Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Sustained private-sector leadership will be critical for keeping the country on track toward a clean energy economy where innovation and technology advancements are king. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/239351956/0/edf/blogs/feed~General-Mills-Starbucks-Walmart-and-other-big-brands-want-to-stay-the-course-on-climate-Heres-why
Published by the World Wildlife Fund China is a country of incredible size and beauty and home to many of the iconic species WWF works to protect, such as giant pandas and snow leopards. As the first conservation organization invited by the government to work in China, WWF has worked for more than 50 years to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President-elect Donald Trump’s list of contenders contains big polluter allies and apologists. Andrew Soundarajan/iStock As early as this week, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name a new administrator to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. We don’t know who he’ll tap, but we’ve seen nothing but worrisome […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A new report by Marketplace and American Public Media investigated a controversial finding in EPA’s landmark five-year study on the impacts of fracking on drinking water. This finding downplayed the threats to drinking water from fracking. The journalists found that it was added just weeks before EPA’s draft […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Just 48 hours after the U.S. presidential election, while tens of millions of people around the globe were still trying to process the shocking results, the world received some more distressing news: Popular culture had just lost one of its wisest and most distinctive voices, Leonard Cohen. The […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund America’s clean energy industry is worth $200 billion after growing 29 percent since 2011, and is showing no signs of slowing down. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/238979554/0/edf/blogs/feed~What-Trump-and-Pence-dont-get-about-clean-energy-jobs
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Not all bacteria are created equal. The first-time discovery of a long-dreaded superbug on U.S. pig farms, announced today, really stands out. And not in a good way. What they found on pig farms was a kind of CRE bacteria, for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. CRE is one of the nastier superbugs. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With a very different federal landscape, and action on clean energy and climate change threatening to stall, the real climate action is going to occur where the rubber hits the road: cities and states. There is already tons of good news in this area, including, after more than […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The Army Corps of Engineers denies a key permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline – Energy Transfer Partners has not been granted an easement under Lake Oahe, and the decision essentially halts the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC’s Fourth Annual Energy Report published today brings optimistic news in a moment of uncertainty in the federal government: the nationwide momentum for clean energy is undeniable and irresistible because clean energy now costs less than dirty energy. Our report, Accelerating Into a Clean Energy Future, includes extensive new evidence of […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Mangroves protect and stabilize coastlines – particularly important as climate change brings more extreme storms and increased wave action. They also act as sinks, sequestering 3–5 percent more carbon per unit area than any other forest system. But mangroves are disappearing, cleared for urban and tourism development or felled for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Red Line in the Dead Sea Courtesy Doron Gazit Armed with 500 feet of inflatable scarlet tubing and a camera, Doron Gazit is drawing attention to environmental disasters around the world. In ecosystems where human activity has crossed the line between the sustainable use of resources and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund John Martinez Pavliga For months, California’s state agencies have been building a framework to fulfill Governor Brown’s vision of making water conservation a “way of life.” The governor’s executive order in May aimed to bolster California’s climate and drought resilience long-term. Earlier this week, the agencies finally […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Office of the Inspector General of the EPA took a hard look at the Agency’s efforts in the Flint, Michigan long lasting water crisis and concluded that agency officials should have intervened months earlier than they did to alleviate the notorious lead-contaminated water crisis. Upon review of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund When Canada’s Prime Minister announced his government’s approval of two new tar sands pipelines earlier this week, he repeated his befuddling claim that expanding productions of one of the world’s dirtiest sources of energy was a necessary step in the fight against climate change. Huh? It’s a claim […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. November 19 – December 1 Water Niños bolivianos observan las obras en el sector de Collpani, desde donde se intentará bombear agua para la ciudad de La Paz Agencia EFE Bolivia’s Altiplano region—including […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Haverstraw Bay, the widest portion of the Hudson R. Friedman It’s difficult to put into words my appreciation for the Hudson River. From its source in Lake Tear of the Clouds at the foot of Mount Marcy to its terminus in New York Harbor, the Hudson continues to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund smalljude/Flickr Sound is a powerful weapon. Flash-bang grenades can stun and disorient unruly mobs, and loud music is sometimes played to weaken detainees before interrogations. Even innocuous-seeming sounds can drive a person mad if they go on long enough. When the United States invaded Panama in 1989, Manuel […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In the waning days of 2016, it’s important to pause for a moment to celebrate all we’ve accomplished for wildlife, people, and the planet in the past 12 months. Together, we pushed for new regulations to help shut down the illegal elephant ivory trade within our borders and to stop […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. EPA to lock in fuel efficiency standards for automobiles – The rules require automakers to nearly double fleet-wide fuel efficiency to more than 50 miles per gallon by 2025. The EPA has until […]