Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme “While they have achieved another milestone in flight, their circumnavigation is even more momentous for what it demonstrates about clean technology.” Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27079&ArticleID=36237&l=en
Published by the Department of the Interior We’re committed to building the next generation of conservation leaders and inspiring lifelong stewardship of the environment by engaging young people in hands-on service to our public lands and waters. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/blog/northern-stars-youth-bring-energy-and-creativity-conservation-alaska
Published by the Department of the Interior Secretary Jewell is visiting Grand Canyon National Park to meet with National Park Service leadership and park employees to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing rangers who serve more than five million visitors each year. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/mediaadvisories/secretary-jewell-hold-media-availability-grand-canyon-national-park
Published by the Department of the Interior Interior and industry partners activate a prototype warning system that provides real-time alerts and geofencing alarms to prevent drone pilots from interfering with firefighting operations. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/wildfire-season-continues-heat-interior-partners-industry-eliminate-drone-intrusions
Published by the Department of the Interior It’s time to meet the American cousins to some of our favorite Pokémon, and learn where on America’s Public Lands that we can find them. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/blog/pokemon-their-top-5-american-cousins-and-where-find-them
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (WASHINGTON) – The U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-determines-aircraft-emissions-contribute-climate-change-endangering-public-health
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Governments set the stage for a possible agreement to reduce potent greenhouse gases under the Montreal Protocol. An amendment on reducing HFCs would be a significant step towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27079&ArticleID=36236&l=en
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON-Today, countries across the world took critical steps toward their goal under the Dubai Pathway to Amend the Montreal Protocol in 2016 to reduce production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/statement-montreal-protocol-negotiations-vienna-austria
Published by the Department of the Interior Marking the Port Chicago disaster, re-naming a national wildlife refuge, tracking walrus in the Arctic. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/video/this-week-interior-july-22-2016
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme An HFC phase-down can avoid up to 0.5⁰ Celsius of global warming by 2100. HFCs are the fastest-growing greenhouse gases. Many are 100s to 1000s of times more powerful than carbon dioxide (CO2) at warming the atmosphere. The Climate and Clean Air Coalition believes urgent actions, like an […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme With such a powerful tool at our disposal, the choice before us is alarmingly simple: we can choose to save our children or not. Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27080&ArticleID=36235&l=en
Published by the Department of the Interior The BLM releases a plan to guide mineral development in Moab, Utah while conserving cultural and recreational sites Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-releases-blueprint-responsible-development-moab
Published by the Department of the Interior Interior announces this quarter’s transfer of nearly $500,000 to the Cobell Education Scholarship Fund, which provides financial assistance through scholarships to American Indian and Alaska Native students wishing to pursue post-secondary and graduate education and training. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/cobell-education-scholarship-fund-reaches-nearly-40-million-benefit-native-american
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced a settlement with Enbridge Energy Limited Partnership and several related Enbridge companies to resolve claims stemming from its 2010 oil spills in Marshall, Mich. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/us-enbridge-reach-177-million-settlement-after-2010-oil-spills-michigan-and-illinois
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – In a report released today on corrosion inside diesel fuel underground storage tanks (USTs), the U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-research-shows-moderate-or-severe-corrosion-majority-diesel-fuel-underground-0
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27079&ArticleID=36233&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Richest countries consume on average 10 times as many materials as world’s poorest Planet will need 180 billion tonnes of material every year by 2050 if trends continue Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27079&ArticleID=36232&l=en
Published by the Department of the Interior Climate change increasing the number and severity of wildfires across the West. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/blog/wildfires-heat-across-west
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will deliver the keynote address at a funding and financing event focused on providing drinking water and wastewater infrastructure to communities in need. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/today-epa-administrator-deliver-keynote-address-drinking-water-and-wastewater-0
Published by the Department of the Interior Last year, President Obama signed the “Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act” into law. The act renamed the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in honor of Billy Frank Jr., who worked to protect Native American traditional ways of life and endangered salmon. Billy Frank Jr. founded the Northwest Indian […]