Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Congress is rolling back federal rules that cut methane pollution on public and tribal land – even though they save tax dollars and meet Trump’s energy goals. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/266727180/0/edf/blogs/feed~Trump-wants-to-reduce-waste-and-grow-jobs-Good-these-methane-policies-do-just-that
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund A Senate committee advanced Scott Pruitt’s nomination as the nation’s top environmental regulator – a man who has chosen industry interests over the environment and public health. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/266704318/0/edf/blogs/feed~What-Congress-needs-to-know-before-fasttracking-the-nomination-of-this-EPA-pick
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s nominee to lead the agency will do nothing to protect public health or the environment. He doesn’t know even the most well established science on public health. He will roll back the vital public health protections that have taken decades to put in place. Just watching […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Greetings from New Orleans, where I’m excited to bring you some great news about the recreational fishery! After years of careful analysis and deliberation, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council embraced change and voted unanimously to bring the charter for-hire fishery—which is made up of vessels operated by professional fishermen who […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is a guest blog by Kenneth Richter. Kenneth is a Germany-based consultant to NRDC and has worked on biomass issues for 9 years. In a historic link-up, wood-using industries and environmental NGOs on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean have jointly written to UK Secretary of State […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund There is grim news for the world’s most endangered porpoise. A survey conducted last summer and just released last week estimates vaquita numbers are as low as 30 individuals. That’s half of what the vaquita population was just last year. And less than a third of its population in 2014. Why […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Delegates from the 12 snow leopard range countries met in Kathmandu to strengthen their commitment to snow leopard conservation and chart a way forward to secure a future for this elusive and endangered cat. With climate change threatening all of the Third Pole—the high mountains in Asia that are home […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Coal mining in Gillette, Wyoming, at the heart of the Powder River Basin National Geographic Creative/Alamy Stock Photo It’s a smoggy new day for the fossil fuel industry. Right before President Trump and his Cabinet of Horrors swept in to prop up the country’s dirty energy market, their predecessors […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund America has always been a place of refuge for the desperate. But as the planet changes, the definition of “refugee” is changing along with it. Women and children wait outside an aid distribution center in Dadaab, Kenya Riyaad Minty/Flickr In some countries, the convergence of climate change, economic desperation, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Extreme fires persist in Chile, EU supports renewable projects in Colombia, warming temperatures threatens future of coffee market To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. January 27 – February 2, 2017 Forests Chile continues to be ravished by extreme […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Energy efficiency programs to help utility customers save energy (and money) have dropped markedly in cost, and they’re cheaper than building new power plants to meet electricity demand, according to a new analysis from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The findings are a fitting tribute to Art […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Dan Mullen/Flickr I wanted to bring you the story of Bombus affinis, the first bumblebee species to receive Endangered Species Act protections in the history of the United States. I wanted to tell you that although populations of this bee have declined by 87 percent since the late […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Nazario Graziano, colagene.com When farmers returned to war-torn northern Uganda in 2008, they had to figure out how to begin again. A local cotton gin backed by social entrepreneurs from abroad offered some hope. The Gulu Agricultural Development Company (GADC) would train the returning farmers to grow cotton […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund SolStock/iStock Coupled with the joy of becoming pregnant is the unfortunate realization that keeping your baby healthy means avoiding sushi, cold cuts, wine, and countless other delicious foods and beverages. But the “no list” doesn’t stop there. The daily skin-care products that expecting and breastfeeding mothers put on […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Antique 1921 player piano with ivory keys and custom die-cut vellum score based on the artist’s predictive algorithm Jenny Kendler Elephants are extinct. If that sentence became fact, how would you feel? Artist Jenny Kendler’s “Music for Elephants: A Eulogy for the Future” attempts to evoke the grief […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC filed its first lawsuit against the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for illegally rescinding a rule that would protect the public from 5 tons of mercury discharges every year. The Mercury Effluent Rule is simple, common sense, and supported by all major stakeholders, including the American Dental […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Job creation was a decisive factor in the recent election. But the question of how to create jobs rarely has been answered well. Republicans and Democrats both value job creation and retention. If broad new programs were known they could have been implemented any time since the recession […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With its dispiriting apathy about climate change, the Trump administration is ceding U.S. leadership to others in the world. India, for one, is aggressively moving ahead with climate action and clean energy development that will protect people from climate harm and boost its economy. India’s doing several hard […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored with Karan Chouksey With 2016 as yet another record breaking year for global temperatures, communities across India are grappling with rising temperatures and the deadly threats from extreme temperatures. Rising temperatures are creating a surge in cooling demand that poses a tremendous challenge to meet peak electricity […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Yesterday, President Trump signed an Executive Order that intends to reduce government regulations and associated costs to businesses and the federal government. The President claims this will help small businesses, but for the men and women making their living off the ocean, the order could pose some serious problems. Known as “one in […]