Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post was written by Lucas Eastman. Zip codes in the USA that contain at least one Severe Repetitive Loss Property (a frequently flooded property). NRDC figure generated from FEMA data Can you imagine living in a property that has flooded 10 times? How about 20 times? It’s […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Photo by Amy Goerwitz Chicago Tribune investigative reporters have put together an excellent series detailing the social and environmental damage being wrought by Illinois’ profusion of industrial hog farms. The series explains in stomach-churning detail everything from animal abuse to worker abuse to chokingly high levels of air […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Representing the fastest successful recovery for any Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed mammal in the United States, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced the final de-listing of three subspecies of island fox native to California’s Channel Islands. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-announces-fastest-successful-recovery-endangered-species-act-listed-mammal
Published by Ocean Conservancy Today is Alaska’s first Wild Salmon Day! Join us as we celebrate this iconic species with some unusual facts about salmon. 1. There are five species of wild salmon found in Alaska, King (Chinook) salmon, Red (sockeye) salmon, Silver (coho) salmon, chum (keta) salmon and pink salmon. 2. Wild salmon are anadromous, which […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Petcoke snaking through the neighborhood, Southeast Side, Chicago, 2015 Terry Evans For two decades, Chicago had a petcoke problem. Two companies were hoarding petroleum coke, a by-product of oil refining used to fuel power plants in countries with lax environmental laws. Piles of the black dust collected on […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA The opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics had much of the usual pomp and pageantry we’ve come to expect and love. But what made it stand out for me even more than the fireworks and costumes was the moving message about the world’s changing climate and the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Six million Americans may be drinking water containing toxic compounds – A new study identified public water supplies across the country that are laced with perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). These chemicals, used for over […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Each August 9, the United Nations observes International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The occasion serves to promote the rights of the estimated 370 million indigenous peoples in the world today, as well as recognize their achievements and contributions. On this day, it is important to also […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced grants to six research organizations to develop and use low-cost air pollution sensor technology, while engaging communities to learn about their local air quality. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-45-million-advance-air-monitoring-technology
Published by Ocean Conservancy Gulf Restoration Program staff Kara Lankford and Bethany Carl Kraft on Monterey Bay in California. Credit: Rachel Guillory Bethany Carl Kraft has been the eloquent voice and thought leader of Ocean Conservancy’s Gulf Restoration Program for the past five years. Her leadership has taken our team through milestones such as the implementation […]
From American hotdogs, to Bavarian pretzels, to Swiss sausages, and to Indian roasted fish, mustard is one of the most popular and widely used condiments in the world. But is this beloved condiment hiding a dark secret? The Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) recently released a surprising new finding: mild mustard commonly […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled today a waste and materials tracking feature in its Energy Star Portfolio Manager, which is a free benchmarking and tracking tool for commercial building owners and managers. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/new-waste-tracking-feature-helps-building-managers-save-money-and-support-healthy
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund On July 20, an oil pipeline in Northern Saskatchewan ruptured, eventually leaking as much as 66,000 gallons of heavy crude oil and other chemicals into the North Saskatchewan River. Despite noticing a “pressure anomaly” in the line, pipeline operators failed to shut it down, and the leak continued […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A rower training in Rio de Janeiro’s Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon Ricardo Moraes/Reuters The opening ceremonies of the 2016 Summer Olympics get underway tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro. As everyone knows, spirited competition will unfold over the next two weeks; Friday’s festivities, by contrast, are all about the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund About 150 miles off Cape Cod, where the continental shelf drops into the pitch-black abyss of the deep Atlantic Ocean, a series of massive undersea canyons plunge thousands of feet, some deeper than the Grand Canyon. Just beyond these canyons, four underwater mountains (or “seamounts”)—the only ones in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Obama has done more than any President to protect Americans and future generations from climate change, but there is more to do. Transportation continues to be a major source of carbon pollution, accounting for about one-third nationally. There are two important ways we can cut pollution from […]
Last year our Plastics Make it Possible® campaign built a tiny house to demonstrate the role plastic building materials play in increasing energy efficiency. We unveiled the house at the California Science Center in LA, where more than 25,000 visitors saw it firsthand. This year, we decided to take a road trip and took the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ecuador signs Paris agreement, Drones launched to protect Vaquita Marina, General Electric seeks expansion of renewable energy generation To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. July 28 – August 3, 2016 Conservation Mexico’s armed forces have launched a drone operation […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund One would think an agency caught in the grips of one of the worst droughts California has ever seen would handle and account for its water supply with extreme prudence. And yet, in attempting to avoid mandatory conservation measures, in a recent “stress test” Metropolitan Water District grossly […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Launches Campaign to Save the Protected Totoaba Bass in Mexico Operation Angel De La Guarda kicks off in Gulf of California Sea Shepherd Conservation Society launches Operation Angel de la Guarda, a campaign to protect the imperiled totoaba bass in Mexico’s Gulf of California. The campaign, which begins […]