Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund I was very pleased to have the opportunity to testify in Congress to defend the reputation and integrity of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization. It has been the target of an orchestrated attack campaign from Monsanto […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Buoyancy. Betterment. Belonging. Three words that drive the mission of Force Blue, an initiative that unites the community of Special Operations veterans with the world of coral reef conservation for the betterment of both. Ocean Conservancy is proud to support these veterans and their mission. Julia Roberson spoke to cofounders Jim Ritterhoff […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A five-month-old female Bornean orangutan with her mother Jon Nazca/Reuters Just three months after scientists discovered a new species of orangutan on Sumatra, a new study estimates that the nearby island of Borneo has lost around half of its native orangutans in 16 years. This is particularly bleak […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency overseeing the competitiveness of the wholesale electricity markets and high-voltage interstate transmission grid operators, has finalized a rule that reduces barriers to electric storage resources to compete in those markets. Electric storage resources, like batteries, can absorb and store cheap […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy We touchdown on a narrow, deserted airstrip in Namibia after a two-hour flight from Johannesburg, South Africa. It has been nearly two days and Nick Mallos and I are still in route to St. Helena, one of the world’s most remote islands. We wait on the tarmac, refueling for our final journey […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy For most of us, Canada’s Northwest Passage still conjures a romantic mystique: the lure of explorers, hardship, dreams, riches and failure. Where the Arctic explorers Franklin searched and died and where Amundsen at last succeeded, tour ships cruise today and the entire route can be sailed at times without encountering ice. And […]
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 the Natural Resources Defense Fund Environment and Climate Change Canada Guest blog by Jennifer Skene and Courtenay Lewis Yesterday, the Canadian government released a final Action Plan for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Boreal Population (Action Plan). The Action Plan highlights the need to protect the “iconic but threatened” boreal caribou, and […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Did you know that the average human will be outlived by the yelloweye rockfish? Native to the Pacific Northwest Coast, the large yelloweye rockfish can live to be up to 118 years old! However, since it doesn’t reach reproductive age until around 20 years, the species is especially vulnerable to overfishing. With catch […]
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 Ocean Conservancy Ocean Conservancy began 2017 in uncharted waters with the new Trump administration. Since then, we’ve learned that very little from previous administrations applies to how this one approaches the issues we care about—our ocean health, coastal communities and a thriving blue economy. We knew we would be on the defense. We knew […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund As a little boy, WWF Freshwater Expert Arno Mohl would chase lizard and frogs along the free-flowing rivers that meandered through Central Europe. He would catch fish with his parents along the rivers’ shores, enjoying the amazing scenery and plethora of life. Now he clings to these memories as the […]
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 World Wildlife Fund Wetlands—places where the land is covered by water, either salt, fresh, or somewhere in between—cover just over 6% of the Earth’s land surface. Sprinkled throughout every continent except Antarctica, they provide food, clean drinking water, and refuge for countless people and animals around the world. Despite their global significance, an […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Wetlands—places where the land is covered by water, either salt, fresh, or somewhere in between—cover just over 6% of the Earth’s land surface. Sprinkled throughout every continent except Antarctica, they provide food, clean drinking water, and refuge for countless people and animals around the world. Despite their global significance, an […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The New England Fishery Management Council today approved a plan to protect the region’s highly-vulnerable and ecologically-important deep-sea coral habitat. While better than nothing, I’m not applauding. Here’s why. The New England fishery council actually voted down the better protection plan that had been developed by its scientific […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Beam Reach Today NRDC, together with our Canadian partners, petitioned the Trudeau government for emergency action in the case of southern resident killer whales. Few wildlife species are as iconic as the resident killer whales that inhabit the Salish Sea, off Washington State and British Columbia. They are […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Risky, dirty offshore drilling or clean offshore wind power? The choice couldn’t be starker. The Trump administration is pushing to open the Atlantic Ocean up to dangerous oil drilling—risking a repeat of the BP spill in the Gulf off the East Coast. But New York State is pushing […]
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 Pennsylvania established its first clean energy target 14 years ago by enacting the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004 (AEPS). At the time – just before the Philadelphia Eagles faced the New England Patriots in the 2005 Super Bowl – the AEPS was a relatively forward-thinking policy. […]