Ripping the Band-Aid on Air Quality in India

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Delhi experienced record levels of bad air quality and poor visibility earlier this month. Bhaskar Deol The air pollution levels in India’s capital city New Delhi, reached record levels this month. Levels of particulate matter were reported to be fifteen times the “safe” limits on certain days with […]

Nine big wins for the world’s tigers

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 […]

World Leaders to Trump: Cooperate on Climate or Pay a Price

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As leaders the world over extend their initial thoughts to President-elect Trump, one message has become abundantly clear: cooperate on climate change, or risk becoming an international pariah. Trump has been vocal in his campaign rhetoric to “renegotiate” or even “cancel” the Paris Agreement on climate change that […]

Zimbabwe’s Plans to Sell Ivory to China Blocked

Published by the Environmental News Service HARARE, Zimbabwe, November 16, 2016 (ENS) – Zimbabwe’s Environment Minister wants to sell her country’s supposed US$10 billion ivory stockpile to China using an international legal loophole. Experts reply that not only is the minister misinformed that such a loophole exists but her assessment of the size and value […]

Secretary Jewell to Announce Milestone with Blackfeet Tribe, Devon Energy Corporation Regarding Oil and Gas Leases

Published by the Department of the Interior The Badger-Two Medicine Area is a 130,000-acre area along the Rocky Mountain Front within the Lewis and Clark National Forest. Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation surround the area, which is considered sacred by the Blackfeet Tribe and is part of a recognized […]

Ten New Cities Join the City Energy Project

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Our cities are hotbeds of innovation and progress when it comes to solving some of the most pressing climate and energy challenges of today. Cities have the ability to convene community leaders and private sector partners to move initiatives that not only significantly reduce carbon pollution, but also […]

Making Trump Feel the Heat

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund From President-elect Trump’s campaign statements to the choices of his advisors, we have every reason to be very concerned about his intentions when it comes to climate change. It is likely that we will be facing a Trump administration attempt to reverse the climate progress achieved by President […]

Why Donald Trump Is Wrong About Climate and China

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Donald Trump is all wrong about climate change. Not only does he risk becoming the only world leader who fails to understand that dangerous climate change is the central environmental challenge of our time. He also risks negating U.S. leadership on climate change at a time when the […]

Being World Climate Pariah Won’t Help Trump Meet Other Goals

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 […]

Will the U.S. Withdraw from the Paris Agreement?

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It’s a big week around the world. Countries are meeting in Morocco to strengthen climate action under the Paris Agreement. Donald Trump has been elected as President of the United States. Air pollution levels are at an all-time high while renewables are outpacing coal in India.  There are […]

Coral Vulnerability

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 […]

Carbon Dioxide Threatens the Ocean’s Speed Bumps

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 […]

Community leaders work to protect Papua’s forests and fight climate change

Published by the World Wildlife Fund An ideal day for Alex Waisimon begins just before sunrise. Still sleepy, he walks out the front door of his home in the Indonesian province of Papua and up the steps of the elevated hut he built behind his house a few years earlier. He comes alive when he climbs […]

Spreading Solar Power in Rural Pakistan

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A boy studies by the light of the solar lantern his family purchased through EcoEnergy. Courtesy Mahawish Rezvi/EcoEnergy Living off the grid, completely independent from an electric utility, can cast energy in a startlingly different light—one in which animal dung serves as cooking fuel, kerosene illuminates kids’ homework […]

Zero Pathways for Approval of Kinder Morgan Tar Sands Pipe

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund These are interesting times in Canada. Just over a year ago, the Conservative administration of Stephen Harper was ousted from power by a landslide in Canada’s federal elections. The election ended nearly a decade of heavy-handed political maneuvering that saw environmental laws gutted and government transparency subverted. It […]

Creative MIDORI Prize Winners Sustain Biodiversity

Published by the Environmental News Service MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, November 7, 2016 (ENS) – Conserving Mexican islands and coasts, fostering the recovery of big cats in Russia’s Far East, and empowering women as seed keepers and organic farmers in India – the three winners of the 2016 MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity each performs inspiring work […]

Can Snow Leopards Survive Climate Change?

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The earth during the Last Glacial Maximum some 26,000 years ago was a pretty unrecognizable place. Ice sheets crept down across Canada, stretching from the Missouri River to Manhattan. Massive glaciers on land meant lower water levels at sea, and the islands of Borneo and Bali were still […]

Why the IMO’s 2020 global fuel sulfur limit is significant

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 70) International Maritime Organization, 2016 https://flic.kr/p/Nwe6jP (no changes made) This blog was coauthored by NRDC consultants Freda Fung and Rich Kassel. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) made a historic decision last Thursday, finalizing its plan to dramatically reduce the global sulfur limit of […]

Interior Department Taps Experienced Leaders for Key Positions in Indian Affairs and Education

Published by the Department of the Interior Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today announced new leadership for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Weldon ‘Bruce’ Loudermilk will succeed Michael S. Black as Director of the BIA and Tony Dearman will be the new Director of the BIE. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-taps-experienced-leaders-key-positions-indian-affairs-and

Global carbon intensity fell last year along with coal consumption

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Global carbon intensity fell last year along with coal consumption – Global carbon intensity (the emissions per unit of GDP) dropped by 2.8 percent in 2015—more than double the average from 2000 to […]

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