Published by Ocean Conservancy Here at Ocean Conservancy we are keeping a close eye on the NOAA budget allocations for the next year because we know how important NOAA is to people across the country. And like you, we want to see NOAA fully funded. This week marked another milestone for NOAA’s budget with the House […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Leaders in California’s capitol—Speaker Anthony Rendon, Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León, and Governor Jerry Brown—this week announced a package of two bills to extend the state’s breakthrough cap-and-trade climate program and to get real about cutting local air pollution in communities suffering from traffic and industrial […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Restoring an ecosystem the size of the Gulf of Mexico is not an easy task. Therefore it’s necessary to have a good plan and even multiple plans for how to be successful in this endeavor. The latest addition to these plans is a series of strategic frameworks released last week by the […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Today, an iceberg the size of Delaware broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula. Let that sink in for a moment. More than a trillion (1,000,000,000,000) metric tons of ice—one of the largest icebergs in history—just broke free from Antarctica. This is one of many signs of how drastically this ecosystem is changing. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump may be turning his back on climate action, but our cities, states, and businesses—and the rest of the world—are stepping it up. A U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, D.C. Cate Jackson/Nexus Media What happens when a country’s president goes one way and the rest […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Happy U.S. National Mac and Cheese Day, July 14th! No, really, you can’t make this stuff up, and no, I’d never heard of it either. Joshua A. A family of toxic chemical additives in plastics called phthalates (the ‘ph’ at the beginning is silent) are synthetic high production […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [Edited on Jul 12, 2017] We can only avoid the worst effects of climate change if we take swift and decisive action. The world has taken some important steps already, but we had been asleep at the wheel for many decades, releasing vast amounts of carbon into the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “Save the World,” by Anthony Memba from Kangemi, Nairobi, Kenya Maskbook Facebook’s number of monthly users recently hit 2 billion—a pretty impressive slice of the global population. But there’s a different type of social network out there fighting for all 7.5 billion of us. It’s called Maskbook, and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Federal Government just spent three years painstakingly assessing the nation’s offshore drilling policies, following the dictates of the law governing management of our public coastal waters. The previous administration conducted a thorough analysis of the benefits and risks, while receiving extensive input from industry, potentially impacted communities […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund This could set in motion a string of chain reactions that further destabilize the ice shelf and surrounding glaciers, ultimately contributing to global sea level rise. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/394998356/0/edf/blogs/feed~Huge-Antarctic-iceberg-breaks-off-Heres-why-it-worries-scientists
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog by Karan Chouksey, NRDC India Initiative With the Montreal Protocol meetings in full swing this week in Bangkok, countries are making progress in implementing the ground-breaking Kigali Amendment of October 2016. The Montreal Protocol—the world’s most effective environmental treaty—is continuing its work to phase out hydrochlorofluorocarbons […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Many consumers want their utilities to be leaders in the global effort to reduce climate pollution, especially since such leadership results in lower bills. In North America, and to a lesser extent, in other regions, many utilities are fulfilling that demand by offering customers incentives and education on […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA just announced plans to withdraw its 2014 Proposed Determination that, if finalized, would have placed common-sense restrictions on the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. EPA’s Proposed Determination to protect Bristol Bay and limit the Pebble Mine came at the direct request of the tribes, communities, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC attorneys (from left) Jared Knicley and Sarah Tallman with ACLU lawyers Bonsitu Kitaba and Michael Steinberg discussing the lead water pipe replacement process in Flint, May 2017 Angela Guyadeen In February 2016, at the height of the Flint water crisis, Anjali Waikar found herself with a team […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This guest blog was authored by NRDC intern Smriti Kumble, who recently graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. More than 90 colleges across the country have pledged to become carbon-neutral in three years, and while they’re taking important steps to reach their Climate Leadership Commitments, they may […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last month’s inferno at Grenfell Towers in London was a horrific tragedy. It cost more some 80 people their lives, leaving families grief-stricken and neighbors in shock. Sadly, the victims had no idea of the danger they were in until it was too late. Even worse, this tragedy […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A new fact sheet released by a coalition of organizations (including NRDC) supporting a western integrated grid not only seeks to help unpack the policy choices Californians face, but also makes the case for a regional approach to renewable energy integration and grid management. The results of a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Air Quality map NRDC is releasing today highlights why it’s a bad idea for the United States to pull back from climate action. Our analysis finds that nearly 127 million Americans live in zones with pollen-producing ragweed and ozone pollution that can threaten our next breath—and it […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Alkimon/iStock In the spring, tree pollen falls so thick that people write messages in the green fuzz on their car windows. In the fall, ragweed sprouts not just along roads and in fields, but in gardens, street plantings, and sidewalk cracks. Such is the new reality of Jackson, […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy As Americans, we all share certain values—clean air, clean water and conserving our precious coastlines and ocean. But, just last week the Trump administration’s Interior Department announced it was forging ahead with a plan that could allow drilling off all of our coasts. This plan goes against what we want for […]