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. Rick Perry at the G7 Energy conference in Rome, April 10, 2017 ANSA/Massimo Percossi Hey Italy, Rick Perry Wants to Sell You Some Coal The G7—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The future of climate action may seem bleak under Trump, but one need only look in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic to find a reason for optimism. Block Island wind farm off Rhode Island Courtesy Deepwater Wind This is the first in a monthly series highlighting the clean energy […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund If you want to see the makings of an environmental train wreck, just hop a ferry from Anacortes, Washington, a couple of hours north of Seattle. There among the beautiful San Juan Islands, one of the world’s most iconic whale populations, the southern resident orcas, is struggling to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump has launched disastrous attempts to roll back domestic climate action and attempts to roll back international climate action through budget cuts. Plus, Press Secretary Sean Spicer recently said that the U.S. is reconsidering U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement and that the White House will make an […]
Published by the Environmental News Service FRANKFURT, Germany, April 7, 2017 (ENS) – The world added record levels of renewable energy generating capacity in 2016, at an investment level 23 percent lower than the previous year, finds new research reported in the latest issue of “Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment.” Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service STRASBOURG, France, April 7, 2017 (ENS) – The European Union must improve legislation governing car emissions testing to prevent future scandals like the “defeat device” scandal, the European Parliament said Tuesday by voting to approve four recommendations to the European Commission and the Council. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/04/07/eu-parliament-votes-to-tighten-car-emissions-oversight/
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pipeline under construction in Alberta, Canada rblood/Flickr If ever there was an environmental battle exemplifying a game of ping pong, it would be the stop-start story of the Keystone XL pipeline, also known as KXL. From the time it was proposed in 2008, through seven years of dogged […]
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. P.L. Herrera/iStock Trust Falls with Trump We all knew President Trump’s proposal to cut the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by 31 percent would undermine vital programs. Now we’re […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News: Paris climate deal architect looks to India; By 2025, renewables could power 25% of Indian Railways; Supreme Court bans registration, sale of BS-III cars from April 1 India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India. March 27 – April 6, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] Mention the fashion houses of Gucci, Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney, and Bottega Veneta and for sure the first thing that pops into your mind is gorgeous. NOT environmental sustainability. But this week, just following Fashion Week in Milan, these companies and their brethren in the Kering […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy At the human level, cooperation is a way of survival in the Arctic. It’s how indigenous people have not only survived, but thrived, in what are extreme conditions to those of us from the temperate zone of the planet. Scaling up cooperation from families and communities to the level of nation-states is […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump tried to derail U.S. climate progress this month with a series of executive orders, but countries continue to take climate actions at home. New technology uses coal in a cleaner and more efficient way in Tianjin, China. Asian Development Bank/Flickr This is our second international climate […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund El Salvador bans gold mining, Mexico hosts IPCC, will Colombia’s glaciers disappear in the next four decades? To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. March 24 – 30, 2017 Clean Water Sign urging for a ban on mining in […]
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, March 29, 2017 (ENS) – Nuclear powers, including the United States, Britain and France are among nearly 40 countries boycotting the first UN conference in more than 20 years on a global nuclear weapons ban treaty at the United Nations this week. Read the full […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC is seeking to intervene in a lawsuit that challenges the New England marine monument established last September—the first such monument off the continental U.S. Together with other supporters of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, NRDC today filed this motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s latest executive order on climate change waves the white flag on the central environmental challenge of our time, while also surrendering American leadership in the global clean energy race. However, American climate action can’t be stopped with the stroke of Trump’s pen — especially the Clean […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment If a fusion experiment in France succeeds, it could shape the power plants of the future and contribute greatly to reducing planet-warming emissions. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/science/fusion-power-plant-iter-france.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A naturalist in England found the early-blooming plant had moved up its schedule by nearly two months — a foreboding sign of a warming climate. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/science/deadnettle-spring-global-warming-flowers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service TOULOUSE, France, March 23, 2017 (ENS) – NanoCars will compete for the first time ever during an international molecule-car race to be held on April 28-29 in Toulouse. The vehicles, which consist of just a few hundred atoms, will be powered by minute electrical pulses during the 36 hour-long […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund What, there’s a sanitation crisis? If you’re reading this in Japan, North America, or Europe, you’re probably unaware of anything like a “crisis” in sanitation, of all things. The world has plenty of alarming events, all right, but a sanitation crisis? But what if you really had to […]