Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund When you talk about taking a trip in the United States, or even the world, do you note what state you’re visiting or what city? Nine times out of 10, I’d venture it’s the latter. Pixabay Major metropolitan areas are their own attraction and they’ve become something akin […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Most states are meeting their Clean Power Plan targets – Twenty-seven states are challenging Obama’s climate plan in court, arguing that cutting carbon pollution poses an undue burden. But thanks to changes to […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, September 19, 2016 (ENS) – Bank of America today pledged to go carbon neutral, and to use 100 percent renewable electricity by the year 2020. The bank says it will manage facilities that support its 4,700 retail financial centers and 16,000 ATMs for protection of the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund After international agreements are finalized it often takes years for countries to formally join the agreement and for the agreement to take effect. It took the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change almost two years after it was adopted for that agreement to enter-into-force. On September 21st, a next […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In less than two weeks, nine judges on the Court of Appeals in Washington will hear arguments over the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of this country’s action on climate change. At stake are limits on the nation’s biggest single source of dangerous carbon pollution – some 1500 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Moving Toward Strong Global Climate Action on HFCs Co-authored by Bhaskar Deol Countdown to Kigali is a round-up of recent news, blogs and other stories as world leaders head to Kigali, Rwanda to achieve a global agreement on phasing down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent heat trapping greenhouse gases, under […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The United Nations expects 20 more countries to ratify climate agreement next week – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited world leaders to join the landmark deal at an event on September 21, and so […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund By now we all know the threats facing our oceans – unsustainable fishing, climate change and habitat destruction, among many other challenges. But there are also solutions being discovered every day to help the ocean become more resilient. Whether through a contest or web search, when we find an innovation […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The Arctic’s summer sea ice appears to have hit its lowest extent of the year, putting pressure on the region’s diverse wildlife. Ice covered only 1.6 million square miles on Sept. 10, and 2016 is now tied with 2007 for the second-lowest sea ice extent on record, according to the […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Today, the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced that sea ice in the Arctic Ocean hit the second lowest minimum on record during the summer of 2016. It matters. This is why: Sea ice is the foundation of the Arctic ecosystem. Wildlife like the iconic polar bear depends on sea ice […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund We can no longer move forward with plans, projects and developments that ignore a new climate reality. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/197412986/0/edf/blogs/feed~Planning-for-the-next-flood-disaster-areas-in-need-of-immediate-attention
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Americans would pay higher bills to curb climate change – A new survey finds that 57 percent of Americans would be willing to pay an extra dollar per month to fight climate change. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. President Obama creates Atlantic’s first marine national monument – Today the president is announcing the designation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, an area of ocean about the size of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The “decarbonization” of America’s building is critical to reducing carbon emissions by at least 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, the amount scientists believe is necessary to avoid the worst effects of climate change. California, long a national and world leader in fighting climate change, is already […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Big data. It is a popular topic in the news. Our capabilities to analyse complex global patterns in everything from finance to commodities to human behaviour have increased dramatically in recent years. It’s amazing what scientists can now do with data. From tracking the presence of fish in a river […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Obama made history today. He established the nation’s first marine national monument in the waters of the continental United States: the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, located about 150 miles of the coast of Cape Cod. The monument will forever protect the rich diversity of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The environmental impacts of burning biomass for electricity are well documented. When power plants use biomass as fuel—in particular biomass that comes from forests—they can increase carbon emissions compared to coal and other fossil fuels for decades. The biomass industry also imperils some of our most precious forests. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Obama is due to speak tomorrow morning at the Our Ocean Conference in Washington, D.C. This has NRDC and the diverse group of supporters for the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts monument proposal on the edge of our seats. We’re waiting to see if he’ll announce the first […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In Juneau, Alaska, take a spin in an electric car. In Tucson, Ariz., see the film “Revenge of the Electric Car.” In Honolulu, get a “glimpse of the future in which Hawaii’s roadways are filled with EVs.” Those are among the more than 200 events planned for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Climate change threatens the world’s wheat crop – A new study says that an increase in global temperature of 1 degree Celsius would lead to a decline in wheat yields between 4.1 and […]