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 the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, the Endangered Species Coalition released its 2017 Top Ten Endangered Species Report – “Suppressed: How Politics Drowned Out Science for Ten Endangered Species” – chronicling how politics is trumping science (pun intended) and threatening the survival of 10 endangered species in the Trump era. The species run […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee recently held an oversight hearing on the National Ocean Policy, sometimes known by its wonkier name of Executive Order 13547. The policy promotes coordination among the dozens of state and federal government agencies that make decisions about offshore businesses and marine life. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Chicago’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel, hosted dozens of mayors from the United States, Canada, and Mexico for the North American Climate Summit to discuss city leadership in tackling climate change. Mayor Anne Hidalgo of Paris and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy’s Christiana Figueres opened the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Republican Bill Threatens to Derail the Future of Sustainable U.S. Fisheries Management America’s ocean fisheries are some of the best managed in the world. No question about it. And as Congress has worked to reauthorize the law that governs fishing in our federal waters, the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund It’s been a big year for conservation. Together we assured the world that the United States is still an ally in the fight against climate change through the We Are Still In movement, a coalition of more than 2,500 American leaders outside of the federal government who are still committed […]
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 Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd is teaming up with UK-based design duo Ed and James Harrison on their conservation project ‘Under the Skin,’ an art series specializing in limited-edition, interactive screen prints of endangered animals from across the globe. This new collaboration will celebrate some of the marine species that Sea Shepherd is […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd is teaming up with UK-based design duo Ed and James Harrison on their conservation project ‘Under the Skin,’ an art series specializing in limited-edition, interactive screen prints of endangered animals from across the globe. This new collaboration will celebrate some of the marine species that Sea Shepherd is […]
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 […]
Food waste is a major issue for our environment, and for our families. According to the USDA up to 40 percent of all food produced in the U.S. goes uneaten. While most surveyed Americans (91 percent!) say preventing food waste in their homes is “very important” many of us are not aware of how plastics […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund THIS WEEK President of Chile receives UN Champions of the Earth award Mexico City recognized for leadership on climate action Latin America could save US$ 64 B by switching to electric vehicles To subscribe to NRDC’s Latin America Green News click here. FEATURE: President of Chile recognized for leadership […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This summer the Trump administration began the process of scrapping the existing Five Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program that should have been the final word on drilling off our coasts through the year 2022. This wasn’t a surprise, given that on April 29, President Trump signed […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump EPA is reversing clean air enforcement positions against coal-burning power plants that EPA has taken and that federal courts have upheld not once, but twice. Moreover, the Trump administration promises EPA enforcement relief to all industrial polluters covered by a Clean Air Act program designed to ensure industries […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A scene from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Dusty Vaughn/USFWS Up until its wee-hours passage last Saturday morning, the tax bill wasn’t a sure thing in the U.S. Senate. Republican leaders, still feeling bruised from their inability to kill Obamacare despite controlling the White House and both chambers […]
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 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund An unprecedented attack on our public lands and EPA chief Scott Pruitt continues to reward polluters. Cedar Mesa Citadel Ruins, within Bears Ears National Monument Bob Wick/BLM President Trump likes doing things that have never been done before—it’s part of his shtick. There are plenty of good reasons […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In another attack on the Interior Department’s common sense measures to cut pollution from oil and gas operations on the nation’s public lands, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is trying again to stay the Bureau of Land Management’s Methane and Waste Prevention Rule. This latest handout to oil […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. is home to hundreds of species of freshwater mussels, but many are endangered U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service The Amazon Rainforest, the Okavango Delta, and the Great Barrier Reef are all famous for their spectacles of biodiversity. But there’s a similar display of life right here […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Captain Sandy Yawn of Bravo Media’s “Below Deck Mediterranean” to helm the ship’s inaugural mission MIAMI, FLA. – DECEMBER 7th, 2017 – Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the direct-action marine organization, will unveil its newest vessel, the M/V Sharpie, at a press conference on Monday, December 11th at 11:00 am at the 5th Street Marina in […]