Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund I was honored to stand up and speak out for science at the March for Science in San Francisco on April 22, 2017. The following is my speech for the event. Science is for everyone—and our future depends on it. Let’s get to work to turn this march […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A right whale mom with her newborn Credit: NOAA NRDC and its partners are pushing back against the offshore industry’s latest bid to open the east coast to oil and gas development. At issue are six highly controversial permits that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I’ve worked on Arctic oil and gas issues for Ocean Conservancy for nearly nine years. During that time— with the help of passionate ocean advocates across the country—we’ve made incredible progress protecting important marine habitat and subsistence areas in Arctic waters. Last Friday, President Trump issued an executive order on offshore energy […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund “There’s no Planet B!” This was a rallying cry chanted by WWF staff, activists and supporters who gathered today on the National Mall at the People’s Climate March in Washington, DC to fight for climate change mitigation. As I navigated through the sea of neon signs, puffy-painted t-shirts and boisterous […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund “There’s no Planet B!” This was a rallying cry chanted by WWF staff, activists and supporters who gathered today on the National Mall at the People’s Climate March in Washington, DC to fight for climate change mitigation. As I navigated through the sea of neon signs, puffy-painted t-shirts and boisterous […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy In his first 100 days, President Trump announced two separate Executive Orders that put at risk special places on land and in the sea. On April 28, 2017, he announced the Executive Order Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, which takes aim at America’s marine monuments and sanctuaries. All marine monuments and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, the President nominated David Bernhardt to be Deputy Secretary of Interior, a position with enormous influence and authority over almost all of our shared public resources. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Interior, posted with Secretary Zinke’s endorsement of Bernhardt’s nomination. NRDC opposes this nomination, along with […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On the day that the Trump administration announced plans to consider measures that would revoke the protection of public lands, a post by The Wilderness Society took notice that in the last few days the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which oversees 258 million acres of public lands, has […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Marchers at the 2014 People’s Climate March Caelie_Frampton/Flickr Instead of Mar-a-Lago, President Trump will spend the weekend at a rally in Pennsylvania. This means that he’ll not only miss the traditional correspondents’ dinner, but also an astounding sight that’ll take place outside the White House on Saturday. Tens […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has directed his agency to conduct a hurried review of how environmental protection standards and clean energy incentives are apparently threatening to bring our power grid to its knees. That action shows either a lack of understanding as to how grid operators (including […]
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. Bears Ears National Monument, Utah iStock Monumental Error President Trump asked Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Wednesday to review all national monuments established since 1996 and recommend whether they […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Millions of Americans spoke out over the last several years to urge then-President Barack Obama to protect our oceans. And he did, to large extent, by permanently withdrawing nearly all of the Arctic Ocean and sensitive areas of the Atlantic from consideration for oil and gas leasing, removing […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Another study has just come out—revealing that plastic pollution has been discovered in deep-sea sediments and surface waters in the Antarctic marine ecosystem. The similarities between this research and the study I wrote about earlier in the week on plastics in the Arctic are very troubling. Plastic pollution has now been documented […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] Today, Trump reportedly will issue a broad Executive Order that opens up our coasts and oceans to Big Oil. The headlines will be about his attempt to undo prior withdrawals of Arctic and other waters from leasing; about his move to revise the government’s current offshore […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund If you thought Earth Day would give President Trump and his administration pause in their ongoing assault on our environment and health, you were wrong. Instead, the week after hundreds of thousands of people rallied around the world in a global March for Science in support of Earth […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest post by Bettina Bergoo Pixabay Regardless of the news coming out of Washington, New York State is among the leaders of continued US action on climate change. That leadership is demonstrated in two newly released Request for Proposals (RFPs) that are expected to significantly boost the state’s […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Trump has flip-flopped on signature issues, but been consistent about dismantling protections for public health, clean air and clean water. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/301117986/0/edf/blogs/feed~days-worst-and-good-thing-Trump-has-done-for-the-environment
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guatemalan activist wins Goldman Prize, Mexico joins global pact to keep climate change under 2 degrees To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. April 21 – 27, 2017 Environment Rodrigo Tot Goldman Environmental Foundation This year’s Goldman Environmental Prize […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I have another exciting update in the world of fisheries management. Last year, I wrote about a ruling by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to protect forage fish in offshore waters on the West Coast. This was a BIG deal, and was made possible in part by the Ocean Conservancy activists […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund George Lavendowski/USFWS About an hour’s drive outside of Houston, the sun is rising, and so are the Attwater’s prairie chickens. Each April, the male birds inflate canary-yellow air sacs on either side of their necks, then bob up and down, stamp the ground, and emit loud booming noises—all […]