Published by Ocean Conservancy By now it’s not news that plastics are rapidly entering our ocean. In fact, an estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste flows into our ocean every year, threatening marine ecosystems and the animals, people and communities that depend on them. For more than 30 years, Ocean Conservancy has been at the […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund For perhaps the first time ever, a snow leopard was captured by a camera trap in a remote forest in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Although known for its biodiversity, Arunachal Pradesh, located in the farthest northeast point in the country, remains largely unexplored, making this photographic evidence of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-Authored by Dr. Dileep Mavalankar and Sayantan Sarkar It’s Diwali season, India’s festival of lights. This Diwali, like last year, cities are seeing alarming pollution levels – with Ahmedabad at “very poor” and New Delhi at “severe”. An in-depth Lancet study again rings the alarm bell to act […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California and New Mexico filed a legal challenge this week against yet another attempt by the Trump Administration and Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke to pad the wallets of dirty energy companies at the expense of taxpayers. California Attorney General Xavier Beccerra and New Mexico AG Hector Balderas […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund If Congress wants to support a strong American workforce and boost the economy, federal clean energy and vehicle tax incentives are the way to go—consumer savings, and a cleaner, healthier environment will follow for red and blue states alike. That’s why they have drawn strong bipartisan support in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Amur tiger is the extinct Caspian tiger’s closest living relative. Mathias Appel/Flickr Wild tigers may be on their way back to Kazakhstan. This news is surprising for a few reasons. First, most people associate tigers with the jungles of India or Sumatra, even the snowy slopes of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans of President Trump and his allies. Pruitt’s Price Tags U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt formally proposed to kill the Clean Power Plan this week. We could spend a lot of time talking about […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A happy anniversary is coming up: This Sunday, October 15, will mark five years since the latest clean car and fuel economy standards were adopted. Since then, carbon pollution from new cars has been reduced by 195 million metric tons and drivers have saved more than $42 billion […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ohio is ground zero for a transition that has been underway in the electric sector for years—an unstoppable shift from a high-pollution, fossil-fueled past to a safer, cleaner-powered future. Cleveland Wind Turbine Flickr, Creative Commons Coal-fired power once dominated Ohio’s electric generation mix, but coal (and for that […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The vaquita is the world’s most critically endangered marine mammal, with fewer than 30 individuals remaining. It lives only in a small portion of the Upper Gulf of California, in Mexico. Vaquita populations have plummeted due to one threat—gillnets. Recognizing this threat, the Mexican government imposed a gillnet ban […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Silver carp captured in the Illinois waterway, June 2017 Courtesy of Illinois Department of Natural Resources Scalpel in hand, Greg Whitledge cuts into an Asian carp’s skull. Just hours before, the silver carp lay in an ice-packed cooler in the back of an Illinois Department of Natural Resources […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News: India could end up as one of the worst affected by climate change; IMF; India’s renewable energy capacity to double by 2022, report says; Delhi’s air goes from moderate to poor, likely to get worse soon India Green News is a selection of news […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy A group of international Arctic scientists telling us we need to slow down, do more research, and put in place some precautionary rules should get our attention. More than 2,000 scientists, mostly from Arctic countries, did this five years ago in an open letter to Arctic nations. They pointed out that it […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy The Ocean Conservancy team couldn’t be more excited about all of the great announcements coming out of the Our Ocean Conference here in Malta, and I wanted to share the great news with you right away. Thanks to your support, we’re leaving the conference today with not one, but two HUGE announcements! […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund (c) Elly Pepper The last few years have seen a number of countries close their ivory markets as a way to help curb the current poaching crisis, which is driving elephants towards extinction. Indeed, the U.S. placed a near-total ban on its ivory market between 2014 and 2016 and China […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy The concept of ocean planning has been around for many years, both here at home and internationally. In the U.S., we have started to see theory move into practice over the past decade. At its core, ocean planning is about shared data, local engagement and innovative management principles so that diverse groups […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. EPA announced that it is reconsidering landmark clean car standards that were poised to provide deep reductions in carbon pollution and save consumers $92 billion at the pump. The agency determined in January (during the Obama Administration) that the standards for model years 2022 to 2025—originally set […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The Committee was re-chartered in an effort to provide a continuous forum for interested stakeholders to debate and deliberate recommendations to the Secretary on ensuring the public receives full value of natural resources produced on federal and Indian lands, including renewable energy sources. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/readout-first-meeting-re-chartered-us-interior-royalty-policy-committee
Published by Ocean Conservancy A few months ago, I stated the obvious in an article for Greenbiz: non-governmental organizations (NGOs) alone will not turn the tide on ocean trash. Ocean Conservancy has always believed in strength in numbers when it comes to our International Coastal Cleanup. A few days ago, hundreds of thousands of volunteers dedicated their […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In the small village of Ambakivao, Madagascar, a group of women have stepped up to become their community’s first solar engineers. These volunteers—dubbed the solar grandmothers—are working to bring electricity to nearly 200 families in their village. Traditionally, their community used petroleum lamps for lighting their homes. Now they have […]