Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A firsthand experience with the Pacific gray whales in Laguna San Ignacio confirmed the extraordinary achievement from NRDC’s past work—and our oncoming challenges. NRDC president Rhea Suh photographs a Pacific gray whale in Laguna San Ignacio Laguna San Ignacio is so much more than a sheltered cove off […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Up to half of plant and animal species in the world’s most naturally rich areas—including the Amazon and the Galápagos—could face extinction by the turn of the century due to climate change if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked. A new study examines various climate change scenarios—from 4.5°C rise in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog by Jennifer Skene For decades, Quebec has greenlighted development in Val-d’Or boreal caribou habitat, knowing full well the toll it was taking. Now, with the herd’s population diminished to around 18 individuals, Quebec has offered the Val-d’Or caribou herd a brief eulogy on Facebook, stating that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans of President Trump and his allies. See No Science, Hear No Science The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board, which used to meet six to eight times annually to ensure that the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration in January released the most far-reaching offshore drilling plan ever proposed. Unprecedented in scope, the new plan proposes opening vast areas bordering nearly every coastal state to drilling and schedules 47 lease sales—the most of any Five-Year Program Plan in history. This comes at a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A parasitic wasp like the ones used in the experiment attacks a pair of aphids. Dirk Sanders Biodiversity has long been touted as important for staving off extinction. The more kinds of critters you have, in other words, the less likely any one of them—or a whole bunch […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a letter sent to British Columbia’s Premier John Horgan this morning, eight environmental and conservation organizations express their support for his government’s common sense, science-based approach to confronting potential new threats created by Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion. The Kinder Morgan project, which […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In 2016, the Virginia Office of Environmental Health and Safety recommended a thorough survey of all private water wells and springs, as well as septic systems, within 1,000 feet of a pipeline–at a minimum–before construction starts. Water found beneath the surface is known as groundwater, or aquifers, and such a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund But Modern Fish Act in Congress opens the door to an “alternative” management scheme that would reduce accountability and threaten healthy fisheries Both the commercial fishing industry and the recreational saltwater fishing sector have an immense impact on the number of fish in our oceans. Lest you associate […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy A Bloomberg editorial described it as a “minor miracle” and Quartz magazine called it a “stunning victory” for global conservation in its 2017 retrospective. In December, 10 countries reached an agreement to prevent the start of commercial fishing in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO) for at least 16 years while scientists study […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Trump Takes Aim at California Once Again After opening up most of our country’s shorelines to offshore drilling, the Trump administration is now reconsidering an ambitious and innovative plan to conserve desert lands while generating renewable energy. The Administration intends to reopen the Desert Renewable Energy and Conservation […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund As WWF works with communities around the world to preserve habitats, wildlife, and natural resources, we know that it is critical to engage both women and men for the best results—environmentally, socially, and economically. In sub-Saharan Africa, women make up at least half of subsistence, smallholder farmers, yet have far […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog by Jennifer Skene NRDC has called on Ontario to reconsider a troubling proposal that continues to prioritize unsustainable logging over protecting threatened species like the boreal caribou. In January, Ontario doubled down on a policy that jeopardizes the future of boreal caribou and other at-risk species in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The World Wildlife Fund and their partners announced the results of their yearly monarch butterfly survey today at 2.48 hectares, down 14% from last year’s count of 2.91. While this year’s count is not as dire as the numbers have ever been, the population remains dangerously low. 2.48 […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy During winter in the high-latitude Arctic Ocean, sea ice reflects much of the sun’s energy until seasonal melting promotes a spectacular plankton bloom along floe edges and even beneath the ice. The annual explosion of Arctic life starts first in polynyas, areas of northern sea kept perennially ice-free by wind and currents […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund For 60 years the problem of nuclear waste has bedeviled our nation. On one level this is no surprise. After all, the horrors of radioactive contamination are vivid enough to make any community asked to potentially assume the entire burden of all the nuclear waste in the U.S. […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society MARCH 4th 2018 COMMENTARY BY CAPTAIN LOCKY MACLEAN SEA SHEPHERD MARINE OPERATIONS AND CAMPAIGNS DIRECTOR Hornby Island, Strait of Georgia, BC, CANADA locky@seashepherd.org The herring stocks of West Coast Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii, and Prince Rupert have already collapsed. The Federal Government’s recent closure of the Central Coast area, an […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This past Wednesday, I took part in the first full meeting of the Aleutian Islands Waterways Safety Committee in Anchorage, Alaska. Here are five things you should know about this new group: The Committee is brand new. It was established late in 2017 to provide a forum for mariners and other stakeholders […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund ¿Sabías que para el año 2030 en Estados Unidos se podrían prevenir hasta 150.000 ataques de asma, 3.300 infartos, 2.800 visitas de hospital y 6.600 muertes prematuras? Esto es completamente posible siempre y cuando se mantenga vivo el “Plan de Energía Limpia”, o Clean Power Plan (CPP) por […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Beaverpond Marstonia specimen Robert Hershler/Smithsonia The beaverpond marstonia is a rare snail with a tan shell, a taste for submerged clumps of vegetation, and a known habitat of just three creeks in Georgia. It stands about as high as a stack of two nickels and is thought to […]