Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The Interior Department just banned Arctic drilling through 2022 – A new five-year plan for energy development in federal waters puts an end to exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas and bans […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I have some really uplifting news to share with you from the Arctic! The Obama administration has decided to remove Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea leases from the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. This means that companies will not be able to obtain the right to drill in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NASA Goddard Space Flight Center In a major, end-of-term accomplishment, President Obama has taken a decisive stand to keep drill rigs out of our publicly-owned Arctic Ocean, building on his past decision to drop Atlantic leasing as well. His administration’s just-issued five year offshore oil and gas leasing […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund The anger we have seen against past attempts to roll back bedrock environmental protections will pale in comparison to the fury that will be unleashed if the Trump administration carries out its campaign promises. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/228041372/0/edf/blogs/feed~A-warning-for-Donald-Trump-Gutting-the-EPA-would-be-harder-%E2%80%93-and-more-perilous-%E2%80%93-than-you-think
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. November 7 – 18, 2016 Chilean President Michelle Bachelet at COP22 Gobierno de Chile COP22: Full steam ahead on climate action The 22nd Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund America’s Arctic will be free of new offshore oil and gas drilling, at least for the next five years, and that’s good news for people and wildlife. Temperatures in the Arctic are warming faster than any other place on Earth, and melting sea ice is opening up access to the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Earlier this year, Resolute Forest Products (Resolute) lodged a lawsuit based on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)—a U.S. law developed to combat the mafia—to sue Greenpeace and Stand.earth, public interest organizations that continue to be critical of Resolute’s practices in the boreal forest. Eighty public […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Delhi experienced record levels of bad air quality and poor visibility earlier this month. Bhaskar Deol The air pollution levels in India’s capital city New Delhi, reached record levels this month. Levels of particulate matter were reported to be fifteen times the “safe” limits on certain days with […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The House of Representatives will vote today, November 17, 2017, on a bill (H.R. 5982) designed to block a wide variety of protections for health and the environment. The bill is a clever, repackaging of longstanding efforts by the Republican leadership to do away with any sensible limits […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund At the COP22 Climate Conference, the United States presented details on the new Mid Century Strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This builds on the commitment from 2009 to reduce emissions by at least 80 percent. The US was not alone in presenting a long term vision, as […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In November 2010, 13 tiger range countries came together and made an unprecedented pledge: to double the number of wild tigers by 2022. Mobilized by a century of dramatic decline, leaders convened in St. Petersburg, Russia to sign a declaration boosting tiger conservation efforts. This initial effort has led to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The wheels of justice often turn very slowly. Three years after filing suit, NRDC, along with several other environmental groups, finally reached agreement on the framework for a settlement to clean up the coal pollution along waterways in the State of Washington. You may remember that we—along with […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As leaders the world over extend their initial thoughts to President-elect Trump, one message has become abundantly clear: cooperate on climate change, or risk becoming an international pariah. Trump has been vocal in his campaign rhetoric to “renegotiate” or even “cancel” the Paris Agreement on climate change that […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Last week was a tough one for many around the nation. The 2016 election season reached a stressful conclusion last Tuesday night and considerable uncertainty remains about where our nation is headed and what the future holds. Last week my home state of sunny California gave me something to celebrate: voters approved […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund It will take more than solar panels and wind turbines to switch to a clean energy economy. Think good policy and smart solutions. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/226429942/0/edf/blogs/feed~These-policy-solutions-can-help-unleash-the-full-potential-of-renewable-energy
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund You’re gearing up for Thanksgiving dinner. Assignments are out to various attendees for sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Now, it’s time to figure out what size turkey to buy. Here’s a hint: Buy less than you think. If you’re hosting anything like the average Thanksgiving dinner for ten, […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Most Americans are familiar with the old folk song, Home on the Range, which paints a picturesque vision of sweeping grasslands where the buffalo roam, and deer and the antelope play beneath clear blue skies. Things have certainly changed a lot in the western United States since the early 1870s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Now through November 18th, the World Health Organization is hosting World Antibiotics Awareness Week, a yearly opportunity for all of us to turn our collective attention to the public health crisis of antibiotic resistance that is silently unfolding around us. This international call to action comes on the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Geoffrey Fairchild Electronic balloting is now underway—through November 22—on scores of proposals to revise the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), the national model code governing the energy efficiency of new buildings, used by more than forty states. The IECC is updated every three years, and the current cycle […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Nicolas Sarkozy proposes carbon tax on American goods – Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. The former French president, who is running […]