Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-releases-final-report-impacts-hydraulic-fracturing-activities-drinking-water
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Marine protected areas now cover 18.5 million km2 – over 5% of the global ocean and nearly 13% of territorial waters – Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh launches campaign to place an Antarctic area the size of Australia under protection – Mexico announces largest biological reserve in the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Gregory Canyon, in California Damon Nagami/NRDC Listen closely, and you can almost hear a croak of relief from the arroyo southwestern toad. It’s one of the myriad rare wildlife species that make their home in Gregory Canyon, located in the rural northern reaches of California’s San Diego County. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund With the flip of a switch today, the country’s first offshore wind power project began commercial operations. That’s something to celebrate—and it’s only the beginning for this abundant energy resource! An American First: The nation’s first offshore wind power project, located off the Rhode Island coast, can be […]
On December 14, 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a public stakeholder discussion on the implementation of section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The section was revised by the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act, approved by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of Congress in mid-2016. At issue in the stakeholder meeting will […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President-elect Trump should look to clean energy and energy efficiency if he wants to make good on his jobs promise to Americans. Energy efficiency already accounts for nearly 1.9 million U.S. jobs — ten times more than oil and gas drilling, and 30 times more than coal mining. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Alarming air pollution levels in Indian cities are a major topic of discussion during this week’s Parliamentary session. The Indian Health Ministry found that the health consequences of particulate matter pollution alone are estimated to be exceed 3 percent of India’s gross domestic product, as announced in the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON—Hoy, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE.UU. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-requiere-normas-mas-estrictas-para-la-aplicacion-de-plaguicidas-de-mayor-riesgo
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON–Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing standards for applicators who apply restricted-use pesticides that are not available for purchase by the general public, and require special handling. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-requires-stronger-standards-applying-riskiest-pesticides
Published by the Environmental News Service CANCUN, Mexico, December 11, 2016 (ENS) – In a move that aligns the interests of conservationists, farmers and ranchers, Brazil’s Ministries of Agriculture and the Environment have pledged to jointly restore and promote sustainable agriculture across 22 million hectares of degraded land, covering an area the size of Uruguay. […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CANCUN, Mexico, December 11, 2016 (ENS) – Driven by habitat loss, civil unrest and illegal hunting, the global giraffe population has fallen by 40 percent over the last 30 years, and the species has been listed as Vulnerable on the Red List of Threatened Species maintained by the International […]
Published by the Environmental News Service MEXICO CITY, Mexico, December 9, 2016 (ENS) – Mayors from cities across the United States are urging president-elect Donald Trump to recognize the “real and urgent threat that climate change poses to the world’s cities,” and to support them as they enact policies and programs to combat climate change. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC’s Shelley Poticha (left) moderates the Compact, Connected and Resilient: Planning our Future City panel at the C40 Summit in Mexico City. Amanda Eaken For those of us worried that even rumors of the United States pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement would have a chilling effect […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Virginia Dept. of Transportation Winter is coming, and so is truckload after truckload of rock salt. By the time daffodils start popping up in the spring, Americans will have dumped more than 24 million tons of the stuff on our roads, parking lots, and driveways. Dissolved in melting […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Residents of the Jordan Downs public housing community in Watts, Los Angeles, recently achieved a major win with their landlord, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA). Living adjacent to a brownfield, which (as we’ve previously blogged) was found to contain dangerous levels of heavy metals […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Move Will Help Curb Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated Fishing Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, recognized as a threat to our oceans and a scourge on legitimate fishermen worldwide, may have finally met its match in the United States. This week, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) finalized its […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) just-released standard for commercial and industrial compressors succeeds in lowering the energy use of these machines and, consequently, reduces the pollution output necessary to run them, but still falls short of what we and other researchers believe is possible. What’s a compressor? […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a breakthrough year of “firsts” for offshore wind in the United States, New York State is poised to add another to the list. The State’s clean energy agency, NYSERDA, plans to play a pioneering role in the early development of our region’s first federal offshore wind energy […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is steadily chugging toward the finish line with its proposed ban of the highly toxic solvent trichloroethylene, or TCE. This is great news! The proposal will force a mandatory ban on two dangerous and unnecessary uses of TCE—as a solvent in aerosol […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the results of a national assessment showing that nutrient pollution is widespread in the nation’s lakes, with 4 in 10 lakes suffering from too much nitrogen and phosphorus. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epas-national-lakes-assessment-finds-nutrient-pollution-widespread-lakes-0