Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund After international agreements are finalized it often takes years for countries to formally join the agreement and for the agreement to take effect. It took the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change almost two years after it was adopted for that agreement to enter-into-force. On September 21st, a next […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Turtle Protection Campaign Ordered to Immediately Cease Operations in Costa Rica Volunteers given warnings; fate of turtle hatcheries in danger Baby sea turtle trying to make it to the seaThe Costa Rican Government is forcing Sea Shepherd to shut down Operation Jairo II, a campaign to protect endangered […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Offshore wind power is finally on the rise in the United States, with the first U.S. offshore wind project slated to come online soon off Block Island, off the Rhode Island coast. Here in New York, the State has just released its Blueprint for the New York State […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Italian Environment Ministry commits 4.5 million euro for the protection of the Mediterranean – The money will go to improving protection of marine parks and tackling marine litter, among others Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27084&ArticleID=36268&l=en
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last week, the IUCN World Conservation Congress voiced its opposition to the Pebble Mine, a gargantuan gold and copper mine proposed at the headwaters of the planet’s greatest wild salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska. In a virtually unanimous vote, the IUCN adopted a motion that opposes the Pebble […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Last month, President Obama made history by establishing the largest protected marine area ever in Hawaii. Now, he’s at it again. Today, President Obama announced the protection of a new marine area in New England as the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. That means that in just a matter of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Obama made history today. He established the nation’s first marine national monument in the waters of the continental United States: the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, located about 150 miles of the coast of Cape Cod. The monument will forever protect the rich diversity of […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Global Environment Outlook findings for the pan-European region form basis for common action – Up to 44,000 Poles die prematurely due to poor air quality, according to European Environment Agency – Better use of available resources could earn the region 1.8 trillion Euro and create up to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Summer is fading into fall and that means heating season is fast approaching, along with daunting energy bills it can bring with it. Fortunately, wasted energy (and money) lost up the chimney could come to an end thanks to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) latest proposed minimum […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Obama is due to speak tomorrow morning at the Our Ocean Conference in Washington, D.C. This has NRDC and the diverse group of supporters for the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts monument proposal on the edge of our seats. We’re waiting to see if he’ll announce the first […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Drilling in the Arctic Ocean makes no sense. The signs are everywhere. Last week Russia announced a moratorium on drilling in its Arctic waters, our colleagues at the World Wildlife Fund report. At the same time, Norway’s Eni ran smack into the dangerous realities facing every company that’s […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The city was flooded in 2005, and again four years later. And again in December. In the northwest corner of England, global warming is not a distant threat. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/science/carlisle-england-climate-change-flooding.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund California is once again leading the way, moving closer to establishing the nation’s first energy efficiency standards for computers and monitors with today’s latest proposal issued by the California Energy Commission (CEC). This new draft follows two earlier proposals and opens up a 45-day comment period, the last […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It’s been a great summer for the U.S. offshore wind industry—and it got even better today. In August, project developer Deepwater Wind finished construction of the Block Island Wind Farm, the country’s first offshore wind power project, a 30-megawatt project off the Rhode Island coast, and the project […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WOLFSBURG, Germany, September 9, 2016 (ENS) – Volkswagen and the Chinese corporation Anhui Jianghuai Automobile will explore joint development of electric vehicles in China, the two companies agreed in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at VW headquarters in Wolfsburg on Tuesday. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/09/09/vw-explores-making-evs-with-state-owned-chinese-firm/
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “Black machine” – Teatro Colosseo, Torino (I),f 2015 NEVERCREW The immediacy of city life can make it all too easy to think of environmental woes as being the problems of faraway places. But two Switzerland-based street artists who call themselves NEVERCREW make humanity’s fraught relationship with nature impossible […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Paris will turn Seine highway into pedestrian park – Flâneurs rejoice! In an effort to reduce traffic and pollution, the city is getting rid of a busy highway on the right bank of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is the first blog in a special three-part series on green finance in China Xinhua On September 4-5, this year’s G20 Summit will be held in Hangzhou, China. Green finance will be one of the major topics of discussion at this meeting, marking the first time that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Post written by Rachel Fakhry, Schneider Fellow The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) formally proposed energy conservation standards for six classes of refrigeration equipment for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers (commonly called walk-ins) earlier this week. Walk-ins are large refrigerated coolers and freezers found in almost every restaurant, […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, August 31, 2016 (ENS) – The accelerating global shift towards low-carbon, circular economies has started, driving Europe’s need to accelerate the transition towards low-emission and zero-emission vehicles – a central pillar of the European Commission’s new mobility strategy. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/08/31/europe-charts-new-strategy-for-low-emission-mobility/