Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A thresher shark Klaus Stiefel/Flickr When Hawaiian fishermen pull up their anchors and go to work each morning, they don’t thread a worm onto a hook and cast it into the sea. Instead, they unfurl thousands of hooks attached to the same line. These longlines can stretch out […]
It’s hard to believe that ten years have gone by since the Department of Homeland Security adopted the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS). Not all of those years were easy ones and the program has had its fair share of challenges along the way. As Compliance Division Director David Wulf pointed out to a packed […]
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 Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Captain Returns to the Faroe Islands to demand Landmark Trial Court Date Crew of MV Spitfire on Operation Grindstop 2014. Photo: Sea ShepherdOn Friday July 29th, Sea Shepherd Captain Jessie Treverton from the UK successfully passed through border security and re-entered the Danish Faroe Islands’ capital of Tórshavn […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy All eyes are on Brazil this month, but you won’t find all of the world’s top athletes in Rio. Some of the fastest, strongest and flashiest athletes live under the water—and aren’t afraid to show off. From manta rays to blue whales, check out ocean athletes who could challenge the top Olympic […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Courtesy Faou Foundation There haven’t been many positive things to say about environmental issues in conjunction with the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Guanabara Bay, the venue for the sailing competition, is seriously polluted with raw sewage and floating garbage, and the Games’ organizers failed to […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The U.S. has been a global leader in confronting and effectively tackling the overexploitation of its ocean fisheries. While there’s work still be done—more than three dozen fish populations or stocks (out of 233) remain overfished—American fisheries today are among the most sustainable in the world. Yet, with […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The HFC talks in Vienna wound up early Sunday morning with strong progress towards a Montreal Protocol amendment to phase down these super potent climate pollutants, and high expectations that the deal will be sealed in Kigali, Rwanda, this October. Phasing down HFCs is the biggest […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog was drafted by Elizabeth Shope and Danielle Droitsch Contrary to a recent report from Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN), which goes to great lengths to say all is well in Canada’s boreal forest, a report released by Global Forest Watch (GFW) Canada this month presents a very […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Food insecurity plaguing the region, Guatemalan town strives to become adaptation model, Mexico adds budget to mitigation efforts in Tabasco To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. July 14 – July 20, 2016 Climate Change As droughts continue to pose […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund AP Photo/Frank Augstein When the United Kingdom surprised the world last month by voting to leave the European Union, a brief period of panic ensued as global markets struggled to absorb the news: The world’s sixth-largest economy had just voluntarily withdrawn from a powerful consortium whose 28 partners […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Can you imagine a family in the same business for eight generations? Talk about dedication and deep expertise! That is what struck me when I met the Haward family, who has been farming oysters since the 1700s. Last month in West Mersea, England, I had the privilege of visiting Richard Haward’s Oysters. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Communities, cities and regions can do better than succumbing to the relentless budget pressures and inertia that contribute to failures like the Flint, Mich., drinking water disaster, road and bridge collapses, train derailments and sewer overflows plaguing localities nationwide. They don’t have to think of “infrastructure”—such as bridges, […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I don’t always drink beer. But when I do, I drink it while eating oysters. Or at least that’s what I did in London a few weeks ago, with oyster farmers shucking local oysters right on the pub tables. One of the perks of my job is to talk with oyster farmers, […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy The summer sizzle has arrived and I have some hot news to share with you: The nation’s first regional ocean plan was just released in New England! This plan is a huge win for the Atlantic Ocean and everything that lives in it. I couldn’t be more excited about this news!! But, I […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This post co-authored with Alex Hillbrand Talks in Vienna to limit the super-warming chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol kicked into high gear on Friday and Saturday. The first phase of the nine-day negotiating session ended favorably in the wee hours of Sunday morning with agreement […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund By all accounts, Glenn Pritchard and Mia Isaacs should be rivals. They each own a seafood processing plant and exporting company in The Bahamas, and both stake a claim to the lucrative spiny lobster business. Their products reach restaurants at home and massive markets in North America, Europe, and Asia. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Texas Central Railway plans on running trains similar to the Tokaido Shinkansen Series N700 (shown here) between Dallas and Houston. Wally Gobetz/Flickr Two guys walk into a bar…and go on to create Southwest Airlines. According to this durable snippet of too-good-to-fact-check corporate lore, the company’s founders drew a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC and our allies took the unusual step of sending an open letter, dated July 13, 2016, to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack challenging the agency on a series of factually inaccurate and misleading claims about the benefits of biomass energy. The claims were made in a […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Three Persian leopards were released into Russia’s Caucasus (Kavkazsky) State Nature Biosphere Reserve today. The event is a remarkable step in restoring leopard populations to the Caucasus. Until the middle of the 20th century, Persian leopards were common in the Caucasus. But by 1950, their population had dramatically decreased, and […]