Published by the Environmental News Service HARARE, Zimbabwe, February 20, 2018 (ENS) – In the last two years, China has imported more than 80 live Asian elephants from across its border in Laos and almost 100 juvenile African elephants from Zimbabwe. They were all destined for zoos throughout China. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2018/02/20/cites-ignores-illegal-import-of-wild-elephants-by-china/
Published by the Yale School of Forestry Authored by Tina Huang, MEM ’19 On Feb 10th, the Asia Student Interest Group (SIG) and the Coalition on Food and Agriculture (CAFE) co-hosted an event to celebrate Lunar New Year by making vegetable dumplings and having a community discussion… Read the full article at: http://environment.yale.edu/blog/2018/02/lunar-new-year-celebration/
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Emphasizing that global warming is one of the “greatest threats to human survival,” India is moving forward with action on climate change – including the 2018 milestone of achieving 20 gigawatts of installed solar energy. Leaders around the world, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, encourage stronger global “solidarity” […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Ocean Conservancy! With it being the month of February, you’ve probably seen close to a million heart-shaped objects as we’ve drawn closer and closer to this date. Boxes of little heart-shaped candies, giant stuffed bears with hearts sewn on their ears and other adorably […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure — including public lands and Indian schools — is an investment in our future. Public lands infrastructure is essential to providing world-class experiences to hundreds of millions of park visitors a year, keeps people safe and ensures that 47,000 kids in Indian Country have access […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post was co-authored with Noah Lerner In 2017, financing from G20 governments for overseas coal projects reached a five-year high, totaling at least $13 billion in loans, credits, and guarantees. This financial support for coal projects directly undermines G20 climate commitments and ignores the reality that a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Groves’ dwarf lemur was recently discovered on Madagascar. Edward E. Louis, Jr. As small as the world can seem sometimes, thanks to the internet and social media, it’s inspiring to know that scientists are still discovering new species out there. And we’re not just talking about deep-sea […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC’s Lisa Hua (second from left) discussing about elephant-human conflict at IFAW. Today, at NRDC, Hua is focused on banning ivory and creating a new national park system. Cao Dafan To call the big cats of China “outnumbered” would be quite an understatement. China’s iconic snow leopards number […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This weekend, the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots will battle on one of sports’ greatest stages at Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis. Roughly 70,000 fans are expected to pour into U.S. Bank Stadium Sunday night, and event organizers estimate that one million people will flock to the Twin Cities in the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund His attack on our clean energy future is just getting started. Reuters Anyone who listened to President Trump’s first State of the Union address Tuesday night might be forgiven for not recognizing the country he described. A nation so fearful of its neighbors it must build a “great wall” between them? A […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund One of New York’s largest electric utilities, National Grid, is proposing a lackluster energy efficiency program for 2018-2020 that is inconsistent with New York’s clean energy and climate change goals. Fortunately, Governor Cuomo has created a perfect opportunity to secure a better program not only for National Grid, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest Blog by Amartya Awasthi and Bhaskar Deol With 2017 marking the fourth straight hottest year recorded in India, the need for cooling solutions is becoming even more urgent. India is moving forward with a comprehensive plan on meeting the country’s skyrocketing cooling demand, as highlighted recently by […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Federal and state authorities, powers and jurisdictions should work together efficiently and effectively serve the public interest. That’s what is meant by “cooperative federalism”. It is notable that the Trump Administration’s head of the EPA, Scott Pruitt, is fond of using the term “cooperative federalism”. But it means something markedly […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy By now you might have heard about a California bill that would push restaurants to offer plastic straws to diners only upon request. While the anti-straw movement has gained considerable momentum in the past few years, these ubiquitous utensils haven’t been the only item under legislative consideration on the West coast. Last […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 29, 2018 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory has found high concentrations of rare earth elements in coal samples taken from five American coal basins. Currently, China controls about 98 percent of the world market for these critical minerals. Read the full […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Buildings codes saves lives. Not only do they keep buildings from falling down or burning up, but they save far more lives by reducing energy use, which in turn reduces the need to burn polluting fuels like coal to make electricity. Air pollution is responsible for 4.5 million […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy For seven years, I’ve worked to understand the problem of plastics in the world’s ocean and endeavored to advance strategies to address it. But last week’s new study in the journal Science hit me like a ton of bricks. It’s now clear that to save the world’s coral reefs we first need […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Governor Brown released an Executive Order today providing the details of an initiative to put 5 million electric-drive vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2030, part of a new goal announced yesterday in his State of the State address. The ambitious and achievable goal would increase the current number […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund iStock People have been talking about peak oil for more than half a century. But the phrase doesn’t necessarily mean the same thing now as it did back in 1956, when M. King Hubbert, a geologist working for Shell Oil, coined it. For many decades, peak oil meant […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I believe that your story is worth sharing. Perhaps even more importantly, I believe that your story needs to be told by you. This, essentially, is the last six months of my fellowship distilled into one sentiment. As a Roger Arliner Young Marine Conservation Diversity Fellow, I am thankful to be afforded […]