Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The new Congress took office on January 3 and the Trump Administration began just two weeks ago. Already we have seen not only critical environmental and health safeguards under attack, but also the institutions that are the basis for our public interest protections, including the media, civil society, […]
Published by the Environmental News Service EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada, February 4, 2017 (ENS) – Tree Canada, a national tree planting charity, will invest more than C$1 million to restore forests destroyed by the Fort McMurray wildfires last year. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/04/reforesting-canadas-oil-sands-city/
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Bob Wick, BLM/Flickr Almost two weeks ago, a bill arrived in the House of Representatives called the Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017. If that title alone doesn’t have you quaking in your hiking boots, here are the details: Introduced by Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz, the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Seats on the Democrat’s side of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing room during a boycott to thwart the confirmation vote on EPA administrator nominee Scott Pruitt, February 1, 2017 AP/REX/Shutterstock Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A 460-square-foot tiny house in Portland, Oregon Caitlin Murray/zenboxdesign.com My friend Justin pulled up outside my apartment last month in a tiny house on wheels. “It’s my permanent home,” he said, nodding to the white van-turned-residence parked at my curb in Portland, Oregon. It was nice inside, lined […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund There have been extensive revisions made to the EPA’s climate collaboration page, including removing language about carbon pollution. (Click to enlarge.) EDGI This story originally appeared on Climate Central. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website has begun to transform under the Trump administration. A group of researchers have found […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump’s nominee to lead the agency will do nothing to protect public health or the environment. He doesn’t know even the most well established science on public health. He will roll back the vital public health protections that have taken decades to put in place. Just watching […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Greetings from New Orleans, where I’m excited to bring you some great news about the recreational fishery! After years of careful analysis and deliberation, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council embraced change and voted unanimously to bring the charter for-hire fishery—which is made up of vessels operated by professional fishermen who […]
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 World Wildlife Fund There is grim news for the world’s most endangered porpoise. A survey conducted last summer and just released last week estimates vaquita numbers are as low as 30 individuals. That’s half of what the vaquita population was just last year. And less than a third of its population in 2014. Why […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Coal mining in Gillette, Wyoming, at the heart of the Powder River Basin National Geographic Creative/Alamy Stock Photo It’s a smoggy new day for the fossil fuel industry. Right before President Trump and his Cabinet of Horrors swept in to prop up the country’s dirty energy market, their predecessors […]
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 Energy efficiency programs to help utility customers save energy (and money) have dropped markedly in cost, and they’re cheaper than building new power plants to meet electricity demand, according to a new analysis from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The findings are a fitting tribute to Art […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Dan Mullen/Flickr I wanted to bring you the story of Bombus affinis, the first bumblebee species to receive Endangered Species Act protections in the history of the United States. I wanted to tell you that although populations of this bee have declined by 87 percent since the late […]
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 Environmental News Service MIAMI, Florida, Febuary 1, 2017 (ENS) – A Miami-based automotive export company has received the first approval from the U.S. government to ship American-made electric cars to Cuba. Putting aside politics in favor of business, the move follows former President Barack Obama’s policy of restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba. […]
Published by the Department of the Interior As America’s storyteller, the National Park Service preserves and interprets important places that teach us about our nation’s history and culture, so that future generations can learn from the past. The many African American heritage sites protected and maintained by the National Park Service honor the contributions African Americans […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC filed its first lawsuit against the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for illegally rescinding a rule that would protect the public from 5 tons of mercury discharges every year. The Mercury Effluent Rule is simple, common sense, and supported by all major stakeholders, including the American Dental […]
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 […]