Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A mural painted with Air-Ink Courtesy Graviky Labs Air pollution isn’t pretty. Worldwide, it’s linked to stroke, heart disease, respiratory problems, low birth weight, and millions of premature deaths annually. In the world’s most polluted cities, the particles can be so dense that they obscure the sky and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In a significant milestone to save energy and reduce power use in fast-growing cities, the State of Telangana and its hi-tech capital, Hyderabad launched a groundbreaking online system for mandatory energy efficiency codes for commercial buildings during Energy Conservation Week in Hyderabad. This is huge news. It is […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy The Senate just took a bold step in the fight against ocean acidification by introducing legislation to help prepare our coastal communities for the impacts of this looming issue. Taking such a step requires political leadership – and elected officials from state legislatures to the halls of Congress are stepping up to […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Not every newly-discovered species becomes a cartoon character. But the Vietnamese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus vietnamensis) has achieved such fame as “Shini,” a lizard who teaches the importance of protecting his species to local schoolchildren. The lizard is just one of 115 species—including a snail-eating turtle and a horseshoe bat—discovered […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Mexican scientists on board R/V Martin Sheen recorded whale encounters and added to photo ID catalogue during Divina Guadalupe III Sea Shepherd recently wrapped its fall research project, Divina Guadalupe III, to study Cuvier’s beaked whales at Mexico’s Guadalupe Island, recording 22 encounters and increasing their photo-ID catalogue to 69 different individuals. […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Mexican scientists on board R/V Martin Sheen recorded whale encounters and added to photo ID catalogue during Divina Guadalupe III Sea Shepherd recently wrapped its fall research project, Divina Guadalupe III, to study Cuvier’s beaked whales at Mexico’s Guadalupe Island, recording 22 encounters and increasing their photo-ID catalogue to 69 different individuals. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council, I wrote the National Marine Fisheries Service to let them know that if they don’t take immediate action on our request that they list the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) as endangered, we’d sue. Last year, the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Proposed Mine Threatens World’s Biggest Salmon Fishery and is Opposed by Overwhelming Majority of Alaskans First Quantum Minerals today announced an option to potentially acquire half of the highly controversial Pebble Mine project—a colossal gold and copper mine proposed at the headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska. First Quantum […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Photo: businessinsider.com Those stacks of papers on the right with President Trump represent life-saving rules and safeguards. They look very different through the eyes of a parent of an asthmatic child, or a worker handling hazardous substances, than they do to a CEO concerned about quarterly profits. The […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Healthy fish populations shouldn’t be a partisan issue—more fish in the water means more fish that can be caught. Fishermen, fishing businesses and conservationists share a similar goal, and lawmakers from both parties have historically worked together to solve the challenges of overfishing and create a law that keeps commercial and recreational […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Ahead of his upcoming State of the State address on January 3rd, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled his first environmental priority of 2018—calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require more clean-up of toxic PCB contamination in the Hudson River. And if they refuse, New York State […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Two brothers sat down to a meal of oysters. But these were not just any brothers, and this certainly was not your average meal. Their names were Orville and Wilbur Wright, and this was their final meal before they attempted what no one had […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This week, the City Council of New York City grilled the de Blasio administration over how it’s handling the massive sewage overflows that plague the NYC’s waterways. As I’ve written before, the City’s plans to address this mess are deeply flawed and would continue to allow massive amounts […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, the Endangered Species Coalition released its 2017 Top Ten Endangered Species Report – “Suppressed: How Politics Drowned Out Science for Ten Endangered Species” – chronicling how politics is trumping science (pun intended) and threatening the survival of 10 endangered species in the Trump era. The species run […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee recently held an oversight hearing on the National Ocean Policy, sometimes known by its wonkier name of Executive Order 13547. The policy promotes coordination among the dozens of state and federal government agencies that make decisions about offshore businesses and marine life. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A coalition of local and national environmental groups, including NRDC, today formally urged the New Jersey Legislature to take the time needed to determine whether the state’s nuclear plants require financial support, and if so to craft an approach that is narrowly tailored and fully protective of employees, […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Rhinos, one of the oldest groups of mammals, are virtually living fossils. They once roamed across Africa’s savannas and Asia’s tropical forests, but today, very few rhinos survive outside of national parks and reserves. WWF has worked for decades to stop rhino poaching, increase rhino populations, and protect their vital […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund 60 Minutes featured WWF’s Black Rhino Range Expansion Project!Take a look at how we’re saving rhinos by moving them. Will you help save rhinos today? Every dollar you donate will support WWF’s efforts to save rhinos from extinction. Donate Rhinos, one of the oldest groups of mammals, are virtually living […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Republican Bill Threatens to Derail the Future of Sustainable U.S. Fisheries Management America’s ocean fisheries are some of the best managed in the world. No question about it. And as Congress has worked to reauthorize the law that governs fishing in our federal waters, the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s newest vessel, the M/V Sharpie, has become the first ship in history to obtain registry as a private marine conservation yacht by Dominica Maritime Registry. Sea Shepherd founder, president, and CEO Captain Paul Watson and director of ship operations and campaigns, Captain Locky MacLean, along with Dominica […]