Chicago Skyline Getting Greener
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Sometimes Art Has to Get Gritty—Especially When Big Oil Provides the Muse
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Petcoke snaking through the neighborhood, Southeast Side, Chicago, 2015 Terry Evans For two decades, Chicago had a petcoke problem. Two companies were hoarding petroleum coke, a by-product of oil refining used to fuel power plants in countries with lax environmental laws. Piles of the black dust collected on […]
Alaska’s famous East Fork wolf pack may have been wiped out
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Alaska’s famous East Fork wolf pack may have been wiped out – The beloved group, frequently spotted in Denali National Park, was the world’s longest-studied wolf pack. Sadly, the last three pack members […]
New study predicts that sea level rise wlll accelerate soon
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. New study predicts that sea level rise wlll accelerate soon – Satellites began measuring sea level rise in 1993, shortly after Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted, sending sunlight-blocking particles into the atmosphere where […]
Energy Efficiency Standards Achieve Olympic-Sized Savings
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA The opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics had much of the usual pomp and pageantry we’ve come to expect and love. But what made it stand out for me even more than the fireworks and costumes was the moving message about the world’s changing climate and the […]
Zika and Pesticides: How to Take Sensible Precautions
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Zika virus poses serious public health threats of microencephaly and other neurodevelopmental abnormalities. There’s also concern about its possible links to Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults. That’s a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks its own nerves and may cause paralysis. My previous blog for more […]
England offers proof positive that bag charges work
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. England offers proof positive that bag charges work – The country introduced a 5 pence fee (about 7 cents) on plastic bags back in October. Since then, plastic bag usage has dropped 85 […]
Six million Americans may be drinking water containing toxic compounds
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Six million Americans may be drinking water containing toxic compounds – A new study identified public water supplies across the country that are laced with perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). These chemicals, used for over […]
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: 3 Things to Know
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Each August 9, the United Nations observes International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The occasion serves to promote the rights of the estimated 370 million indigenous peoples in the world today, as well as recognize their achievements and contributions. On this day, it is important to also […]
Progress Continues on Regional ISO Expansion
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Although Governor Brown today announced that legislation critical to transforming California’s statewide electric grid operator into a regional entity will not be taken up by the Legislature this year, supporters have committed to work through the fall to prepare a new proposal for consideration when it reconvenes in […]
The Penn Cove Captures—Why Southern Resident Orcas Need Us
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today is the 46th anniversary of the Penn Cove orca captures. For me, it’s a day to remember why the whales need us. Southern Resident L103 with calf L123 Center for Whale Research, Photos taken under Federal Permits NMFS 15569 / DFO SARA 388 On August 8, 1970, […]
Pioneering Carbon-Cutting Program Turns 10: What Now, RGGI?
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post was co-authored with my colleague Bruce Ho. Ten years ago this month, when the U.S. needed leadership to fight global climate change, seven states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic stepped up to the plate to establish the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The results have been […]
The world is close to missing the 1.5-degree target
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The world is close to missing the 1.5-degree target – In December negotiators of the Paris Agreement decided to try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. But over […]
New NYS Program Helps Localities Become Clean Energy Leaders
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New York’s counties, cities, towns and villages now have additional support when it comes to advancing clean energy and combating climate change at home. It comes in the form of Clean Energy Communities (CEC), a new program unveiled earlier this week by the New York State Energy Research […]
Saskatchewan Heavy Oil Spill Highlights Pipeline Risks
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On July 20, an oil pipeline in Northern Saskatchewan ruptured, eventually leaking as much as 66,000 gallons of heavy crude oil and other chemicals into the North Saskatchewan River. Despite noticing a “pressure anomaly” in the line, pipeline operators failed to shut it down, and the leak continued […]
Can Rio Survive the Olympics?
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A rower training in Rio de Janeiro’s Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon Ricardo Moraes/Reuters The opening ceremonies of the 2016 Summer Olympics get underway tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro. As everyone knows, spirited competition will unfold over the next two weeks; Friday’s festivities, by contrast, are all about the […]
Spectacular Atlantic Ocean Area a Step Closer to Protection
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund About 150 miles off Cape Cod, where the continental shelf drops into the pitch-black abyss of the deep Atlantic Ocean, a series of massive undersea canyons plunge thousands of feet, some deeper than the Grand Canyon. Just beyond these canyons, four underwater mountains (or “seamounts”)—the only ones in […]
Americans Strongly Support Cleaning Up Transportation-Poll
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Obama has done more than any President to protect Americans and future generations from climate change, but there is more to do. Transportation continues to be a major source of carbon pollution, accounting for about one-third nationally. There are two important ways we can cut pollution from […]
Latin America Green News This Week: 7/28 – 8/3/2016
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ecuador signs Paris agreement, Drones launched to protect Vaquita Marina, General Electric seeks expansion of renewable energy generation To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. July 28 – August 3, 2016 Conservation Mexico’s armed forces have launched a drone operation […]
MWD Rolls the Dice with Our Water Supplies During Drought
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund One would think an agency caught in the grips of one of the worst droughts California has ever seen would handle and account for its water supply with extreme prudence. And yet, in attempting to avoid mandatory conservation measures, in a recent “stress test” Metropolitan Water District grossly […]