Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Vaquita NOAA/Paula Olson With fewer than 30 remaining and an annual decline rate of about 50 percent, the vaquita porpoise is the world’s most endangered marine mammal. It may be the most endangered animal on the planet. Now, there’s frantic energy around the vaquita, like the last moments […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Latin America Green News: Cocaine trafficking is killing Central America’s forests, Argentina to manufacture electric vehicles, Chile launches electric vehicle rental To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. May 12 – 18, 2017 Maize crops in Honduras ISABEL COELLO EU/ECHO […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The news that America’s largest municipal utility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), is joining the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) promises to bring even more economic and environmental success to emerging regional electricity markets. LADWP, which serves about 4 million […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Innovative solutions complement the Endangered Species Act and can benefit people as well as nature. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/325097814/0/edf/blogs/feed~years-of-conservation-%E2%80%93-and-where-we-go-from-here
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Adding water heating to a model solar ordinance for California cities creates new opportunities for deep carbon cuts. The Golden State is making promising headway toward a remarkable goal: making all its new residential buildings zero net energy — which requires that newly constructed homes produce as much […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Monday marked the end of a public comment period, initiated by the political leadership of the Environmental Protection Agency, to identify regulations for possible modification and repeal. But a funny thing happened – it turns out most people care a lot about safeguards that protect our air, our […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The energy industry trend of slashing carbon continues with the DTE Energy announcement to reduce its carbon emissions by more than 80 percent by 2050. Frankly, trend is too temporary a word to describe what is really going on across the country and globe. DTE’s CEO Gerry Anderson […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A humpback whale and its calf NOAA Nobody likes an eavesdropper. But for humpback calves, being overheard can be a death sentence. Sound travels four times faster in water than in air, and the creatures living below the waves have evolved highly sensitive hearing. Humpback whales use the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As one of my NRDC colleagues mentioned on Monday, this week is Infrastructure Week – a national event that uses education and advocacy to elevate infrastructure as a critical issue affecting all Americans. A lot of folks think about bridges and roads when they hear the word “infrastructure,” […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] The following a transcript of the video. Paul F. Schwarz, Independence, Missouri: If you’re selling food in the public, you ought to do it the right way, follow the regulations, don’t do any shortcuts, because that means life or death to people. My father’s name is […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund A snow leopard was successfully collared in Kangchenjunga Conservation Area on May 8, 2017 making it the fourth one to be collared in Nepal’s eastern snow leopard conservation complex. The snow leopard, a sub-adult female about two years of age and weighing 66 lbs., was tracked and fitted with a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Americans just delivered a clear message to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Keep your hands off our clean air and water. Yesterday marked the end of a formal comment period in which EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt asked for input on safeguards that “may be appropriate for repeal, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund At the recent Belt and Road Summit hosted by China, thirty countries reaffirmed their support for the Paris Agreement and called on all countries to implement their commitments under the Agreement. At a time when the White House is attempting to backslide from the global effort to combat […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s agenda to put Virginians’ health and safety at risk was stopped at the banks of the Potomac today, where Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe delivered on his promise to tackle climate change and grow a clean energy economy in the Commonwealth. McAuliffe announced that he is seizing Virginia’s best opportunity for meaningful progress on climate change and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With our nation facing a growing crisis of antibiotic-resistant infections, leading health organizations have been calling for not only for a reduction in the amount of unnecessary antibiotics used in human medicine, but also in animal agriculture. That’s because more than 70 percent of drugs that are deemed […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest authors: Dr. Jeff Wells and Harvey Locke In the midst of a steady stream of grim reports about the environment, a new study offers a welcome ray of hope. Researchers have determined that there are still hundreds of regions around the globe healthy enough to help maintain […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With summer on the way, it’s time to take steps to make sure your home will be comfortable without wasting energy—or overheating your wallet—as the temperature rises. The Natural Resources Defense Council is working to make sure that the government’s energy efficiency standards developed or updated over the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund There’s good news from China about management policies that aim to strengthen domestic fisheries management in China’s ocean waters. These new policies, which aim to control the total domestic marine catch, are a promising step forward, and an exciting opportunity for China to create resilient fisheries. Restoration of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund We’ve seen this time and again: pipelines leak and tankers run aground. At a time when the federal government is doing everything in its power to permit fossil fuel infrastructure, we have a rare opportunity in New York State to say “No!” Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipelines-NY in front […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund An alfalfa field in central California Ken Figlioli/Flickr California’s fertile Central Valley is known for its rows upon rows of carrots and tomatoes, fields of rice, and groves of almond and orange trees. It is less known for the untamed nature in its midst. Yet the pastoral lands […]