Published by Ocean Conservancy The Trump administration’s newly proposed budget would cut nearly $1 billion from NOAA. Follow along with our “The More You NOAA” blog series to see how these cuts would impact the families and communities who rely on a healthy ocean. Then take action to tell Congress to say “No” to cutting NOAA. NOAA’s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California homes and businesses must transition to clean, renewable sources of energy for heating our buildings and water in order to meet the state’s climate goals. A diverse group of 27 organizations – local governments, utilities, environmental organizations, and others – this week asked the California Public Utilities […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The blowback to President Trump’s announcement to exit the Paris climate agreement came swift and thunderous. Only such a generationally irresponsible move could raise the ire of leaders across all walks of society so quickly. Leaders from business, security, faith, and labor, as well as government leaders at […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Michael Vadon/Flickr Of all the mistruths, misapprehensions, and misrepresentations put forth by President Trump as he announced our nation’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement last week, perhaps none is more jaw-dropping than his assertion—stated numerous times and in various ways—that living up to our end of the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund While America was riveted by former FBI director Comey’s testimony, the Trump administration put marine mammals and sage grouse at risk, continued to lie about climate change, and changed the DOI’s mission statement to favor polluters. Demonstrators protest President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, June 3, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Washington, D.C., March for Truth took place June 3, 2017 KellyBDC/Flickr Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans of President Trump and his allies. Not Quite Seeing the Light President Trump pitched a new idea this week to get his border […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy The importance of solidarity and working across borders to aid the ocean is greater than ever, as highlighted at this week’s United Nations Ocean Conference. Scientists are turning to new methods to share knowledge and data, especially as part of the growing Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON). On June 8, World […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund If at first you don’t succeed, pretend failure is success. That appears to be the message from the Trump EPA in its “Five Year Review” report released last week on one of the longest and highest profile chemical cleanups in U.S. history—the removal of toxic PCBs from the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The president’s decision to pull the United States from the Paris climate agreement sparked a cry of resistance from leaders across the country. Here’s how to add your voice to the chorus. Protestors gathered just minutes after President Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. Jeff […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC and partners went to court Monday to block the Trump EPA’s illegal suspension of critical Clean Air Act safeguards against leaks of methane and other dangerous air pollution from the oil and gas industry. This is NRDC’s first lawsuit to stop President Trump and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Latin America celebrates #WorldEnvironmentDay and reacts to the U.S. withdrawal from the #ParisAgreement To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. June 2 – 8, 2017 #WorldEnvironmentDay Coinciding with United Nation’s (UN) World Environment Day, the UN Oceans Conference began this […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As we celebrate World Oceans Day this year, world leaders, businesses, scientists, and NGOs are gathered in New York at the first ever United Nations Ocean Conference. Threats to the ocean – including acidification from excessive carbon emissions, pollution, and overexploitation – continue to mount, but at the Ocean […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative supports New York’s transition to a clean energy economy, creating jobs like this one at upstate Renovus Solar, saving consumers money, and improving public health. Raiding RGGI moves us in the wrong direction. Stephen Yang/The Solutions Project via Flickr As New York Governor […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Today is a big day for our ocean. World Oceans Day comes around once every year, and we’re all for celebration. To commemorate this special day, we’re here to equip you with ten simple yet valuable steps you can take to protect this iconic space. 1. Skip the straw Did you know […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Even as the Trump administration disregards the burgeoning worldwide clean energy economy, California continues to advance its leadership. The latest evidence: The energy efficiency programs serving most of the customers in the state provided another year of substantial energy savings, building on decades of progress. Efficiency program administrators—the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In an utterly reckless move—opposed by mayors, state leaders, county officials, governors and major companies and millions of Americans across our country—President Trump announced on June 1st that he will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. In the days since, the negative reaction has emphasized […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Just this week, we released the results of last year’s International Coastal Cleanup. During the 2016 ICC, more than half a million volunteers from 112 countries worked tirelessly to collect over 18 million pounds of trash. That is a lot of trash. To put it in perspective, here’s some stats of what […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund A new agreement gives hope for the critically endangered vaquita. Signed by the Government of Mexico, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, and the Carlos Slim Foundation, and formally supported by WWF, the agreement includes a permanent ban on gillnets in vaquita habitat, as well as the development of new fishing gear […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump bragged about “massively streamlining” the approval process for infrastructure projects such as bridges and roads with the Ohio River as a backdrop as steel company executives, labor leaders and local and federal officials looked on. Mr. President: This is not a new issue, as I know […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] This is a transcript of the video. Robin Tucker, Cleveland: Most people think of asbestos as, oh, it’s that stuff on the wall, that, you know, flakes off, and they only think of like old buildings; they’re always like, oh yeah, my school has asbestos, but […]