices of his advisors, we have every reason to be very concerned about his intentions when it comes to climate change. It is likely that we will be facing a Trump administration attempt to reverse the climate progress achieved by President […]

Why Donald Trump Is Wrong About Climate and China

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Donald Trump is all wrong about climate change. Not only does he risk becoming the only world leader who fails to understand that dangerous climate change is the central environmental challenge of our time. He also risks negating U.S. leadership on climate change at a time when the […]

Being World Climate Pariah Won’t Help Trump Meet Other Goals

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The question now is whether President-Elect Donald Trump will govern less divisively than he campaigned.  On climate change, there’s every reason for deep concern.  Candidate Trump said he wants to “cancel” the historic Paris Climate Agreement; his transition team features a fanatical climate denier and energy lobbyists, and […]

How Countries Are Fulfilling Their Paris Climate Commitments

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Paris Agreement entered into force on November 4, 2016. As part of the Agreement, countries put forward nationally determined climate commitments. This week, several countries presented an update on their national climate policies, proving once again that the nations of the world are taking climate change seriously […]

From Marrakech, Where The Winds of Change also Blow 

Published by Ocean Conservancy A funny thing happened at a meeting this week in Marrakech. Countries from around the world are meeting to decide how they will implement the landmark Paris Climate Agreement. In December last year, 195 countries agreed to aggressive targets to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and limit global warming. As the COP22 […]

Will the U.S. Withdraw from the Paris Agreement?

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It’s a big week around the world. Countries are meeting in Morocco to strengthen climate action under the Paris Agreement. Donald Trump has been elected as President of the United States. Air pollution levels are at an all-time high while renewables are outpacing coal in India.  There are […]

Trump’s Climate Contrarian: Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President-elect Donald J. Trump has vowed to dismantle President Obama’s climate change policies. In Mr. Ebell, he may have found his man. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/science/myron-ebell-trump-epa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

COP22: Global Energy Move to Renewables Accelerates

Published by the Environmental News Service MARRAKECH, Morocco, November 11, 2016 (ENS) – Today is Energy Day at COP22, the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech – a day to demonstrate action on global efforts to decarbonize the energy system – globally, country by country, city by city, and business by business – now that […]

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