Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Surprising no one, Trump’s speech announcing his intent to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement was riddled with lies and misinformation. Numerous fact-checks were published soon after Trump’s speech explaining the various inaccuracies. (See NYT fact-check and WaPo fact-check). The Trump Administration’s reckless decision to withdraw from […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Secretary Zinke takes a four day swing through New England Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/video/secretary-zinke-tours-new-england
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Over the last decade, Linhthong La-Intong has seen many changes in Sobphouan, his small village located in central Laos’s Bolikhamxay Province. But, he says proudly, there’s one thing that has remained the same: the forest. That’s because the village of Sobphouan, with help from WWF, is a leading example of […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Highlights Secretary Zinke’s last day of a four-day working trip throughout New England reviewing national monuments and meeting with federal, state, and local officials. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/readout-day-4-secretary-zinkes-trip-new-england
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Colombia’s climate vulnerability, Bolivia’s second solar plant, Argentina’s robust year of renewables To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. June 9 – 15, 2017 Climate Change The threat of climate change has never been higher in Colombia. The Institute of […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Secretary Zinke started the morning by participating in a meeting with the Katahdin Chamber of Commerce and several local officials at the New England Outdoor Center in Millinocket, Maine. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/readout-day-3-secretary-zinkes-trip-new-england
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Bears Ears National Monument is in danger, more international embarrassment, rollbacks to an air pollution rule, and NRDC sues—again. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt ran into trouble on June 15 defending the indefensible: President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget that proposes to eviscerate the EPA. Testifying […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund This past winter, the extremely endangered ringed seals of Lake Saimaa received a lifeline via man-made snowbanks. The seals were struggling to find nests to give birth, so a group of volunteers, including WWF, went to work to create snow banks for them. Out of the 81 pups born months […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News: To slow climate change, India joins the renewable energy revolution; India’s renewable energy capacity reaches 57472 GW; Delhi to get 20 new pollution monitoring stations by October this year India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India. June […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last month, EPA asked the public to suggest regulations for possible modification or repeal. Instead, the agency got an earful from folks across the country—hundreds of thousands of them—demanding that our nation’s environmental safeguards be maintained or even strengthened. The voices of Americans standing up for the health […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s trip to Bologna this weekend for the G-7 Environment Ministers Meeting was bound to be awkward, coming less than two weeks after President Trump stuck his finger in the world’s eye on the Paris Climate Agreement. Pruitt added insult to insult-and-injury. The man who’s […]
Earlier this week I had the privilege of speaking at the German Mission during the United Nations’ “The Oceans Conference.” The conference was designed to advance implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 to conserve and sustainably use our oceans, seas, and marine resources. And this obviously includes our shared goal of keeping plastics out of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Woody debris on the forest floor of a structural complexity enhancement plot inside the Jericho Research Forest. Clara Chaisson/NRDC If you build it, they will come. These words, forest ecologist Bill Keeton tells me, are more or less the guiding principle behind his efforts to build not a […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Bologna, Italy – Today, U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/united-states-resets-climate-change-discussion-g7
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Bologna, Italy – U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt attended his first G7 Environmental Ministerial Meeting, taking part in thoughtful bilateral discussions with his G7 counterparts. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-pruitt-promotes-importance-international-engagement-first-g7-meeting
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The blowback to President Trump’s announcement to exit the Paris climate agreement came swift and thunderous. Only such a generationally irresponsible move could raise the ire of leaders across all walks of society so quickly. Leaders from business, security, faith, and labor, as well as government leaders at […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Just hours after President Trump announced his reckless decision to abandon the Paris climate agreement, governors across the country stepped forward to fill the vacuum. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, California Governor Jerry Brown and Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced the formation of the US Climate Alliance, a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed permits for large-scale seismic oil and gas exploration off the mid-Atlantic and south Atlantic coasts. This move overlooks the best available scientific evidence, which shows that noise from seismic airguns poses significant harm to marine mammals, and a wide array of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund June is Orca Awareness Month, a time to show appreciation for our beloved orcas and to encourage a culture of stewardship to protect these majestic animals and their fragile habitat. Late last year, the Southern Resident orcas lost their long-time leader, Granny, who lived to be 105 years […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Gage Skidmore/Flickr On June 1, President Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement. He made the announcement in the White House Rose Garden, a beautiful setting for an ugly stream of falsehoods that betrayed a fundamental misunderstanding of the climate accord, […]