Published by Ocean Conservancy We know that the Trump administration wants to cut NOAA’s budget bone-deep, proposing a nearly one-billion-dollar budget cut for America’s world-class ocean agency. But something amazing has been happening in the days since those devastating cuts were leaked to the Washington Post: People are saying “No!” Americans are making clear that they’re […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Endangered fin whales can breathe a huge sigh of relief: the director of Iceland’s only fin whaling company said that his fleet would not hunt fin whales again this year because of difficulties exporting the whale meat to Japan. This is the second year in a row that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Release of the Trump Administration’s proposed 2018 federal budget reinforces fears that our nation’s ocean arm will experience deep cuts, putting at risk services and products that affect an estimated one-third of the country’s gross domestic product and save American lives. First reported by The Washington Post, the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund When her furnace started acting up, Alicia Dickenson knew her family had a problem. “I’m not going to have money for a new furnace,” the Ohio resident told her local paper. “How am I going to make it through the next winter?” When Dickenson found out she qualified […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to resume cleanup work in zones 2 and 3 of the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago in April. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-set-resume-cleanup-uss-lead-superfund-site-east-chicago-ind
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump is expected to order the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies to start dismantling limits on carbon pollution from power plants and other sources, as he already ordered EPA to do for vehicles. It is likely that his executive order will include another huge gift […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Josh Mogerman/NRDC The Great Lakes are an indelible part of the quality of life in some of America’s greatest cities (Canada’s too!). But the Trump budget outlined this week clearly represents a threat to the region. Between the elimination of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the hobbling […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump announced his proposed budget on Thursday. If it were to be adopted by Congress, it would threaten public health and our natural resources enormously. Although this budget is so radical that it has no chance of enactment, it still bears close examination for a couple reasons. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The bald eagle was brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections provided and enforced by the Department of the Interior (DOI). Trump’s proposed budget would starve DOI of critical resources needed to fulfill responsibilities such as making ESA listing determinations, developing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund iStock “Beware the Ides of March!” That warning rang true the day after, on March 16, when President Trump released his 2018 budget proposal. The Washington Post front page was covered in red ink showing Trump’s epically egregious cuts for federal agencies from NASA to Housing, from Health […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The California Coastal National Monument at Point Arena-Stornetta was expanded thanks to acquisitions made possible by the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Under the Trump administration’s proposed budget, the LWCF, which protects lands for future generations, will have its funding virtually eliminated. Photo Credit Bob Wick/BLM One […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump famously derided climate change as a “hoax,” and his America First budget blueprint that was released yesterday would make climate denial our national policy. The new administration is not hiding their intentions. Last week, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt would not agree that carbon dioxide […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Alaska is warming at a rate two to three times faster than the mainland United States and the many indigenous communities along its coast, like the Inupiat villages of Kivalina and Shishmaref, are grappling with the impacts. Andrew Burton/Getty Images Mustafa Ali worked at the Environmental Protection Agency […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Chile launches GHG mitigation plan, Mexico’s finance program seeks to overhaul transportation sector, Medellin’s toxic air pollution To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. March 10 – 16, 2017 Climate Change Pacchiano at the International Congress of Sustainability IBERO […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today awarded a $100 million grant to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to fund drinking water infrastructure upgrades in Flint, Mich. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-100-million-michigan-flint-water-infrastructure-upgrades
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The President’s Budget, revealed today, proposes a whopping 21% funding cut to USDA. Until a more detailed draft is released in May, we don’t know which programs are most at risk. But we can be sure that this level of gouging would have a negative impact on rural […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump Administration rolled out its skinny federal budget today. As feared, the Department of Energy’s budget reflects the overall budget direction of moving taxpayer dollars from beneficial and important civilian energy programs to military spending, which would be disastrous for the many Americans struggling to pay their energy […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund BoycottMexicanShrimp.com There are only about 30 vaquita porpoises left in the world. The smallest and most endangered cetacean species on the planet faces extinction in three years if the people with the power to save it don’t take immediate action. Instead of shrugging their shoulders and casting blame […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided over $90,000 in additional reimbursements to five entities in Colorado and Utah for their costs incurred responding to the August 5, 2015, Gold King Mine release. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-continues-reimbursing-gold-king-mine-costs
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump Administration today directed federal agencies to begin rolling back commonsense clean car and fuel economy standards. As part of the first step to weakening the standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Administrator Scott Pruitt and Department of Transportation under Secretary Elaine Chao, issued a […]