Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The earth during the Last Glacial Maximum some 26,000 years ago was a pretty unrecognizable place. Ice sheets crept down across Canada, stretching from the Missouri River to Manhattan. Massive glaciers on land meant lower water levels at sea, and the islands of Borneo and Bali were still […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 70) International Maritime Organization, 2016 https://flic.kr/p/Nwe6jP (no changes made) This blog was coauthored by NRDC consultants Freda Fung and Rich Kassel. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) made a historic decision last Thursday, finalizing its plan to dramatically reduce the global sulfur limit of […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Investors are asking questions about how companies measure, report and reduce methane leaks. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/219877634/0/edf/blogs/feed~Where-are-the-methane-risks-for-investors-This-guide-helps-them-find-out
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A diverse coalition is launching an exciting new campaign in New Jersey to highlight the importance of electric vehicles (EVs) to reducing climate-changing pollution, shielding drivers from roller-coaster oil prices, strengthening the grid and lowering utility bills for all customers. The diverse coalition, of which NRDC is part, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Californians: As you mark your ballot either through early voting, or when you go to the polls on November 8, please vote to protect the environment and public health. Below are NRDC’s recommendations. YES on Proposition 55 This measure would extend tax rates on the highest income earners, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New Yorkers will breathe a whole lot easier and healthier soon, thanks to new regulations finalized and put on the books yesterday by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The new regulations, set to take effect in May 2017, will finally limit dangerous air pollution—nitrogen oxides […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ayako Hoshino For Chie Hitotsuyama, print is not dead. The Japanese artist uses discarded dailies to make life-size, and incredibly lifelike, animal sculptures. The process is a bit like papier-mâché 2.0. First, Hitotsuyama selects individual pieces of newspaper based on the color of the ink on the page. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. There is a way for us to accommodate sacred lands of Native Americans. —President Obama comments on the clashes between local authorities and protestors over the Dakota Access pipeline, which threatens the Standing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is calling on the U.S. marketplace to urge the logging company Resolute Forest Products (Resolute) to drop its litigation against public interest organizations and instead focus on demonstrating its commitment to sustainable forestry and conservation. NRDC has been engaged for over two […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last week, I joined several volunteers to glean harvest from Potomac Vegetable Farms in Virginia. Potomac Vegetable Farms uses sustainable farming practices; the marigolds bordering this pepper patch are a natural form of pest control. Lara Bryant, NRDC Gleaning is a historical practice that goes all the way […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New cars are achieving record high fuel economy and cutting carbon pollution to unprecedented levels, according to U.S. automotive data released today. This comes as federal clean car and fuel economy standards tightening each year. Simply put, these standards are doing what they were designed to do: boosting […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Meeting our global commitments to climate stabilization will require an even greater emphasis on energy efficiency policies than we expected before the Paris Agreement. However, analysis has shown that while policy has been fundamental to unprecedented efficiency gains in recent years, only one-third of the world’s energy use […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Global carbon intensity fell last year along with coal consumption – Global carbon intensity (the emissions per unit of GDP) dropped by 2.8 percent in 2015—more than double the average from 2000 to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. It is a lot of people showing their support for Standing Rock…They can’t be with us here physically, but they are with us in spirit and prayer. —Protestor leader Mekasi Camp Horinek comments […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It deserves — and demands — a nationwide response. Jamie Hooper/Fotolia Ask any parent, and they’ll tell you without hesitation that their most important responsibility is keeping their kids safe and healthy. As the mother of a young daughter myself, I’ll vouch that this is certainly true for me. And it’s equally […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I recently joined Ocean Conservancy, and I found myself learning more about many sea animals. While doing so, I found one particular sea animal “easy to love”. I started really appreciating manatees! I know–perhaps you were expecting a cute turtle or dolphin, but I started falling for manatees and found them to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This guest blog was written by Jessica Magenwirth, DVM, a veterinarian and Masters in Public Health candidate with a focus on global health and policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Antibiotics given to livestock make up roughly two-thirds of all global use of antibiotics, with the rest […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Cracking down on poaching in many parts of Africa helps more than just elephants and their environment—it’s also a smart economic move. Tourism brings in billions of dollars across the continent every year. But when poaching ramps up, tourists are less likely to visit protected areas and the revenue stream […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog was co-authored with Mark LeBel, Staff Attorney at Acadia Center. The New York Department of Public Service has proposed to change the way distributed energy resources (like community solar and small wind projects) are rewarded for the benefits that they provide to the electricity system. The […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Want to save a lot of money as you prepare to move your clock back one hour for the end of Daylight Savings Time on Sunday (Nov. 6)? Head over to your hardware store and buy some energy-saving LED light bulbs to prepare for the period when the […]