Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Philippe Echaroux The Brazilian rainforest is an inextricable part of the Surui people’s past and present. The future of the tribe and the trees, however, depends on the rest of the world knowing it. Outsiders first made contact with the Surui tribe in 1969. Soon after, the Surui […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. The Interior Department just banned Arctic drilling through 2022 – A new five-year plan for energy development in federal waters puts an end to exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas and bans […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I have some really uplifting news to share with you from the Arctic! The Obama administration has decided to remove Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea leases from the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. This means that companies will not be able to obtain the right to drill in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NASA Goddard Space Flight Center In a major, end-of-term accomplishment, President Obama has taken a decisive stand to keep drill rigs out of our publicly-owned Arctic Ocean, building on his past decision to drop Atlantic leasing as well. His administration’s just-issued five year offshore oil and gas leasing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. November 7 – 18, 2016 Chilean President Michelle Bachelet at COP22 Gobierno de Chile COP22: Full steam ahead on climate action The 22nd Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund America’s Arctic will be free of new offshore oil and gas drilling, at least for the next five years, and that’s good news for people and wildlife. Temperatures in the Arctic are warming faster than any other place on Earth, and melting sea ice is opening up access to the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The House of Representatives will vote today, November 17, 2017, on a bill (H.R. 5982) designed to block a wide variety of protections for health and the environment. The bill is a clever, repackaging of longstanding efforts by the Republican leadership to do away with any sensible limits […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In November 2010, 13 tiger range countries came together and made an unprecedented pledge: to double the number of wild tigers by 2022. Mobilized by a century of dramatic decline, leaders convened in St. Petersburg, Russia to sign a declaration boosting tiger conservation efforts. This initial effort has led to […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Last week was a tough one for many around the nation. The 2016 election season reached a stressful conclusion last Tuesday night and considerable uncertainty remains about where our nation is headed and what the future holds. Last week my home state of sunny California gave me something to celebrate: voters approved […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund You’re gearing up for Thanksgiving dinner. Assignments are out to various attendees for sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Now, it’s time to figure out what size turkey to buy. Here’s a hint: Buy less than you think. If you’re hosting anything like the average Thanksgiving dinner for ten, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Amazon is under assault. As spotlighted in the upcoming episode of the Emmy award–winning series Years of Living Dangerously, this rainforest is threatened by a range of environmentally destructive forces. Cattle-ranching is at the top of this list. In fact, according to a 2011 report by the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The question now is whether President-Elect Donald Trump will govern less divisively than he campaigned. On climate change, there’s every reason for deep concern. Candidate Trump said he wants to “cancel” the historic Paris Climate Agreement; his transition team features a fanatical climate denier and energy lobbyists, and […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy A funny thing happened at a meeting this week in Marrakech. Countries from around the world are meeting to decide how they will implement the landmark Paris Climate Agreement. In December last year, 195 countries agreed to aggressive targets to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and limit global warming. As the COP22 […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy For the past few months, we have talked a lot about ocean planning on the East Coast especially with two regional ocean plans released in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Now, we are excited to share news from the West Coast! Last month, the West Coast Regional Planning Body (WCRPB), comprised of federal, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The California Public Utilities Commission today adopted major improvements to its longstanding low income energy efficiency program, expanding it to rent-assisted multifamily buildings, in a decision that could become a national model. The vote comes after over 2 years of extensive legal proceedings and stakeholder input. For the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Coral reefs worldwide are threatened by rising sea surface temperatures and ocean acidification, and humans will acutely feel this loss in a high carbon future. Who is likely to be most harmed by coral reef loss from these global stressors is the subject of a recent analysis I […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy You may have heard coral reefs called “the rainforests of the sea,” but did you know they could also be called the “speed bumps of the ocean?” Not only do coral reefs host an estimated 25% of ocean species, but they also slow down and shrink waves that approach land. This keeps […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This is a hard post for me to write. Our country is exhausted after one of the most contentious campaign cycles in modern history. We now have a President-elect, Donald J. Trump, after an election season that leaves many Americans extremely unhappy and a nation deeply divided. As a nonprofit organization, Ocean […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Photo by Jenna Bascom. Courtesy of the Museum of Arts and Design Twin sisters Margaret and Christine Wertheim first got their crochet hooks into the global coral crisis back in 2005. The ecological devastation attacking the Great Barrier Reef—a consequence of pollution and warming waters—hit too close to […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new study finds that plastic debris in the oceans carries a smell similar to other sources of their food. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/science/birds-plastics-smell.html?partner=rss&emc=rss