Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire, or All Smoke and Mirrors? With much fanfare, the Republican staff of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last week trumpeted its release of a “report” purporting to show that the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers overzealously enforce […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund © David Siu Recently, the United States placed a near-complete ban on ivory sales. China has promised to follow suit. And France recently joined the fray. But what about the rest of the world? Today, the parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) addressed […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored with Bhaskar Deol This is huge news: India—not long ago a reluctant player on the global climate stage—is poised to become a key country putting the Paris Climate Agreement over the top, translating the promise of Paris into actions that we need to protect our future. Prime […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Environmental Protection Agency took new actions this week to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the super-potent climate pollutants found in air conditioners, refrigerators, supermarket freezers, and other uses. EPA approved several new climate-friendlier alternatives and announced deadlines to end certain uses of the most harmful HFCs. […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy © Diane Bondareff, Crystal Cruises With far less attention than she garnered at the start of her journey, Crystal Serenity sailed into New York City on September 16, 2016, becoming the first cruise ship of her size to complete the journey through the Northwest Passage. For us at Ocean Conservancy, the success […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Poachers have made the small, shy pangolin into the most trafficked mammal in the world. It desperately needs human defenders—and yesterday those defenders came through. A ground pangolin searching for ants iStock Yesterday in Johannesburg, pangolins — animals that very much prefer to keep to themselves — hesitantly stepped into the international limelight. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund At last, the Clean Power Plan has had its day in court. On Tuesday, 10 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard nearly seven hours of oral argument – twice the scheduled time – in the case challenging EPA’s first-ever limits […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Mexico’s second energy auction proves successful, Bolivia aims to eradicate illegal deforestation by 2020, thousands of Chilean children help clean up beaches To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. September 20 – 28, 2016 Climate Change Colombia made headlines this […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A historic collaborative of non-profit organizations has taken an innovative step in a growing commitment to help ease the deadly burden low-income and marginalized communities bear from climate change. The Clean Power for All collaborative, led by Green for All, includes the Center for Community Change, Clean Energy […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Vaquita NOAA/Paula Olson Exciting news out of South Africa! Today, the world committed to help save the vaquita at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Parties agreed to crack down on trafficking in a fish species, the totoaba, which is wiping out the vaquita. The […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Do banning bottled water, taking camera-trap photos of snow leopards, and establishing homestays have anything in common? In the mountains of North Sikkim in India, they do. All these activities are part of a successful ecotourism drive led by young people from the small village of Lachen that has already […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy It was a grey and rainy day, the seas were choppy and I had my seasick medicine at the ready. “Hope you ladies are in for a bumpy ride” shouted the captain of the small vessel that would be our next mode of transportation. “We might only make it halfway out before […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy A year ago, President Obama became the first sitting US President to visit the Arctic. He stood on the banks of Bristol Bay with a freshly caught salmon in hand, joined schoolchildren in a traditional Yup’ik dance, and stood at the toe of the rapidly shrinking Exit Glacier. He experienced awe-inspiring […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Climate Central This story originally appeared on Climate Central. In the centuries to come, history books will likely look back on September 2016 as a major milestone for the world’s climate. At a time when atmospheric carbon dioxide is usually at its minimum, the monthly value failed to drop […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Atmospheric carbon dioxide just passed 400 parts per million – And it’s not coming back down—at least not anytime soon. September is usually the month when carbon dioxide hits its annual minimum, so […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Michael Erwin/Barcroft Media Conservation is serious business, but the behavior of the animals we work to save can be quite the opposite. The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards is all about embracing both of those realities: It promotes the Born Free Foundation, which works to save imperiled individual animals […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored by Bhaskar Deol Countdown to Kigali is a round-up of recent news, blogs and other stories as world leaders head to Kigali, Rwanda to achieve a global agreement on phasing down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent heat trapping greenhouse gases, under the Montreal Protocol. India to Ratify Paris […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This November, Los Angeles County residents will vote on Measure A, an initiative to replace much-needed funding to build, maintain, and improve our local parks, beaches, and open spaces. At stake is access to parks and open space for County residents—particularly low-income people of color. Los Angeles County […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund All legal trade of pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals, will soon end thanks to an international agreement to further protect the critically endangered species from extinction. Countries decided to strengthen existing protections today at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), a […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Rhinos, one of the oldest groups of mammals, are virtually living fossils. They once roamed across Africa’s savannas and Asia’s tropical forests, but today, very few rhinos survive outside of national parks and reserves. WWF has worked for decades to stop rhino poaching, increase rhino populations, and protect their vital […]