Published by Ocean Conservancy Written by Tori Glascock Before there was a waste collection system in place on land, trash was left in the streets and disease was rampant. Similarly, the trash we are dumping into the ocean is having catastrophic effects on the animals that call the ocean home and the people who rely on oceanic […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Presidents Obama and Xi announced that the U.S. and China have formally joined the Paris Agreement, moving the agreement within reach of entering into force this year. This announcement sends a strong signal that these two countries will continue to act aggressively on climate change through stronger domestic […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund This week, conservation takes center stage as 6,000 global experts dive deep into the issues that will define the physical future of our planet. And with the all the far-reaching impacts of these decisions affecting the long-term sustainability of our planet, it’s a gathering that cannot come soon enough. The […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a revised and long-awaited proposed minimum efficiency standard for residential natural gas furnaces, which are found in about 40 percent of U.S. homes, making them the most prevalent heating equipment in America. DOE estimates the updated standard will deliver up […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The Coastal California gnatcatcher will remain on Endangered Species List – Developers, barred from carving up 197,000 acres of the songbird’s critical habitat in Southern California, argued that the gnatcather was not a genetically distinct […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Massive reef found hiding behind Great Barrier Reef – Scientists have known for decades that mysterious geological structures were lurking in the deep waters north of the Great Barrier Reef, and now sea […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Just last week, President Obama announced that he will quadruple the Papahānaumokuākea Hawaii Monument—creating the world’s largest protected marine area. At 582,578 square miles, Papahānaumokuākea will be nearly four times the size of California and 105 times larger than Connecticut. This is huge news for the endangered Hawaiian monk seals, sea turtles, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is the first blog in a special three-part series on green finance in China Xinhua On September 4-5, this year’s G20 Summit will be held in Hangzhou, China. Green finance will be one of the major topics of discussion at this meeting, marking the first time that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Perhaps even more than we do, killer whales need their moms. I’m heartbroken to report that the Southern Resident killer whales—a small, endangered group of orcas that spend the summer in Puget Sound—lost J14, one of their best. The scientists who study and know these whales have seen […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In great news from Chile, the country’s largest energy company, Endesa Chile, announced Tuesday evening that it was giving up the water rights for five different hydroelectric projects. After investing US$52 million in those water rights over the years, the company’s analysis showed that maintaining ownership was simply […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Click for larger version Ed Hawkins This story originally appeared on Climate Central. Climate change just got another telling visual courtesy of the famed temperature spiral creator. But rather than a graph, it’s a series of 167 maps. Alone, they each tell the story of whether a year was mostly […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Pope Francis renews calls for environmental action – The Pope has been vocal about curbing climate change before, and he reiterated his message of environmental stewardship this week in a document released for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A vaquita porpoise entanged in a gillnet set for totoaba Omar Vidal, NOAA Fisheries West Coast/Flickr We tend to look at what’s threatening endangered species on an individual basis. The ivory trade is killing elephants. Illegal gold mining poisons wild camels. The addax’s worst enemy is trophy hunting. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Post written by Rachel Fakhry, Schneider Fellow The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) formally proposed energy conservation standards for six classes of refrigeration equipment for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers (commonly called walk-ins) earlier this week. Walk-ins are large refrigerated coolers and freezers found in almost every restaurant, […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund We may have shifted so far into a new climate regime that probabilities have been turned on their head. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/189528488/0/edf/blogs/feed~We-just-had-five-year-floods-in-less-than-a-year-Whats-going-on
Published by Ocean Conservancy Last week, we learned President Obama is creating the world’s largest marine protected area by expanding the Hawaiian national monument of Papahānaumokuākea! We’re excited. Seriously excited. In honor of that announcement, here are five reasons we love Papahānaumokuākea, and how its expansion just means more to love. 1. The name While we […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund To prevent the worst impacts of climate change, we must shift our global energy supply from one that relies on dirty fossil fuels—coal, oil, and natural gas—to one that is supported by clean and sustainable sources. The good news is that this transition is already well underway, according to a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund USFWS The coastal California gnatcatcher is an unlikely adversary. The tiny, unassuming dusky-gray bird that mews like a kitten is just trying to stay alive amid its rapidly declining sage brush habitat in southern California. Unfortunately for the bird, it happens to also occupy some of the most […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. A lead crisis strikes an Indiana housing complex – The mayor of East Chicago, Indiana, recently announced the city will raze the West Calumet Housing Complex due dangerously high lead levels in the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund George Grant in Yellowstone National Park, 1933 NPS Historic Photos Collection “The Park Service needs me,” George Alexander Grant wrote in 1923 to Horace Albright, then superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. Grant had his heart set on becoming a photographer for the National Park Service (NPS), but his […]