Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The sixth annual Mission Possible Turkey Fry, hosted by country music star Tracy Lawrence Splash News/Alamy Stock Photo The generosity flows year-round at the Nashville Rescue Mission, the city’s largest homeless shelter, but it’s never more obvious than during the week of Thanksgiving. Starting at 4 A.M. on […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Written with Courtenay Lewis A dozen prominent caribou scientists have rebutted claims by the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC)— an industry trade group that is working to downplay how rampant logging is destroying caribou habitat in Canada’s boreal forest. For more than five years, Canada’s federal government […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Last month we celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). It has been at the foundation of our nation’s environmental policies since it became law in 1972, yielding some pretty remarkable results. Dolphins, whales and sea lions can flip, flop and play anywhere near U.S. coastlines, free of potential […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Nos agrada enormemente presentarles la nueva página de La Onda Verde. La Onda Verde (LOV) sigue siendo la misma fuente de información sobre temas de medio ambiente donde puedes encontrar información sobre cómo cuidar el planeta, los recursos naturales y tu salud. Allí también encontraras nuestros blogs y […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Beyond his inexperience, Honeycutt’s faulty logic could have a direct effect on science at the EPA. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/493604824/0/edf/blogs/feed~Why-Honeycutt-is-such-an-alarming-choice-for-EPAs-science-advisory-panel
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund While dangerous air pollution levels spike across Northern India, world leaders are meeting in Bonn to move forward with the Paris Climate Agreement. India is vital in moving forward with the Paris Agreement to both combat global warming and shift to clean energy to protect communities in India from harmful […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Some of these concrete and often-easy projects pay for themselves in just a few years. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/493066670/0/edf/blogs/feed~smart-investments-helped-these-communities-weather-extreme-storms
Published by Ocean Conservancy Red king crab from the Bering Sea is a dinner plate delicacy, and known to many of us through The Deadliest Catch, where hardy commercial crabbers battle the elements to haul in big catches and even bigger paydays. As climate talks heat up in Bonn this week, this seafood star is also […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Photo of an Amur tiger taken by a field camera set by officials to monitor tiger and leopard presence in the Wangqing Nature Reserve. Photo: Wangqing Tiger & Leopard National Park Bureau “They’ve caught both tigers and leopards on this camera,” translated my NRDC colleague Lisa Hua, her […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Developing and emerging economies could save $40 billion worth of electricity and prevent 320 million metric tonnes of carbon pollution annually simply by transitioning to LED lighting, according to estimates from United Nation’s Environment. Today speakers at a side event to the big international climate change conference (COP 23) occurring […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As the Oregon legislature considers implementing a carbon cap-and-invest law, the state should look to Ontario for an example of an environmentally and economically successful program in a similar jurisdiction. Senate Bill 1070, would set in motion an economy-wide carbon pollution market. Carbon markets function by capping greenhouse […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy In light of National American Indian Heritage and Alaska Native Heritage Month, I had a conversation with Kelsey Leonard of the Shinnecock Indian Nation on the importance of our ocean to her tribe, the first ocean-based currency (wampum) and how ocean planning gives them a seat at the table. © Kelsey Leonard Leonard […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] The following is a transcript of the video: Melissa Mays, resident of Flint, Michigan: The first time we heard that they were thinking of switching to the Flint River, we laughed. We thought it was a joke. Because there’s a ton of cars in there, shopping […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog post was written by my colleague Arjun Krishnaswami. Long before the recent hurricanes, the electric utilities in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) struggled to meet customer needs. Hurricanes Irma and Maria exacerbated the problem immensely; 1.2 million households remain without power over a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Many eyebrows and a good deal of ire were raised recently when the Interior Department announced it planned to double and in some cases nearly triple entry fees to America’s grandest national parks to $70. For a lot of families, $70 is a lot of money, especially on […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Environmental Protection Agency’s Scott Pruitt asked Americans in April how they feel about rolling back health and environmental safeguards. More than 468,000 people responded, a fact the EPA boss celebrated in a recent summary report to President Trump. What he failed to mention is that people yelled […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On Thursday, the House Natural Resources Committee passed a bill, called the “SECURE American Energy Act” (H.R. 4239), that can only be described as an oil industry wish-list. The bill’s purpose is to mow down environmental concerns that stand in the way of the complete exploitation of fossil […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With smart policies and clean technologies like zero emission vehicles, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states have an opportunity to build a 21st century transportation system that saves money, creates jobs, and protects public health. Metro Transit via Flickr A clean and modern transportation system that gets people to work, […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The number of deadly encounters between people and wild animals, such as tigers, elephants, and polar bears, is growing. As people continue to encroach on wildlife habitat, such conflicts can occur over the damage caused by wildlife to livestock and property—sometimes with deadly results. In India alone, 1,200 people lost […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund It is a small country in the distant Himalayas, known for being one of the happiest places on Earth. But Bhutan also is one of the most important players in the global fight against climate change. Bhutan’s ranking in this regard is due to it being the only country in […]