Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump administration released its more detailed budget proposal yesterday, following up on an outline that it announced in March. Even though its initial proposal appalled people across the political spectrum as a cruel attack on essential programs, the administration didn’t pay any attention. Yesterday’s version is just […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Trump Administration’s 2018 federal budget proposal doubles down on attempts to weaken our nation’s ocean and coastal arm, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with a dramatic cut of 16 percent from the enacted 2017 omnibus budget. Several NOAA divisions are recommended for slashing and important […]
Published by the Environmental News Service MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, May 23, 2017 (ENS) – “While wildlife keeps all of us alive, its future is squarely in our hands,” says John Scanlon, who heads the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES. “We alone will determine the fate of the world’s wildlife and in doing […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The village of Ak-Shyrak, Kyrgyzstan is special to Farida Balbakova. But just in her lifetime, the village has gone through enormous changes. In her youth, it was under Soviet Rule and all property was government-owned. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and Farida watched as her countrymen lost their livelihoods […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A Hands Across the Sand event in Long Beach, NY, on May 20, 2017 Source: Dani Tinker/NRDC Over the weekend, a tidal wave of opposition to expanded offshore drilling washed over the nation, initiating a Week of Action protesting any attempts to sell-off our collective ocean resources to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It feels like Groundhog Day…..again. Because the Senate Commerce Committee just snuck what is essentially the same ballast water bill we have been beating back every year into the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act. And then they voted it to the Senate floor. The legislation is custom-designed to allow […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund May 2017 flooding in Eureka Missouri. The second major flood to hit the town in less than 18 months. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by PFC Garrett Bradley) The lower Midwest is still recovering after severe flooding swept through the region in early May. Cities and towns along […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Vaquita NOAA/Paula Olson With fewer than 30 remaining and an annual decline rate of about 50 percent, the vaquita porpoise is the world’s most endangered marine mammal. It may be the most endangered animal on the planet. Now, there’s frantic energy around the vaquita, like the last moments […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Latin America Green News: Cocaine trafficking is killing Central America’s forests, Argentina to manufacture electric vehicles, Chile launches electric vehicle rental To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. May 12 – 18, 2017 Maize crops in Honduras ISABEL COELLO EU/ECHO […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Innovative solutions complement the Endangered Species Act and can benefit people as well as nature. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/325097814/0/edf/blogs/feed~years-of-conservation-%E2%80%93-and-where-we-go-from-here
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A humpback whale and its calf NOAA Nobody likes an eavesdropper. But for humpback calves, being overheard can be a death sentence. Sound travels four times faster in water than in air, and the creatures living below the waves have evolved highly sensitive hearing. Humpback whales use the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As one of my NRDC colleagues mentioned on Monday, this week is Infrastructure Week – a national event that uses education and advocacy to elevate infrastructure as a critical issue affecting all Americans. A lot of folks think about bridges and roads when they hear the word “infrastructure,” […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund A snow leopard was successfully collared in Kangchenjunga Conservation Area on May 8, 2017 making it the fourth one to be collared in Nepal’s eastern snow leopard conservation complex. The snow leopard, a sub-adult female about two years of age and weighing 66 lbs., was tracked and fitted with a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest authors: Dr. Jeff Wells and Harvey Locke In the midst of a steady stream of grim reports about the environment, a new study offers a welcome ray of hope. Researchers have determined that there are still hundreds of regions around the globe healthy enough to help maintain […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund There’s good news from China about management policies that aim to strengthen domestic fisheries management in China’s ocean waters. These new policies, which aim to control the total domestic marine catch, are a promising step forward, and an exciting opportunity for China to create resilient fisheries. Restoration of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund We’ve seen this time and again: pipelines leak and tankers run aground. At a time when the federal government is doing everything in its power to permit fossil fuel infrastructure, we have a rare opportunity in New York State to say “No!” Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipelines-NY in front […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund An alfalfa field in central California Ken Figlioli/Flickr California’s fertile Central Valley is known for its rows upon rows of carrots and tomatoes, fields of rice, and groves of almond and orange trees. It is less known for the untamed nature in its midst. Yet the pastoral lands […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund With an estimated 30 or fewer remaining individuals, the vaquita are the focus of WWF’s new report calling for immediate, collective action to save the species from extinction. Fondly known as the “panda of the sea” for its distinctive markings, the vaquita is endemic to the Upper Gulf of California. […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, May 15, 2017 (ENS) – Conservationists are engaged in court battles with the administration of President Donald Trump and they are chalking up some victories. Tracking just one nonprofit group, the Center for Biological Diversity, shows more than a dozen lawsuits filed against the Trump administration in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As 2017 brings record-breaking heat to its capital Hyderabad, the state of Telangana in India continues to lead efforts to make buildings more energy-efficient. At a recent regional workshop on implementing the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)—the building energy code that sets minimum energy efficiency levels for commercial […]