Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Legislation to require the world’s sixth-largest economy to reduce its climate change-causing pollution to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 – the most aggressive target in North America – has cleared its final hurdle before consideration by the full California Assembly, which faces an Aug. 31 deadline […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Earlier this summer, researchers at UC-Davis confirmed what a lot of us already know—that saving water saves energy. The analysis from the UC-Davis Center for Water-Energy Efficiency found that California’s mandatory 25 percent reduction in urban water use, which was adopted in May 2015 due to the ongoing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The country’s first offshore wind farm is set to open this fall – Deepwater Wind will build five turbines off the coast of Rhode Island. Experts say the project marks the dawn of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Recovery of California Island foxes is fastest ever – Just 12 years ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed the rare canid on the Endangered Species List. Yesterday, three subspecies found on San […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post was written by Lucas Eastman. Zip codes in the USA that contain at least one Severe Repetitive Loss Property (a frequently flooded property). NRDC figure generated from FEMA data Can you imagine living in a property that has flooded 10 times? How about 20 times? It’s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Photo by Amy Goerwitz Chicago Tribune investigative reporters have put together an excellent series detailing the social and environmental damage being wrought by Illinois’ profusion of industrial hog farms. The series explains in stomach-churning detail everything from animal abuse to worker abuse to chokingly high levels of air […]
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Published by the World Wildlife Fund Three years ago, researchers from WWF-Mongolia set up camera traps to photograph snow leopards in and around Khovd Aimag’s Jargalant Khairkhan Mountain, located in western Mongolia’s Altai Mountains, to determine the elusive cat’s population size and distribution. But when they retrieved the photos and videos, they were shocked by what […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund This World Elephant Day, it’s important to celebrate the positive momentum being taken to save this iconic species. Poaching trends in Africa are down from the peak of 2011, and governments, NGOs and individuals around the globe have made significant strides in 2016 to fight the ivory trade that fuels […]
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Published by Ocean Conservancy Today is Alaska’s first Wild Salmon Day! Join us as we celebrate this iconic species with some unusual facts about salmon. 1. There are five species of wild salmon found in Alaska, King (Chinook) salmon, Red (sockeye) salmon, Silver (coho) salmon, chum (keta) salmon and pink salmon. 2. Wild salmon are anadromous, which […]
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Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Petcoke snaking through the neighborhood, Southeast Side, Chicago, 2015 Terry Evans For two decades, Chicago had a petcoke problem. Two companies were hoarding petroleum coke, a by-product of oil refining used to fuel power plants in countries with lax environmental laws. Piles of the black dust collected on […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Alaska’s famous East Fork wolf pack may have been wiped out – The beloved group, frequently spotted in Denali National Park, was the world’s longest-studied wolf pack. Sadly, the last three pack members […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. New study predicts that sea level rise wlll accelerate soon – Satellites began measuring sea level rise in 1993, shortly after Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted, sending sunlight-blocking particles into the atmosphere where […]