Published by the World Wildlife Fund We humans aren’t the only animals that think lobster are a tasty treat. Dolphins, sharks, and sea turtles do, too. These spiny crustaceans are a critical link in the food chain that keep our oceans healthy. And that’s why the work of Mia Isaacs is so important. As president of […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Benefits topping $800 billion is nothing to scoff at, but the Trump White House is doing its best to bury this remarkable report. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/530598018/0/edf/blogs/feed~Trump%E2%80%99s-own-budget-office-admits-Obamaera-regulations-brought-billions-in-benefits
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog by Jennifer Skene NRDC has called on Ontario to reconsider a troubling proposal that continues to prioritize unsustainable logging over protecting threatened species like the boreal caribou. In January, Ontario doubled down on a policy that jeopardizes the future of boreal caribou and other at-risk species in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Scott Pruitt celebrated his one-year anniversary as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency two weeks ago and it’s time to grade his performance. While Pruitt has recently been catching heat for his science-denying comments on climate change, his luxurious travel on the taxpayer dime, and his elimination […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Crawford Generating Station darius norvilas/Flickr Without any input from the community, developers recently unveiled plans to demolish the Crawford coal plant and market it for use as a distribution center, that would add tons of dirty truck exhaust into the community. When the decades-long fight to close Chicago’s Crawford […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The World Wildlife Fund and their partners announced the results of their yearly monarch butterfly survey today at 2.48 hectares, down 14% from last year’s count of 2.91. While this year’s count is not as dire as the numbers have ever been, the population remains dangerously low. 2.48 […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy During winter in the high-latitude Arctic Ocean, sea ice reflects much of the sun’s energy until seasonal melting promotes a spectacular plankton bloom along floe edges and even beneath the ice. The annual explosion of Arctic life starts first in polynyas, areas of northern sea kept perennially ice-free by wind and currents […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The average U.S. family of four wastes 1,000 pounds of food—at a cost of roughly $1,500—every year. As a nation, up to 40 percent of our entire food supply goes uneaten. A staggering amount of waste occurs throughout the supply chain, often a little bit at a time […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund For 60 years the problem of nuclear waste has bedeviled our nation. On one level this is no surprise. After all, the horrors of radioactive contamination are vivid enough to make any community asked to potentially assume the entire burden of all the nuclear waste in the U.S. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Michigan’s DTE Energy recently pledged to reduce carbon pollution by more than 80 percent by 2050. Another Michigan utility, Consumers Energy, committed to phase out coal generation over the next two decades and generate at least 40 percent of its energy with renewable resources. Duke Energy, with customers […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society MARCH 4th 2018 COMMENTARY BY CAPTAIN LOCKY MACLEAN SEA SHEPHERD MARINE OPERATIONS AND CAMPAIGNS DIRECTOR Hornby Island, Strait of Georgia, BC, CANADA locky@seashepherd.org The herring stocks of West Coast Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii, and Prince Rupert have already collapsed. The Federal Government’s recent closure of the Central Coast area, an […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This past Wednesday, I took part in the first full meeting of the Aleutian Islands Waterways Safety Committee in Anchorage, Alaska. Here are five things you should know about this new group: The Committee is brand new. It was established late in 2017 to provide a forum for mariners and other stakeholders […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post was co-written with Dawone Robinson There’s reason to celebrate in Richmond today, for both the climate and the consumer, as we turn the page on an outdated regulatory model that was becoming a drag on Virginia’s economy. Significant energy legislation now sits at Governor Northam’s desk […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund ¿Sabías que para el año 2030 en Estados Unidos se podrían prevenir hasta 150.000 ataques de asma, 3.300 infartos, 2.800 visitas de hospital y 6.600 muertes prematuras? Esto es completamente posible siempre y cuando se mantenga vivo el “Plan de Energía Limpia”, o Clean Power Plan (CPP) por […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A powerful advisory group stocked with oil, gas and coal company representatives and sympathizers yesterday recommended a suite of fee reductions that would further short-change the public for taxpayer-owned fossil fuels. The recommendations by the obscurely named Royalty Policy Committee include: Cutting royalty rates on oil and gas […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund 2017 was declared the Year of Women—but it’s clear to me that we’re only just beginning. Cory Clark/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/AP Images If there was one silver lining to Donald Trump’s first year in office, it’s that we saw, time and time again, the power of women in action. From […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Homes next to an oil refinery in Wilmington, California Citizen of the Planet/Alamy Sometimes you really do have to stop and wonder what U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is thinking. And once you do, the conclusions you inevitably draw can be so frustrating that you just […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans of President Trump and his allies. Shhhh. Regulations Are Good for the Economy. The Office of Management and Budget released a major report last Friday night. (Releasing a major report on a Friday night is […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Beaverpond Marstonia specimen Robert Hershler/Smithsonia The beaverpond marstonia is a rare snail with a tan shell, a taste for submerged clumps of vegetation, and a known habitat of just three creeks in Georgia. It stands about as high as a stack of two nickels and is thought to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund There’s no environmental imperative more urgent, and no higher priority at NRDC, than to protect ourselves and our children from the growing dangers of climate change. That means, first and foremost, cutting the carbon pollution that’s driving this global scourge, by moving toward cleaner, smarter ways to power […]