Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A female jaguar near Brazil’s Piquiri River Charlesjsharp via Wikimedia Commons Outside his outpost, a Colombian Navy guardsman wakes from a quick nap to see a jaguar inches from his face. A scrap ensues. The cat bites the guardsman’s thigh, but the man defends himself with the butt […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Scientists warn that the world is already experiencing the effects of climate change as Trump officially withdraws from the Paris Agreement. iStock In his first seven months, President Trump has done just about everything imaginable to try to roll back, reduce, and ridicule actions to address climate change. […]
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. President Trump at a Make America Great Again rally in West Virginia, August 3, 2017 Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Censor-in-Chief In addition to news this week that the U.S. Department […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy With all the noise coming out of Washington D.C., it’s easy to feel like the voices of those of us who care about the ocean are getting lost in the commotion. But look a little closer and it becomes clear that instead of demoralizing the ocean community, the challenges we’re facing are […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Third National Climate Assessment (2014) Earlier this week, the New York Times published a piece on a major climate report awaiting final clearance from the White House on August 18. On the heels of that story, an international report released yesterday confirmed that 2016 was the third consecutive […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-Authored by Henry Ruehl, NRDC Energy Fellow In India and the world, governments, businesses, and environmental groups continue to make steady progress toward phasing down the use of harmful climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in air conditioners, as shown in the recent Bangkok talks. While the recent decision of the […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Secretary Zinke traveled to New Mexico and Nevada to tour national monuments under review as part of the April 26 executive order. The Secretary met with local stakeholders who represent all sides of the issue. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/travels/zinke-new-mexico-and-nevada
Published by the Department of the Interior Reviewing Monuments in New Mexico and Nevada Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/video/secretary-zinke-visits-new-mexico-and-nevada
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Americans concerned about their health shouldn’t breathe easy just because Congress left town after the dramatically failed effort to take away health care from tens of millions of people. While it may take a while for Republican leaders to tackle that fight again, September will see Congress wrangle […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy It’s fitting that today—the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples—is when I get to introduce you to three remarkable young people who are part of Ocean Conservancy’s commitment to bring more diversity into marine conservation. Through the Roger Arliner Young Marine Conservation Diversity Fellowship, we are honored to host Emily Okikawa, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog by Meredith Brown and Carley Reynolds, Latin America Project Interns Protests Photo Credit: Daniel Cima Indigenous peoples across Latin America have demonstrated their determination to protect their communities and their territories over the centuries and, in the process, have proven their role as stewards of the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog by Meredith Brown and Carley Reynolds, NRDC Latin America Project Interns Indigenous Women at the UN UNDESA-DSPD/Jimmy Kruglinski On this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we celebrate the successes of indigenous peoples in Latin America in protecting their lands and communities. In particular, we […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dealt a setback yesterday to the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to cut emissions of the powerful heat-trapping gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The case is called Mexichem Fluor, Inc. v. EPA. The court’s ruling […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Alaska’s Bristol Bay is a sprawling watershed of winding streams and rivers, vast wetlands and tundra, forests of alder and spruce, and home to a variety of fish, birds and terrestrial animals. This breathtaking place is rightly referred to as “America’s Fish Basket” because it is one of the most […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund San Gabriel Mountains California [embedded content] To civil rights attorney Robert Garcia, the San Gabriel Mountains, just north of Los Angeles, are a source of joyful childhood memories. If the Trump administration shrinks or eliminates our national monuments, it will “violate the will of the people” and rob […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Parks Canada Even as the logging industry lobbies the Canadian government to further delay measures that would protect the country’s diminishing woodland caribou herds, new satellite imagery of the boreal clearly illustrate the failure of some logging companies to meet their own voluntary commitments to protect caribou habitat. […]
In 1986, California voters passed the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, most commonly referred to by its ballot title, “Prop 65.” Prop 65 is a statewide “right-to-know” act that prohibits businesses from exposing California citizens to carcinogens and reproductive toxicants without clear and reasonable warning, except when there is no significant risk of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund For over 100 years, Michigan has remained the country’s undisputed automotive capitol. As the home of the Big Three (Ford, General Motors, and Fiat-Chrysler) and a nation-leading 70,000 jobs in clean transportation technology, it’s no wonder that the industry is a point of pride for many Michiganders. Now, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund [embedded content] The following is a transcript of the video. Hillerie Patton, former employee of the Bureau of Land Management, North Las Vegas, Nevada: I never thought of myself as an outdoorsy person. I don’t even like to get dirty. But I love to go to Gold Butte. […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The Department of the Interior today announced the repeal of the Consolidated Federal Oil and Gas and Federal and Indian Coal Valuation Reform Rule (Valuation Rule) which had created confusion and uncertainty regarding how companies report and pay royalties on energy and other mineral resources from federal onshore and […]