Published by the World Wildlife Fund A new study reveals rising temperatures are turning green turtle populations almost completely female in the northern Great Barrier Reef. More than 200,000 nesting females—one of the largest populations in the world—call the northern Great Barrier Reef home. But this population could eventually crash without more males, according to the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Wendy Bredhold walked up to the microphone in the auditorium at Ivy Tech Community College in Evansville, Indiana. At the town hall meeting on that mid-November evening were roughly 100 people who came to hear her—and a number of other presenters—discuss the perils of coal pollution in her […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund What is the value of hurricane and wildfire survivors’ health? The Senate will grapple with that question this month as the federal government barrels toward another shutdown deadline and Americans slowly recover from recent disasters. Congressional action will affect how well immediate needs are met and how well […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored by Nikita Koraddi, California Legislative Advocate While the Trump administration tries to hide the facts of climate change, and pursues an outdated, dirty energy strategy for the United States, California continues to assure the rest of the world that “We Are Still In” the Paris agreement, and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Despite the Damage, Positive Trends Endure Calling 2017 crazy is an understatement of epic proportions. We saw attempts by a marginalized President and congressional Republicans to unravel decades of environmental protections and clean energy progress as fast as they could. If a policy has his predecessor’s imprint on […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Oil burn-off from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, June 2010 Petty Officer First Class John Masson/Coast Guard While much of the country was preoccupied with the freakish weather on the East Coast Thursday afternoon, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke held a call with reporters to […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy On January 4, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke unveiled the Trump administration’s proposed new five-year offshore leasing program—and it’s not pretty. The proposed leasing program aims to open up almost all of America’s coastline to risky offshore drilling. Vast swaths of the Arctic—including areas in the Northern Bering Sea that haven’t […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration’s New Year gift to polluters: opening up nearly all of America’s coasts to oil and gas drilling, plus more ongoing attacks on our health and planet. iStock We’re closing in on a year since Donald J. Trump’s inauguration with little hope he’ll grow into the […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Over the winter holidays, hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists flock to the beaches of Bali, eager to enjoy the Indonesian island’s breathtaking landscapes and iconic temples. This year, however, sightseers may have gotten more than they bargained for: mass amounts of marine debris. Last week, Bali declared a “garbage emergency” after […]
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. President Trump laying out a national security strategy that includes reversing Obama-era warnings on climate change, December 2017 Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/REX/Shutterstock Ice-Cold Nonsense Donald Trump ended a year of […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The Arctic Ocean—the pristine home to bowhead whales, gray whales, polar bears, walruses, and other magnificent wildlife, along with many indigenous communities—could potentially lose crucial protections from risky offshore oil and gas drilling. Every five years, the US Department of Interior creates a plan that says where oil and gas […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In December, I reported that the Trump administration was creating a new Five Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program plan—ignoring the huge amount of public input and time that went into the current plan which should have extended through 2022. It wasn’t a surprise that the administration […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Tesla is among a number of auto manufacturers that see a robust, long-term market for zero-emission electric trucks. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/519831514/0/edf/blogs/feed~How-electric-trucks-could-disrupt-highway-transport-and-save-businesses-billions
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The administration’s new five-year offshore drilling plan puts polluter profits over the public good—and risks another BP oil spill–style disaster. iStock President Trump has launched the most sweeping industrial assault in history on our oceans, marine life, coasts and all they support, proposing to expose nearly all U.S. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The federal program that sets minimum energy efficiency standards for the appliances, electronics, and equipment we use every day has been an unequivocal success story. Yet, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is toying with some changes that could compromise the effectiveness of the longtime program saving the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Energy efficiency in our homes helps improve health and comfort and saves money on monthly bills. For low-income apartment residents, who spend more than three times the average in energy costs, these savings can have a significant impact in being able to stay in their homes and live […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Much of the country is in the grip of frigid weather, which is increasing demand for electricity (but still less than during hot summer months). Predictably, coal interests contend that because coal plants are running more to help meet higher demand, it proves America needs the ill-conceived Trump-Perry […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Interior Secretary plans to release a new five-year plan for offshore oil and gas drilling today. In late April, President Trump issued an executive order promoting oil and gas drilling off America’s coasts—and today, in response, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke plans to unveil a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Environmental Protection Agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment – it says so right in the mission statement on its “About EPA” web page. It even gets a bit specific: “EPA’s purpose is to ensure that all Americans are protected from significant risks to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In his 2018 State of the State agenda unveiled this week, and in his live address today in the Capitol in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans to significantly ramp up energy efficiency in the state and tackle a host of important environmental issues—from toxic PCBs polluting the […]