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 The country’s role in combating global climate change is more important than ever. Guilin, China We got a timely alert on the growing dangers of climate change this week, when scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration teamed up with their counterparts from 61 other nations to report from […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This week marks the one-year anniversary of the announcement of President Obama’s historic Clean Power Plan, our nation’s first-ever limits on carbon pollution from the electric power sector—the single biggest source of climate change-fueling CO2 in America. While there are limits on dangerous emissions like sulfur and mercury from power […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The news on Zika virus in the United States isn’t good at all this week. The outbreak in Puerto Rico is raising huge concerns. There have been over 5,000 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus reported to the CDC in Puerto Rico, but it’s feared that number is an […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Proving that we’re all still learning about “the birds and the bees,” new research released late last week revealed that the popular class of insecticides known as neonicotinoids or “neonics” reduced live honey bee sperm counts by up to 39%. The study, which is titled “Neonicotinoid insecticides can […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Scientists around the world just gave Earth its yearly checkup and found that our climate’s fever, heavy sweating, and intense thirst have gotten worse. According to the 26th Annual State of the Climate, a peer-reviewed report compiled by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, Earth broke one […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The devastating aftermath of the July 30 flash flood in Ellicott City, MD. This is one of many shops affected on Main St. Forsaken Photos/Flickr On Saturday night, Ellicott City, Maryland, a historic mill town in Howard County just 30 miles north of Washington, DC, was devastated by […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Just as I am dozing off in the back seat, my body starts flopping to the beat of the bumpy road beneath me. I look up and see that our driver has turned off of the asphalt two-lane road and onto a dirt path that’s barely as wide as our […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Rapid-response teams of researchers analyze droughts and other extreme weather events to see if global warming played a role. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/science/looking-quickly-for-the-fingerprints-of-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Building on its record of climate leadership, New York cements its position as a national renewable energy leader today with a New York Public Service Commission (PSC) order requiring that 50 percent of the state’s electricity must from clean, renewable sources like solar and wind power by 2030. […]
Published by Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University The Nicholas Institute, Resources for the Future, and the Georgetown Climate Center hosted a workshop that explored the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative’s (RGGI) role in achieving state climate goals and opportunities and challenges to expanding trading to states outside RGGI. Storified by · Mon, Aug […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This weekend, a historic flash-flooding event killed two people and caused massive destruction in Ellicott City, Maryland. The town received more than 6 inches of rain over the span of two hours. According to the National Weather Service, an event like this should statistically happen only once every […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Am I the only one that things the mosquito populations have skyrocketed this season?! All the rain is good for the garden, and unfortunately great for mosquitos. Uugh. I confess to moments where I thought about dousing my whole yard with insecticide products stamped with gigantic skull-and-crossbones images. But, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Climate change is fueling fires in the West – The Sand Fire that blazed through Southern California this week destroyed 38,000 acres in the Santa Clarita Valley. This latest inferno is part of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Mexico & U.S. give hope to Vaquita Marina, Peru ratifies Paris Agreement, Chile’s economy too dependent on natural resources To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. July 21 – July 27, 2016 Feature: Mexico-U.S. Bilateral Priorities Last week, President Obama […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Cutting computer energy waste, particularly when desktops and laptops are doing little or no work, could save consumers billions of dollars on their energy bills and avoid millions of tons of carbon pollution annually, according to a new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council. […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy With mass coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef making headlines all over the world this summer, we wanted to check in with Tripp Funderburk of Coral Restoration Foundation to learn how corals in our part of the ocean are faring. First, what is the big deal about coral reefs? Coral reefs are the rainforests […]
