Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Glyphosate linked to toxic algae in Lake Erie – Farm runoff loaded with phosphorus triggers the harmful blooms, which create dead zones and contaminate drinking water. A new study finds that an increase […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy As the state representative for the Florida Keys and South Miami-Dade County, there are few things more important to our well-being than the health of our unique marine environment. We are home to the Everglades, the 3rd largest barrier reef in the world and the only living barrier reef in the continental […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Coal dust kills 23,000 people each year in the European Union – A new analysis of the health effects of 257 of the EU’s coal plants found that in 2013 the dirty fuel […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Just beyond the remote mountain village of Yangma in the high Himalayas of eastern Nepal, Nepali conservationists fitted a female snow leopard with a GPS collar. The collar will allow scientists to track this snow leopard’s movements daily for the next year, which will help us learn more about these […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund WWF conservation experts were thrilled to spot a mother Irrawaddy dolphin with her newly born baby on the banks of the Mekong River in Cambodia. Just last month, the dolphin family was found in Kampi pool, which is home to around 20 of the last remaining 80 Irrawaddy river dolphins […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. San Francisco says goodbye to styrofoam – The city banned polystyrene take-out containers back in 2007, and in the country’s most extensive ban on the material yet, the new rules will also cover […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Northern Gateway approval overturned – Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal ruled that the federal government’s approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline proposal was invalid. The pipeline would cross multiple First Nations territories, and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Across the country over the last few years, in states like Arizona, Nevada, and Wisconsin, we’ve seen acrimonious electric rate cases crop up, particularly around proposals to increase upfront, fixed charges for homeowners and businesses. Utilities and the state public utility commissions that regulate them are proposing these […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environment and energy issues in India June 21, 2016 – June 28, 2016Compiled by Jessica Korsh Climate Change The Social Consequences of India’s Heat Waves Spell Doom for the Working Poor Deaths due to heat waves in India […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Learning disabilities, developmental delay, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder—these are all problems that kids suffer from today at higher rates than in the past. These diseases and their causes are complicated; like so many health issues, genetics and the environment both play roles, making […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. June 23rd – 29th, 2016 Presidency of the Republic of Mexico Energy The leaders […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This blog was written by Roger Di Silvestro, a field correspondent for Ocean Conservancy. Have you ever seen a cartoon or advertisement that showed penguins and polar bears cavorting together in the snow? On the flip side, have you ever seen a documentary film that showed penguins and polar bears together in the […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund The broad-based approach of the Paris Agreement has made the politics of climate change much more resilient than before. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/162051632/0/edf/blogs/feed~A-bright-spot-amid-Brexit-Growing-momentum-for-global-climate-action
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog post was also co-authored by John Bullock, Legal Intern. In the wake of a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit striking down a Minnesota law that banned “importing” electricity into Minnesota from newly constructed coal-fired power plants, and forbid any entity […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund July 6 is National Fried Chicken Day. Along with gems like National Sunglasses Day, Toasted Marshmallow Day, and Fruitcake Toss Day, you could say this falls into the same category as other silly, made-up holidays. But this year, instead of using this moment as a marketing gimmick, KFC—the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored with Katie Southworth, Consultant In August 2015, President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Clean Power Plan, an historic step aimed at reducing carbon pollution by placing federal limits on carbon emissions from existing power plants. The Clean Power Plan establishes carbon pollution goals […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund (C) Hawaii Saving Species Both New York and California – the two largest ivory markets in the country – enacted ivory bans in the past two years. And Thursday, Hawaii officially joined them when Governor Ige signed Senate Bill 2647 (now Act 125), which bans the vast majority of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored by Jessica Korsh As the health impacts of climate change become more and more evident on a daily basis, several dozen leading researchers from public health and climate science gathered at the Health and Climate Colloquium 2016, June 8-10th. Poster at Colloquim Kim Knowlton The three-day Colloquium, […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Shuts Down Entire Illegal Driftnet Fleet File – The Fu Yuan Yu 076. Photo: Tim WattersLos Angeles, CA. -June 29, 2016, Operation Driftnet a campaign launched by Sea Shepherd Global to expose, confront and shut down illegal fishing operations on the world’s oceans – has successfully ended the […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund We’re all quick to recognize the beauty of elephants roaming through Africa and Asia, the tigers traversing Southeast Asia and the far reaches of Russia and China, and the charismatic gorillas of the Congo basin. But the United States also hosts an abundance of beautiful, iconic animals that make our […]