By Jennifer Andreassen The latest round of UN climate negotiations in Bangkok ended today with Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres touting the talks' "positive momentum" and "concrete progress," and the NGO coalition Climate Action Network sounding notably less…
Veterans will get a chance to train and work on habitat restoration and fisheries monitoring through a project funded by NOAA and administered in partnership with the California Conservation Corps and California’s Department of Fish and Game.
The charitable organization OxFam reports: Climate change is making extreme weather much more likely. As the 2012 drought in the USA shows, extreme weather means extreme food prices. Our failure to slash greenhouse gas emissions presents a future of greater food price volatility, with severe…
International cooperation, like Australia-Europe carbon market link, makes headway outside UN EDF's statement at the closing of the UN climate conference in Bangkok Wed, 2012-09-05 …
Old oil washes up on some Louisiana beaches after Isaac; tests to see if it’s from BP spill The Associated Press. September 5, 2012. "NEW ORLEANS — Old oil has washed up on some Louisiana beaches after Hurricane Isaac and officials are testing whether it’s left over from BP”s Deepwater…
Kemp’s ridley sea turtle nesting season is winding down for the summer, and I'm happy to report that nest numbers are still on the rise! While the Kemp's ridleys still are the world's most critically endangered sea turtle, they are making a huge come back in recent years. Until half…
By Nancy Stoner Last October I visited the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, a competition for college and university students throughout the country and the world to design environmentally friendly homes. The Solar Decathlon is a chance for students and faculty from diverse disciplines and…
By EDF Blogs Sarah Vogel, Ph.D., is Managing Director of EDF's Health Program. Information, and importantly, access to reliable and objective information, is the cornerstone of a democratic society. That is why recent efforts by the chemical industry and its allies to block…
This is a cross-post from Imatter , written by Eamon Umphress, a 16-year-old Texas resident. Most 16-year-olds I know, including me, are interested in getting a job, a car, buying clothes and hanging out with friends, not saving the world. But I was given an opportunity to do just that. In 2011,…
During the three giant caldera-forming eruptions that occurred between 2.1 million and 640,000 years ago, tiny particles of volcanic debris ( volcanic ash ) covered much of the western half of North America, likely a third of a meter deep several hundred kilometers from Yellowstone and several…
By Jonathan Camuzeaux By Emily Reyna . This article was originally posted at California Dream 2.0 . Last Thursday, California took an important step towards finalizing a major component of the state’s effort to cut climate change pollution, an economy wide cap-and-trade regulation that…
By Cameron Davis Twenty-six years ago, I volunteered under the direction of the legendary Great Lakes advocate Lee Botts, to organize a public meeting at the Chicago Cultural Center. We wanted citizens to comment on what the U.S. and Canadian governments should include as they re-negotiated the…
Hurricane Isaac lays bare the painful economics of flood protection By Bob Marshall, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). September 2, 2012. "As thousands of southeastern Louisiana residents watched flood water from Hurricane Isaac invade their homes and make a soggy, expensive mess of their…
By Emily Reyna Yesterday, California took an important step towards finalizing a major component of the state’s effort to cut climate change pollution, an economy wide cap-and-trade regulation that establishes a price on carbon pollution. Along with an expert from EDF’s economics team,…
By Jim Marston This commentary was originally posted on the Texas Clean Air Matters blog . Prior to the August recess, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee passed a 55-item tax extender package known as the Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012 . The bill is now up for consideration in…
By Jim Marston Prior to the August recess, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee passed a 55-item tax extender package known as the Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012 . The bill is now up for consideration in the House Ways and Means Committee. Included in this package is a one-year…
By Jeanethe Falvey Just for fun, pause for a second and ask yourself: what was the single greatest thing you could have found when you were a kid? Of course, this is a personal thing and there is no one correct answer. But if you thought “dinosaur footprints” then you would be right with me.…
West Nile virus reports spike 40 percent in 1 week The Centers for Disease Controls (CDC) recommends “Use repellent on yourself, your friends and your family.”; however, some scientists believe limited exposure may help reduce your risk of fatality. (see more on protection from mosquitoes) 2012…
Hurricane Isaac made landfall exactly 7 years after hurricane Katrina. During that time the US government spent billions of dollars. Might it have been better for the people to move above sea level? RAINFALL TOTALS ————— SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES THROUGH 7 PM CDT…
A Landsat-derived map of Mississippi River Delta land area change. Red represents land lost between 2004 and 2005. Credit: John A. Barras, USGS. By Alisha Renfro, staff scientist, National Wildlife Federation The high rate of land loss in coastal Louisiana requires restoration efforts of the same…