Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Waccamaw River Liane Harrold/Alamy Stock Photo On the banks of South Carolina’s Waccamaw River, just west of Myrtle Beach, sit two large pits containing coal ash, the toxic byproducts of coal combustion. Such holding ponds pockmark most major waterways in the Southeast, and all too often they […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Discussion continues over whether to transform the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) into a multi-state transmission grid operator that includes other western utilities. But there shouldn’t be any debate over the potential economic and environmental benefits of regionalizing the west’s high voltage transmission system, which would be significant […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored by Eric Weiner A new NRDC study shows that water heaters that use high efficiency heat pump technology—the same process that keeps your refrigerator cold—can cut the amount of electricity used to heat water by half or more, saving significant amounts of energy and money on your household […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy There’s no doubt about it: ocean plastic pollution is a big problem. An estimated eight million metric tons of plastic waste flow from land into the ocean every year, meaning that by 2025 there could be one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish! And there’s much more to the problem […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt used his current position to try to block some of the EPA’s most important air-quality rules. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/236141786/0/edf/blogs/feed~This-EPA-candidate-brags-about-suing-the-agency-calls-climate-science-unsettled
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund You may have missed it while you were putting the finishing touches on your green bean casserole, but last Wednesday, Health Canada—the Canadian government department with responsibility for that country’s public health—issued a report proposing to ban almost all uses of the controversial neonicotinoid pesticide (or “neonic”) imidacloprid. […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund One of the last great stands of rain forest in the deforestation hotspot of the Indonesian island of Sumatra has welcomed an exciting new addition: a baby female orangutan. The infant is the first orangutan born in the Thirty Hills conservation concession since WWF and its partners began managing the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored with Karan Chouksey As the cost and demand for power dramatically rise in south India, Hyderabad and the state of Telangana are turning to energy efficiency as a solution. The cost to purchase power doubled in Telangana from September to this month, raising alarms about energy prices […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This post originally appeared on National Geographic’s Ocean Views blog. During this bruising presidential campaign, there was an eerie sense that we had moved into a post-truth world, with fake news circulating on Facebook and the veracity of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump continually called into question. In fact, Oxford Dictionaries just declared “post-truth” its […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund America needs an EPA administrator who is guided by science, respects America’s environmental laws and believes in protecting public health. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/235219190/0/edf/blogs/feed~A-polluterfunded-lobbyist-as-the-head-of-the-EPA
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund You love your pet. You care about the environment. But what do the two have to do with each other? More than you may realize, it turns out. How you treat your pets, how you feed them, and how you clean up after them have a sizable impact […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ivory store window in San Francisco (C) Daniel Stiles (2015) The Los Angeles Superior Court has upheld California’s ivory ban (Assembly Bill 96; now California Fish and Game Code Section 2022) against a lawsuit brought by the Ivory Education Institute, which claimed the law was unconstitutional. NRDC, which […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With Washington becoming more hostile to climate action, the nation’s mayors are volunteering to fill the leadership vacuum. The city of Pittsburgh Rudy Balasko/iStock Within environmental circles, at least, it’s the question that’s on everybody’s mind right now. What kind of progress can we realistically hope to make […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. This year’s bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef was the worst on record – A new study by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies has confirmed that 2016’s bleaching […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New York’s recently launched $5 million clean energy competition will spur additional renewables, energy efficiency and clean transportation programs and projects in several of New York’s largest cities. This new initiative of the New York Power Authority, the country’s largest public power provider, demonstrates New York’s continued leadership […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Over the past several weeks, Ocean Conservancy has received a wave of 2016 International Coastal Cleanup data. Thanks to volunteers from Idaho to Indonesia, data from the 2016 ICC and the Clean Swell app are pouring into our new ocean trash database. The trash by the numbers provides us with a year-by-year […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund A senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump wants to shut down NASA’s world-leading climate science work. It would hurt farmers, businesses, vulnerable states and the economy as a whole. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/231837770/0/edf/blogs/feed~We-lose-more-than-you-think-if-NASAs-climate-science-is-cut
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund The forces that are moving us towards a cleaner, safer world are strong – and Trump’s election hasn’t changed that. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/231816474/0/edf/blogs/feed~pieces-of-climate-progress-President-Trumps-policies-cant-undo
Published by Ocean Conservancy The following message is from Janis Searles Jones, President, and Andreas Merkl, CEO. This has been such a great year for the ocean, and I have you to thank for it. Protecting the ocean is a BIG job, and we can’t do it without people like you. You’ve put in so much effort all […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Trump reportedly wants to eliminate NASA climate research – According to Bob Walker, who has advised the president-elect on issues related to NASA, Trump wants the space agency to avoid “politically correct environmental […]