Published by Ocean Conservancy You may have heard coral reefs called “the rainforests of the sea,” but did you know they could also be called the “speed bumps of the ocean?” Not only do coral reefs host an estimated 25% of ocean species, but they also slow down and shrink waves that approach land. This keeps […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund What didn’t change with the outcome of the presidential election is our commitment to fight for a cleaner, healthier world. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/222541136/0/edf/blogs/feed~Donald-Trump-elected-but-our-resolve-is-unbroken
Published by Ocean Conservancy This is a hard post for me to write. Our country is exhausted after one of the most contentious campaign cycles in modern history. We now have a President-elect, Donald J. Trump, after an election season that leaves many Americans extremely unhappy and a nation deeply divided. As a nonprofit organization, Ocean […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Photo by Jenna Bascom. Courtesy of the Museum of Arts and Design Twin sisters Margaret and Christine Wertheim first got their crochet hooks into the global coral crisis back in 2005. The ecological devastation attacking the Great Barrier Reef—a consequence of pollution and warming waters—hit too close to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It has been two years and seven substitutes, yet Senate Bills 437 and 438 still fail to deliver on the state’s desire to ensure a clean, affordable, reliable energy future. With multiple Michigan coal plants retiring, we need to plan long term how to meet future demand, but […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund An ideal day for Alex Waisimon begins just before sunrise. Still sleepy, he walks out the front door of his home in the Indonesian province of Papua and up the steps of the elevated hut he built behind his house a few years earlier. He comes alive when he climbs […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A prairie warbler Jason Ondreicka/iStock New England just got the go-ahead for a wildlife refuge the size of Manhattan, but it won’t reach full size until around 2050. “This won’t be all in one place, and it certainly won’t be all in one time,” says Bill Zinni, a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Nine gray wolves (at least!) are now living in California – Although wolves are native to the Golden State, they hadn’t been seen in California since 1924—until last year when biologists spotted two adults […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A boy studies by the light of the solar lantern his family purchased through EcoEnergy. Courtesy Mahawish Rezvi/EcoEnergy Living off the grid, completely independent from an electric utility, can cast energy in a startlingly different light—one in which animal dung serves as cooking fuel, kerosene illuminates kids’ homework […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund These are interesting times in Canada. Just over a year ago, the Conservative administration of Stephen Harper was ousted from power by a landslide in Canada’s federal elections. The election ended nearly a decade of heavy-handed political maneuvering that saw environmental laws gutted and government transparency subverted. It […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ever since early 2015 when the World Health Organization’s cancer assessment experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) determined that glyphosate “probably” caused cancer in humans, the agrochemical industry’s Pro-Cancer Lobby has been on the offensive. For example: California EPA is being sued by Monsanto […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As the country prepares to vote for the next president, state and local building code officials are preparing for an additional round of voting: the decision of what the nation’s building energy codes will look like beginning in 2018. NRDC is confident these local officials will keep the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Severe air pollution chokes New Delhi – Officials declared an “emergency situation” in the city, whose citizens have been suffering under a cloud of toxic haze for a week. The smog—the result of farm […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Written by my colleague Robin Roy. How much does it matter if energy efficiency programs like ENERGY STAR or appliance energy standards save electricity generated by renewable resources like wind and solar, rather than from fossil fuel powerplants? Certainly from the perspective of reducing carbon pollution, there’s a […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund We examined more than 3,200 projects at 350 large organizations to identify emerging trends in energy management. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/220349170/0/edf/blogs/feed~Companies-are-getting-strategic-about-their-energy-use-key-trends
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Nearly a year after EPA asked a court to withdraw the agency’s registration of Enlist Duo, a new herbicide that combines glyphosate and 2,4 D, the agency now says it wants to maintain the registration and expand it to additional states and for additional crops. After analyzing claims […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. This is a moment to celebrate. It is also a moment to look ahead with sober assessment and renewed will over the task ahead. Support Our Work Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/news/paris-agreement-enters-force-today
Published by Ocean Conservancy “We the People of the United States, in order to form more perfect protection of our ocean…” Let’s take a break from election coverage and come together as one nation in love with the ocean. Regardless of our politics, we can all agree that the ocean is important. From sea to shining […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Eleven months ago, nearly two hundred nations signed on to the first truly global agreement to curb climate change. And now that deal is officially entering into force. Known as the Paris Agreement, this unprecedented and essential plan aims to keep global warming to well below 2°C, or even 1.5°C. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund One by one is how we will lose them. On an especially sad week—like this last week—we’re losing them two at a time. This past Saturday, the Center for Whale Research announced the death of a killer whale known as J28 (or Polaris). She was beloved by many […]