Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Reducing emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Kigali Amendment can prevent up to 0.5°C of global warming, while continuing to protect the ozone layer – HFCs consumption to be reduced in 2019 in developed countries and frozen in 2024 and 2028 in developing countries Read the full […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund At 6:55 on Saturday morning, more than 140 countries sealed a landmark deal, called the Kigali Amendment, to phase down the powerful climate-warming pollutants called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol, the treaty that saved the ozone layer. Almost ten years after NRDC and others first proposed amending […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The world took a huge step on climate action in finalizing a historic amendment to phase down super-potent greenhouse gases in Kigali, Rwanda. After a marathon negotiations stretching over ten days, and years in the making, countries around the world agreed on an ambitious and flexible amendment to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act turned 40 this year. And NOAA Fisheries, the federal agency that administers that law, reported coincidentally on Wednesday that forty ocean fish populations or “stocks” have now been rebuilt from depleted levels. The prudent thing for NOAA fisheries to do at […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Breezy Point, N.Y., Oct. 31, 2012—When Hurricane Sandy moved ashore in the New Jersey and New York area, high tide and a full moon caused tides to rise six feet above normal Walt Jennings/FEMA Photo by Walter Jennings This October marks four years since Hurricane Sandy slammed into […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California deserves high praise for taking a big step toward fighting climate change by proposing the nation’s first energy efficiency standards for computers and monitors. But for the groundbreaking rules to achieve their full energy-saving potential, the state needs to account for evolving technologies in the rapidly changing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Don’t rely too much on negative emissions technologies, study warns – Researchers have been working on technology that would actually remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But the ideas are new and the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Nations seek deal to phase out hydrofluorocarbons – HFCs were introduced in the 1980s as a replacement for CFCs (which deplete the ozone layer) in products like refrigerators and air conditioners. But HFCs […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The title quotes Ms. Irene Diaz, Costa Rica’s Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Management, who said these words at the opening discussion of the high-level ministerial segment of the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Kigali, Rwanda today. Amidst intense negotiations to reach […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund One-third of all the food produced goes to waste; about 1.3 billion tons of fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, seafood, and grains go bad on the farm, get lost during distribution, or are thrown away in grocery stores, restaurants, and home kitchens. This is about three times the amount of food […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In its Clean Power Plan, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new initiative called the Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP), intended to support early investments in renewables and energy efficiency in low-income communities. Back in January, NRDC provided comments to the EPA on its initial proposal. The EPA […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It’s Wednesday night and we’re nearing the home stretch in talks in Kigali, Rwanda, over a freeze and phase-down of the super-potent climate pollutants called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Encouragingly, all countries are acting as if they expect to reach a deal on a Montreal Protocol amendment by the end […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Fossil fuel production emits significantly more methane than previously thought – A new government study says methane emissions from natural gas, oil, and coal production are actually between 20 and 60 percent higher […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Park City, Utah, pledges to go 100 percent renewable – Announcing a plan to get all of its electricity from renewables by 2032, this week the city became the latest mountaintop community to […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons could have a major effect on climate change but would make air-conditioning more expensive just as many Indians are becoming able to afford it. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/world/asia/india-air-conditioning.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The Arctic—home to diverse wildlife and many cultures—is changing faster than any other part of the planet in the face of climate change. Melting sea ice is already contributing to rising ocean levels worldwide and opening up new areas of the ocean for risky oil drilling. And polar bears, which […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India is a buzz with their ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement and subsequent ratification by the EU and entry into force. At the World Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi, delegates from around the world are celebrating the landmark achievement. Building on the momentum from the Paris […]
Published by the Environmental News Service ST. LOUIS, Missouri, October 10, 2016 (ENS) – Democrat Hillary Clinton confirmed her intention to fight climate change, while Republican Donald Trump affirmed his dedication to a fossil-fueled economy as the two candidates faced off on Sunday night in the second presidential debate of the 2016 election. Read the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today is Indigenous Peoples Day, and I’m celebrating the land defenders and water protectors on the front lines of the fight for a more just future. “I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams.” Dallas Goldtooth, IEN Since European colonizers first arrived on this continent in the 15th century, indigenous […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Unregulated carbon pollution from aviation is the fastest-growing source of the greenhouse gas emissions driving global climate change. In fact, if the entire aviation sector were a country, it would be one of the top 10 carbon-polluting nations on the planet. The good news is that we now have a […]