Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Insect populations are declining around the world – Pesticides, monocultures, urbanization, and habitat destruction are all contributing to significant drops in the number of insects around the globe. From too few pollinators to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Chile’s cities plagued by pollution, region establishes climate bonds market, Dominican Republic training educators on climate change To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. June 30th – July 6th, 2016 Climate Change As if dealing with the impacts of climate […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The historic Joint Proposal to retire and replace Diablo Canyon has led some to contend that California’s use of polluting natural gas will inevitably surge as a result. They just won’t believe that clean energy technologies can fill the gap – even though that is precisely the commitment […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund By David Shankbone – David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 You know what sounds like a terrible idea? Building a bunch of homes in an area with no existing source of water, especially in the midst of California’s worst drought in more than 1,200 years. But that’s what Los […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Pgiam/iStock Good schools, crime stats, walkability, even pollution levels—these are just a few of the variables you typically take into account when considering a move to a new community. What may not come to mind, however, is whether millions of gallons of highly volatile crude oil are currently—or […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Christiana Figueres term as the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) has just ended and we all owe her a huge thank you for the safer climate legacy she has left our children and grandchildren. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing her for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Glyphosate linked to toxic algae in Lake Erie – Farm runoff loaded with phosphorus triggers the harmful blooms, which create dead zones and contaminate drinking water. A new study finds that an increase […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Coal dust kills 23,000 people each year in the European Union – A new analysis of the health effects of 257 of the EU’s coal plants found that in 2013 the dirty fuel […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. San Francisco says goodbye to styrofoam – The city banned polystyrene take-out containers back in 2007, and in the country’s most extensive ban on the material yet, the new rules will also cover […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Northern Gateway approval overturned – Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal ruled that the federal government’s approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline proposal was invalid. The pipeline would cross multiple First Nations territories, and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Across the country over the last few years, in states like Arizona, Nevada, and Wisconsin, we’ve seen acrimonious electric rate cases crop up, particularly around proposals to increase upfront, fixed charges for homeowners and businesses. Utilities and the state public utility commissions that regulate them are proposing these […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environment and energy issues in India June 21, 2016 – June 28, 2016Compiled by Jessica Korsh Climate Change The Social Consequences of India’s Heat Waves Spell Doom for the Working Poor Deaths due to heat waves in India […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Learning disabilities, developmental delay, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder—these are all problems that kids suffer from today at higher rates than in the past. These diseases and their causes are complicated; like so many health issues, genetics and the environment both play roles, making […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. June 23rd – 29th, 2016 Presidency of the Republic of Mexico Energy The leaders […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog post was also co-authored by John Bullock, Legal Intern. In the wake of a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit striking down a Minnesota law that banned “importing” electricity into Minnesota from newly constructed coal-fired power plants, and forbid any entity […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund July 6 is National Fried Chicken Day. Along with gems like National Sunglasses Day, Toasted Marshmallow Day, and Fruitcake Toss Day, you could say this falls into the same category as other silly, made-up holidays. But this year, instead of using this moment as a marketing gimmick, KFC—the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored with Katie Southworth, Consultant In August 2015, President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Clean Power Plan, an historic step aimed at reducing carbon pollution by placing federal limits on carbon emissions from existing power plants. The Clean Power Plan establishes carbon pollution goals […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund (C) Hawaii Saving Species Both New York and California – the two largest ivory markets in the country – enacted ivory bans in the past two years. And Thursday, Hawaii officially joined them when Governor Ige signed Senate Bill 2647 (now Act 125), which bans the vast majority of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored by Jessica Korsh As the health impacts of climate change become more and more evident on a daily basis, several dozen leading researchers from public health and climate science gathered at the Health and Climate Colloquium 2016, June 8-10th. Poster at Colloquim Kim Knowlton The three-day Colloquium, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Millions of Americans could be drinking contaminated water — and not even know it. From left to right, a lead pipe, a corroded steel pipe, and a lead pipe treated with protective orthophosphate. Orthophosphate bonds to lead in pipes and acts as a barrier against further corrosion. U.S. EPA Region […]