Published by the Environmental News Service By Sunny Lewis WILMINGTON, North Carolina, March 12, 2018 (EcologyPrime.com News) – Hidden, floating just beneath the surface of the oceans, are trillions of plastic fragments that once were useful objects made from petroleum – straws, spoons, bottles, bags, tubs, fishing gear, toys. Ingested by birds, fish and […]
Published by the Environmental News Service LIMA, Peru, February 22, 2018 (ENS) – Peru and Ecuador each marked the start of the year 2018 by creating national parks to protect undeveloped parts of the Amazon rainforest as yet unspoiled by illegal logging and mining. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/03/12/new-parks-peru-ecuador-safeguard-pristine-rainforest/
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund A new underwriting and risk assessment standard could help scale up this $1 trillion global market. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/531371568/0/edf/blogs/feed~A-global-game-changer-for-energy-efficiency-investments
Published by the Environmental News Service SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 9, 2018 (ENS) – Youth plaintiffs from across the country have won the right to have their landmark climate lawsuit against the federal government heard by a U.S. District Court. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/03/09/u-s-youth-plaintiffs-win-right-to-climate-trial/
Published by the Environmental News Service By Dr. Jack, Hall, University of North Carolina, Wilmington On a recent fossil collecting trip a friend asked, “What do you think is the most important organism on the Earth?” She knew full well I would answer, “Humans!” since we are the masters of our domain and without rival […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund New questions arise inside Pruitt’s EPA after officials obtain ethics waivers to solicit outside work. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/530958854/0/edf/blogs/feed~These-senior-EPA-officials-can-now-moonlight-for-secret-privatesector-clients
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Benefits topping $800 billion is nothing to scoff at, but the Trump White House is doing its best to bury this remarkable report. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/530598018/0/edf/blogs/feed~Trump%E2%80%99s-own-budget-office-admits-Obamaera-regulations-brought-billions-in-benefits
Published by the Environmental News Service MIAMI, Florida, March 5, 2018 (ENS) – Ford plans to have a fleet of autonomous cars in commercial operation by 2021. The automaker has spent years researching and developing self-driving technology, and now, Ford vice president Sherif Marakby is excited to be establishing Ford’s first autonomous vehicle operations terminal in […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Cape Town’s Day Zero has been making headlines worldwide, but nobody’s talking about the energy-water nexus or its role in the drought. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/529317864/0/edf/blogs/feed~The-energy-reality-behind-Cape-Towns-water-crisis-%E2%80%93-and-why-the-US-should-care
Published by Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University Conversation during the launch of Duke University’s Energy Access Project on February 23, 2018. Storified by · Mon, Feb 26 2018 16:43:03 At 8:20 a.m. programming for Accelerating Global Energy Access begins. @jp_phillips10 of @NichInstitute leads us off. #EAPLaunch — Nicholas Institute · Fri, Feb […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 21, 2018 (ENS) – In a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, 236 mayors from 47 states and territories expressed their strong opposition to efforts by the Trump administration and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to repeal the Clean Power Plan. Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service HARARE, Zimbabwe, February 20, 2018 (ENS) – In the last two years, China has imported more than 80 live Asian elephants from across its border in Laos and almost 100 juvenile African elephants from Zimbabwe. They were all destined for zoos throughout China. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/02/20/cites-ignores-illegal-import-of-wild-elephants-by-china/
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund This plan has very little to do with infrastructure – and everything with gutting environmental laws and ignoring risk. Read the full article at: http://www.edf.org/blog/2018/02/20/4-ways-trumps-infrastructure-plan-puts-americans-risk
Published by the Environmental News Service RICHLAND, Washington, February 20, 2018 (ENS) – Tiny particles fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been previously understood, finds a new study published in the journal “Science.” Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/02/19/ultrafine-nanoparticles-form-intense-storms/
Published by the Environmental News Service TEHRAN, Iran, February 11,2018 (ENS) – An Iranian-Canadian academic and environmental activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities in January has died in prison, his son said Saturday on Twitter. Kavous Seyed-Emami, 63, was a founder of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, which works to protect Iran’s rare animals and fresh […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Better fisheries management will strengthen the health of coral reef ecosystems that now – more than ever before – desperately need our help. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/524703734/0/edf/blogs/feed~Plastic-trash-is-killing-coral-reefs-Here%E2%80%99s-how-we-can-still-save-our-oceans
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund It’s exactly the kind of arbitrary action Congress feared when it passed a law 72 years ago to prevent federal agencies from undermining core principles of our democracy. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/523166644/0/edf/blogs/feed~Why-EPAs-suspension-of-the-WOTUS-water-rule-sets-such-a-dangerous-precedent
Published by the Environmental News Service HONG KONG, February 5, 2018 (ENS) – The Hong Kong Legislative Council has voted to pass a bill that will end local ivory trade in Hong Kong by the end of 2021, with no compensation for ivory dealers, and an increase of maximum penalties for wildlife crimes of up […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BELMOPAN, Belize, February 2, 2018 (ENS) – While President Donald Trump intends to open nearly all U.S. waters to offshore oil development for the first time, the country with the largest coral reef in the Western Hemisphere has banned offshore oil drilling to protect its natural heritage and fishing […]
Published by the Environmental News Service PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, February 1, 2018 (ENS) – Three Cambodian forest protectors connected with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society were killed by military officers Tuesday in a wildlife sanctuary while patrolling the forest near the Cambodia-Vietnam border. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/02/01/cambodian-conservationists-killed-fighting-illegal-loggers/
