Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Sean Locke/Stocksy You shun Styrofoam tableware, buy organic oranges, and even get your kids to eat leafy greens. But are you doing all you can to protect your children from toxic chemicals that may lurk inside their favorite foods? “When it comes to pesticides, preservatives, and other toxic […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The New York State Health Department has issued a new waiver that will allow New York City to continue to avoid having to filter its Catskill and Delaware drinking water supplies—staving off, at least for now, the multi-billion dollar costs of filtering the primary water supply for more […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund * Based upon Dr. Wallinga’s blog first posted at MomsRising.org A powerful, multibillion dollar industry bets the farm on routinely using important human antibiotics where they’re not needed. Care to hazard a guess on that industry’s reaction when the world’s most respected health agency calls out this practice […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Wind turbines near Goldendale, WA Murray Foubister/Flickr As far as years go, 2017 wasn’t among the best. Wait, I take that back: If you’re a billionaire who thinks you pay too much in taxes, harbors a deep-seated suspicion of immigrants, and doesn’t believe the United States should be […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Artur Nyk/Alamy Stock Photo The Trump administration is on a mission to expand coal’s role in the electricity grid. The president and his U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt, have said they’re trying to stop President Obama’s “war on coal,” but coal’s enemies aren’t President Obama or environmentalists. […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Here at World Wildlife Fund (WWF), our work always boils down to places and species and the communities they support. And among all the places in the world it’s hard to compete with the importance of the Amazon, which is why it has occupied our energies and attention more than […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund iStock In New York City, a cleansing rain becomes anything but purifying almost as soon as it hits the ground. Stormwater runoff—and whatever it happens to encounter on its way to the gutter—flows directly into local waterways in about a third of the city. Think about the kinds […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Over half the population of Puerto Rico was at potential risk of exposure to bacterial contamination in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, according to government test results obtained by NRDC. More than 2.3 million Puerto Rican residents were served by water systems which drew at least one sample […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. is home to hundreds of species of freshwater mussels, but many are endangered U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service The Amazon Rainforest, the Okavango Delta, and the Great Barrier Reef are all famous for their spectacles of biodiversity. But there’s a similar display of life right here […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund By Avinash Kar, NRDC and Eili Klein, Center on Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy The world’s leading authorities on public health—from the Centers for Disease Control to the World Health Organization—have been warning us loud and clear: we must stop taking life-saving antibiotics for granted or else they […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Atlantic’s blue economy is busier than ever before: a chain of offshore wind leases is under development, growth of marine shellfish and finfish farming is anticipated, and the Panama Canal expansion, opened in 2016, has increased East Coast trade and traffic from massive ships. Our ocean is also home to a wide variety […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — On November 30, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its proposed comprehensive cleanup plan to address contaminated soil and groundwater at the BF Goodrich Superfund site in Calvert City, Kentucky. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/us-epa-accelerates-progress-bf-goodrich-superfund-site-calvert-city-kentucky-1
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Konza Prairie, Kansas Vincent Parsons/Flickr Loretta Johnson tortures plants. She sets them in awkward positions, deprives them of water or gives them too much, then watches how they react. Her victims are tall grasses—big bluestems, specifically, an icon of the midwestern prairie. Johnson isn’t tormenting the plants for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Imidacloprid is one of the most popular and widespread insecticides in the U.S. The neonicotinoid or “neonic” pesticides are used to treat soil, seeds and foliage to control sucking insects such as rice hoppers, aphids, thrips, whiteflies, turf insects, soil insects and some beetles. Imidacloprid kills insects by debilitating […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund More than 3 million New Yorkers struggle to have enough to eat. At the same time, 40% of the food produced in this country is wasted—and here in New York, food makes up 18% of our municipal solid waste stream. The vast majority of this food is disposed […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline would each cross hundreds of private properties. Many of these private properties are farms, and farmers are rightfully concerned about damage to their farmland from pipeline construction, as well as ongoing environmental and safety issues. Some of these farmers […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy As I eagerly prepare my Thanksgiving oyster stuffing to cap off Virginia’s Oyster Month, I am particularly thankful for the hardworking men and women who raise my oysters. Virginia is now the East Coast leader for shellfish production, and that’s because of a persevering industry. Playing a foundational, behind-the-scenes role are the […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Each year, 1.3 billion tons of food are lost or wasted, several times what’s needed to feed every hungry person on the planet. Chef, author, and television personality Anthony Bourdain’s new documentary, WASTED! The Story of Food Waste, sheds light on this staggering problem, while offering solutions as well. The […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Latin American countries, regions and cities demonstrated clear ambition and leadership at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) held in Bonn, Germany over the past two weeks. Their progress appeared in the form of national commitments, participation in global coalitions, subnational action plans, and even an innovation […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Murray Foubister/Flickr Way down in the Florida Keys live about 950 miniature relatives of the white-tailed deer. Since the last Ice Age 11,000 years ago, the species has become so adapted to island living that it has shrunk down to no more than 32 inches tall, about the […]