Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Block Island, the first U.S. offshore wind farm Dennis Schroeder/NREL The winds whipping across Lake Erie can average up to 16 miles per hour. And about seven to ten miles northwest of Cleveland, there’s a pilot project in the works to capture them. The offshore wind farm would […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The is the first of a six part blog series examining issues relating to Canada’s boreal forest, including 1) threats to the Forestry Stewardship Council, 2) the deteriorating condition of Canada’s threatened woodland caribou population, 3) the state of forestry in Canada’s boreal forest, 4) the need for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Our India team is in Ahmedabad this week working with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and partners on the first of its kind, Ahmedabad Air and Response (AIR) Plan. I had the honor of meeting Ms. Elaben Bhatt along with our special guest Ms. Frances Beinecke to discuss the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CAMBRIDGE, UK, February 19, 2016 (ENS) – The appearance of a large crack and growing in the ice shelf near the British Antarctic Survey’s Halley VI research station has prompted officials to close the base for the first time. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/19/antarctic-ice-crack-closes-british-research-station/
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Colombian Sustainable Fund officially launches, campaign to protect Chilean Patagonia’s seas, Mexico’s stellar second energy auction To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. February 2 – 9, 2017 Climate Change Bleached staghorn coral Matt Kieffer Due to their deep […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today a group of 32 craft brewers sent a letter to the U.S. Senate asking members to vote against Scott Pruitt’s nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. These brewers, who are partners in NRDC’s Brewers for Clean Water campaign, are standing up for the clean water protections that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A grizzly in Denali National Park Gregory “Slobirdr” Smith/Flickr For 20,000 years, grizzly bears padded over Washington’s North Cascades, foraging for berries and plants, hunting small prey, and fishing for salmon in frigid streams. Then a few centuries ago, white settlers showed up and starting shooting, driving the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A British tabloid said American government scientists overstated global temperatures to influence climate talks. Other scientists say that did not happen. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/science/2015-climate-study-data.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Why dumping the Paris Climate Agreement would hurt the US Like many issues, Donald Trump has given mixed signals regarding his position on the Paris Climate Agreement. He has ranged from a campaign call to “cancel” the agreement to a post-election reevaluation to “keep an open mind” about […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy In a time of uncertainty for people and the environment, I am happy to write that a positive step towards a more sustainable Arctic took place last week at the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway. Hurtigruten, a world-leading expedition cruise ship operator, joined international environmental organizations to launch the Arctic Commitment. […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Money will go to greening marine economy and boosting resource efficiency among others – Since 2014, Italy contributed over 10.5 euro million to the Environment Fund Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27093&ArticleID=36345&l=en
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is a guest blog by Kenneth Richter. Kenneth is a Germany-based consultant to NRDC and has worked on biomass issues for 9 years. In a historic link-up, wood-using industries and environmental NGOs on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean have jointly written to UK Secretary of State […]
Published by the Environmental News Service GLAND, Switzerland, February 2, 2017 (ENS) – Ten new Wetlands of International Importance in five countries have been designated to celebrate World Wetlands Day 2017, observed every year on February 2. “Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction” is this year’s theme. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/02/wetlands-protected-worldwide-to-reduce-disaster-risks/
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund America has always been a place of refuge for the desperate. But as the planet changes, the definition of “refugee” is changing along with it. Women and children wait outside an aid distribution center in Dadaab, Kenya Riyaad Minty/Flickr In some countries, the convergence of climate change, economic desperation, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Extreme fires persist in Chile, EU supports renewable projects in Colombia, warming temperatures threatens future of coffee market To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. January 27 – February 2, 2017 Forests Chile continues to be ravished by extreme […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Nazario Graziano, colagene.com When farmers returned to war-torn northern Uganda in 2008, they had to figure out how to begin again. A local cotton gin backed by social entrepreneurs from abroad offered some hope. The Gulu Agricultural Development Company (GADC) would train the returning farmers to grow cotton […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Job creation was a decisive factor in the recent election. But the question of how to create jobs rarely has been answered well. Republicans and Democrats both value job creation and retention. If broad new programs were known they could have been implemented any time since the recession […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, gave evasive answers to hundreds of questions from Senators trying to evaluate his fitness to for the office. On most questions the Environment and Public Works Committee’s ranking Democrat, Senator Tom Carper, said “Pruitt’s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund When President Trump signed his executive memorandum bringing the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline back from the dead, he stated that it would be “subject to a renegotiation of terms by us.” Unfortunately, the memorandum itself doesn’t say this—in fact it doesn’t contain the word “negotiate” or “renegotiate” […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 25, 2017 (ENS) – The amount of marine litter polluting European waters would be halved by 2030 under new waste management proposals agreed Tuesday by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, usually called the ENVI Committee. Read the full article […]