Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2017 Energy & Climate Developments In its short tenure, the Trump administration has been hard at work rolling back clean vehicle safeguards that protect the climate and our health. Led by EPA chief Scott Pruitt, the administration has re-opened federal automobile fuel […]
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, December 21, 2017 (ENS) – By 2100, migrants applying for asylum in the European Union will nearly triple over the average of the last 15 years if carbon emissions continue on their current path, new research predicts. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/12/21/climate-refugees-forecast-to-flood-europe-by-2100/
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Wind turbines near Goldendale, WA Murray Foubister/Flickr As far as years go, 2017 wasn’t among the best. Wait, I take that back: If you’re a billionaire who thinks you pay too much in taxes, harbors a deep-seated suspicion of immigrants, and doesn’t believe the United States should be […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is the third year I’ve compiled an annual climate change reading list and it’s the hardest one I’ve put together yet. The year 2017 has served up so many books, reports, and news stories that merit consideration, it’s been hard to narrow it down. The amount of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It didn’t take Donald Trump long after moving into the White House to initiate an all-out assault on our environment and health. Since his inauguration in January, the president has made abundantly clear that he values polluter profits over the well-being of the American people. NRDC has been […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2017 Energy & Climate Developments The momentum toward energy efficient buildings is transcending the harsh political climate in Washington in 2017, occurring primarily at the state and city levels in the U.S., at the level of nonprofit organizations, and in other countries […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I am so thrilled that 2017 closed on a high note for ocean planning! One year milestones always seem to hold a special significance—whether it’s a first birthday, a one year wedding anniversary, or simply your first year in a new city. It exemplifies 365 days of first experiences, first challenges and […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BONN, Germany, December 18, 2017 (ENS) – E-waste – everything from discarded end-of-life solar panels, phones, laptops, and sensors to fridges, air conditioners and televisions – amounted to 44.7 million metric tonnes (Mt) last year, equal in mass to about nine Great Pyramids of Giza. Read the full article […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Proposed Mine Threatens World’s Biggest Salmon Fishery and is Opposed by Overwhelming Majority of Alaskans First Quantum Minerals today announced an option to potentially acquire half of the highly controversial Pebble Mine project—a colossal gold and copper mine proposed at the headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska. First Quantum […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Darkest Hour is the slightly fictionalized history of Winston Churchill’s first month or so as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in late spring 1940. The title is based on the situation that the British government and nation were in at that time: Hitler had just invaded France […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Activists at the U.S. Climate Action Center for the America’s Pledge and We Are Still In campaigns at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, November 2017 Martin Meissner/AP Photo From his flagrant dismissal of the scientific consensus on manmade climate change to his eagerness to see […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s newest vessel, the M/V Sharpie, has become the first ship in history to obtain registry as a private marine conservation yacht by Dominica Maritime Registry. Sea Shepherd founder, president, and CEO Captain Paul Watson and director of ship operations and campaigns, Captain Locky MacLean, along with Dominica […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s newest vessel, the M/V Sharpie, has become the first ship in history to obtain registry as a private marine conservation yacht by Dominica Maritime Registry. Sea Shepherd founder, president, and CEO Captain Paul Watson and director of ship operations and campaigns, Captain Locky MacLean, along with Dominica […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Story Behind the Conclusion: Lack of Regulation Leads to Plant Closings and Economic Loss I grew up in Cleveland in the 1950s. For the past century, Cleveland had been a high-tech industrial powerhouse. But it was already visibly in decline, and this blog explains some of […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Here at World Wildlife Fund (WWF), our work always boils down to places and species and the communities they support. And among all the places in the world it’s hard to compete with the importance of the Amazon, which is why it has occupied our energies and attention more than […]
Published by the Environmental News Service PARIS, France, December 12, 2017 (ENS) – Two years after the historic Paris Agreement on climate, more than 50 heads of state, as well as environment ministers and regional leaders, bank and finance executives and celebrities are meeting today in Paris to take action that will finance global efforts […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On the second anniversary of the adoption of the historic Paris climate agreement, the President of France convened a wide array of public and private sector leaders at the “One Planet Summit.” Far from giving themselves a collective pat on the back for the work that has been […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy It seems like glitter is everywhere these days (and not just in our hair and on our clothes after a holiday celebration). The sparkly substance is making front page news for the dangers it poses to the environment: outlets from the New York Times to AlterNet have reported on calls from scientists […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The tables below show water systems in Puerto Rico that drew at least one positive sample for total coliforms or E. coli post Maria. These tables only show positive samples; many water systems subsequently drew a negative test, or alternated between positive and negative tests. Systems with a […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Imagine yourself in New York City, yellow taxies zooming by you, cars endlessly blasting their horns, and a disarray of people, boundlessly marching through their concrete jungle like an army of ants. Suddenly from the corner of your eye you catch mist spraying into the air. You divert your focus away from […]