Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A humpback whale and its calf NOAA Nobody likes an eavesdropper. But for humpback calves, being overheard can be a death sentence. Sound travels four times faster in water than in air, and the creatures living below the waves have evolved highly sensitive hearing. Humpback whales use the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s agenda to put Virginians’ health and safety at risk was stopped at the banks of the Potomac today, where Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe delivered on his promise to tackle climate change and grow a clean energy economy in the Commonwealth. McAuliffe announced that he is seizing Virginia’s best opportunity for meaningful progress on climate change and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund There’s good news from China about management policies that aim to strengthen domestic fisheries management in China’s ocean waters. These new policies, which aim to control the total domestic marine catch, are a promising step forward, and an exciting opportunity for China to create resilient fisheries. Restoration of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund An alfalfa field in central California Ken Figlioli/Flickr California’s fertile Central Valley is known for its rows upon rows of carrots and tomatoes, fields of rice, and groves of almond and orange trees. It is less known for the untamed nature in its midst. Yet the pastoral lands […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Filip Fuxa/Shutterstock We bid farewell this week to a particularly pernicious period in President Trump’s and the congressional Republicans’ double-barreled assault on public health and our environment. The window finally closed on their legal ability to annul a handful of Obama-era safeguards through an obscure measure known as the […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In Nepal, the steep land above Devendra Jung Gurung’s house in Tanahun District’s Aamdanda village is prone to landslides. But now, he no longer worries as much about this potential danger. Devendra Jung has planted fodder trees and broom grass, a local plant known as amriso, whose strong root system […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Tigers, elephants, rhinos, and Himalayan black bears can all pose a risk to human life or livestock when they cross into nearby villages. Many species damage crops that farmers grow near forests and along traditional wildlife migration routes. As crops mature during the growing season, local people work day and […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund 1. How many vaquitas are left? A survey released earlier this year estimated the vaquita population was as low as 30 individuals. An all time low for the porpoise, the population is half of what it was just the year before. And a 97% drop from the year before that. […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Photo by Mark (Buck) Taylor Dr. Samantha (Mandy) Joye is a Professor of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia, where she studies how microbes in the Gulf break down oil. We last interviewed Dr. Joye in 2014, when she and a team of scientists were diving to the Gulf seafloor following […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The 2017 Peoples Climate March in Washington, D.C. Bobby Bruderle for NRDC “Show me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like!” That chant thundered from the voices of 200,000 strong marching in the steamy streets of D.C. on April 29 and reverberated in other cities […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy A new climate change assessment in the Arctic was released last week, and it had good news and bad news. The report, compiled by the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP), had contributions from almost 100 scientists and looked at the status of the Arctic from 2011 to early 2017. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund New government initiatives seek to promote a transition to a more efficient, less polluting air conditioning market. Co-authored with Karan Chouksey Only about 6 percent of Indian households today use air conditioners, but as income levels rise, air conditioner sales are increasing by 10 to 15 percent every […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy It seems a lifetime ago that we started our joint efforts in February of 2016 to support investments in a healthy ocean for this fiscal year. It took 15 months but our work has paid off. This week, Congress released a late, but welcome, federal budget for 2017. It is a budget […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy A fisherman conservationist’s perspective on why the federal red snapper season is just three days long. As a Floridian recreational fisherman, I share the disappointment of others in my community over such a spectacularly short federal season—just three days in 2017—for the iconic red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. As a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Peoples Climate Movement showed that we will not accept Trump’s attacks on our environment, our health, and our future. Bobby Bruderle On Saturday, I marked the hundredth day of Donald Trump’s presidency by marching against the reckless and radical assault he’s launched against our environment, our health, and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Safe drinking water is something we Americans tend to take for granted, until a crisis like lead contamination in Flint, Michigan, makes us wonder what chemicals could be lurking in our own taps. Bigandt_Photography/iStock “Flint was a wake-up call for Americans, but it’s not the only place in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A right whale mom with her newborn Credit: NOAA NRDC and its partners are pushing back against the offshore industry’s latest bid to open the east coast to oil and gas development. At issue are six highly controversial permits that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I’ve worked on Arctic oil and gas issues for Ocean Conservancy for nearly nine years. During that time— with the help of passionate ocean advocates across the country—we’ve made incredible progress protecting important marine habitat and subsistence areas in Arctic waters. Last Friday, President Trump issued an executive order on offshore energy […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy In his first 100 days, President Trump announced two separate Executive Orders that put at risk special places on land and in the sea. On April 28, 2017, he announced the Executive Order Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, which takes aim at America’s marine monuments and sanctuaries. All marine monuments and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Marchers at the 2014 People’s Climate March Caelie_Frampton/Flickr Instead of Mar-a-Lago, President Trump will spend the weekend at a rally in Pennsylvania. This means that he’ll not only miss the traditional correspondents’ dinner, but also an astounding sight that’ll take place outside the White House on Saturday. Tens […]