Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A new study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution confirms that the North Atlantic right whale—one of the world’s most endangered whales—has reversed course and is no longer recovering, but rather, is in perilous decline. The authors estimate the probability that the population is declining at 99.99 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The president’s scheme is unlawful and reckless—and we’re doing everything we can to stop it. iStock I thought I’d seen it all. I began my career in environmental policy in 1991. Since then I’ve worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state government, and a nonprofit citizen advocacy […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Cleaning up after a hurricane is dangerous work. Compared to the gruesome chainsaw injuries and broken bones sending recent hurricane survivors to area hospitals, hot weather may seem like a minor concern to healthy adults. But heat is a serious health threat to people engaged in strenuous activities […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A coalition of food, consumer and environmental groups, including NRDC, today released Chain Reaction III, our third annual scorecard ranking the nation’s 25 largest restaurant chains on their antibiotics use policies and practices for the meat and poultry they serve. The results speak for themselves: in the 2017 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Montana’s Blackfoot River Valley, where local landowners have worked to incorporate nonlethal predator control measures John Lambing/Alamy Maggie Nutter and her husband were fixing a fence on their ranch in northern Montana when they heard raucous bellowing. They ran up the hill and saw five coyotes amid their […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Kisatchie Hills Longleaf Pines, Louisiana Justin Meissen/Flickr For decades, Reese Thompson didn’t fully appreciate the ground beneath his feet. As a sixth-generation tree farmer, he valued his thousands of acres in Wheeler County, Georgia, mostly for its output—the saw timber, chip-n-saw, and pulpwood provided by the fast-growing slash […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Pacific Northwest’s salmon are in big, hot trouble. Billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent on a wild range of government efforts to save these sacred and essential fish—from transporting salmon in trucks around dams that block the river to shooting thousands of cormorants—with little recovery or […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Sean Sherman’s Tatanka food truck Courtesy University of Minnesota Press, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen Cedar tea sweetened with maple sugar. Popcorn seasoned with sumac and smoked salt. Wild rice and braised bison studded with dried squash and toasted seeds. Chef Sean Sherman’s indigenous enterprise serves up these […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As readers of this blog are doubtless aware, NRDC is rightly very critical of the many wrongheaded appointments made by the Trump Administration. So it was a relief to learn about at least one appointee who is sorely needed at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)—Pam […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy A large area of valuable seagrass was protected from expanded shellfish farming thanks to the California Coastal Commission, a state agency tasked with protecting the California coastline. The initial proposal by Coast Seafoods (a subsidiary of Pacific Seafoods) aimed to farm 922 acres of shellfish in eelgrass habitat. If the vote had gone through, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Tough talk about meeting the challenges of climate change abounded among city leaders at a C40 event marking Climate Week NYC this week, with city leaders staking a claim as first responders in the face of growing alarm over powerful hurricanes and other deadly effects of warming temperatures. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pronghorn of the American West have been springing across this continent—at up to 60 miles per hour—for approximately 17 million years. Though sometimes called antelopes, these fleet-footed mammals are actually one of the few remaining species of giraffids, which also include Africa’s giraffes and okapis. The distinction led […]
SABIC’s LEXAN polycarbonate sheets are featured in the ICEhouse (i.e. Innovation for the Circular Economy) This year, the concept of ‘resiliency’ in the building landscape has emerged as more than a buzzword – it’s a key priority for builders, architects and building occupants alike. Many regions around the world are increasingly subject to the rigors […]
SABIC’s LEXAN polycarbonate sheets are featured in the ICEhouse (i.e. Innovation for the Circular Economy) This year, the concept of ‘resiliency’ in the building landscape has emerged as more than a buzzword – it’s a key priority for builders, architects and building occupants alike. Many regions around the world are increasingly subject to the rigors […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Having the “Big Buck Hunter Pro” arcade game will get many employees involved in Sportmen’s Season, in turn furthering the Department’s mission of wildlife and habitat conservation. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-zinke-promotes-hunting-fishing-and-wildlife-conservation-employee-showdown
Published by Ocean Conservancy Approximately fifteen years ago, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Dave Barry introduced the world to John Baur and Mark Summers — two friends who, by his estimation, had come up with a concept that “is going to make you kick yourself for not thinking of it first.” As the name suggests, Talk Like a […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd and scientist Alexandra Morton have new evidence on the impacts that salmon farms have on wild fish in British Columbia, Canada. Sea Shepherd’s research vessel, the R/V Martin Sheen, is currently in the middle of Operation Virus Hunter II, a salmon defense campaign off the coast of British Columbia, assisting Morton in […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd and scientist Alexandra Morton have new evidence on the impacts that salmon farms have on wild fish in British Columbia, Canada. Sea Shepherd’s research vessel, the R/V Martin Sheen, is currently in the middle of Operation Virus Hunter II, a salmon defense campaign off the coast of British Columbia, assisting Morton in […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Last night, the Washington Post reported that it has obtained a leaked memo from Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke to President Trump, recommending the President roll back protections for several of America’s prized national monuments, including three ocean monuments. These recommendations, if enacted, would either shrink the size of marine monuments or […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Post co-authored with Alex Hillbrand Two billion years ago, blue-green algae floating atop Earth’s primordial oceans had an interesting idea. Basking in warm sunlight, they began to convert ocean water and CO2 from the atmosphere into food. At the same time, they started making oxygen – a byproduct […]