One Year Later: Withdrawal from Paris Agreement Was a Dangerous Mistake

Published by Ocean Conservancy One year ago today, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement—undermining the important work being done to protect millions of Americans who depend on the ocean for their businesses and livelihoods from the threat of climate change. The impact of carbon emissions on the ocean isn’t an abstract danger. […]

The Trump administration is making a big mistake messing with clean cars. Here are 5 reasons why.

Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Clean car standards have been a bigger success than anyone expected, so why roll them back?       Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/549474036/0/edf/blogs/feed~The-Trump-administration-is-making-a-big-mistake-messing-with-clean-cars-Here-are-reasons-why

Why Canada Needs to Protect Hudson Bay’s Beluga Estuaries

Published by Ocean Conservancy A few years ago, I tagged along with a research team counting beluga whales in Canada’s western Hudson Bay. On one memorable July day, our boat was surrounded by 350 belugas, we spotted 11 polar bears and a bird expert recorded the sighting of 5,000 black scoters (an Arctic sea duck) in […]

US climate action grows stronger despite announcement to leave Paris Agreement

Published by the World Wildlife Fund This month marks one year since the United States confirmed it was pulling out of the Paris Agreement, a historic international accord that demonstrated global willingness to take urgent, decisive action on climate change. Signed by nearly 200 countries in December 2015, the Paris Agreement pushed countries to reduce their […]

WWF strengthens communities’ resiliency against extreme weather events

Published by the World Wildlife Fund June 1 marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, with early forecasts indicating a slightly above average year for storms. But as this hurricane season begins, many coastal communities are still dealing with the enormous devastation of the last one—a barrage of unusually intense storms that scientists at WWF […]

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