By Chris Meyer A child from the Sao Felix community in the Brazilian Amazon. ( Photo credit: CIFOR ) Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is very pleased to be the newly selected representative to the UN Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) Program Policy Board for…
“Unleashing the self-interest of local fishermen to advance both conservation and economic development can create one of those rare win-win scenarios.” This powerful quote from a recent op-ed, beautifully describes what is at the core of EDF’s mission to save fisheries.The authors of that…
By Jeanethe Falvey My head was buzzing. I felt enlivened with the energy of possibility, bursting to share what I saw. I recently had the opportunity to meet renowned artist Chris Jordan and we began a conversation that I’m eager to continue. In his artwork, our individual choices are exposed in…
Source of new oil sheen near Deepwater Horizon site has been plugged, BP says By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). October 25, 2012. "BP announced Thursday that it has sealed a 40-foot-tall, 86-ton steel containment dome that has been leaking oil below the surface of the Gulf…
By Richard Denison Richard Denison, Ph.D. , is a Senior Scientist. A study conducted by the State of California [Update 10-26-12: The study was funded by the California Air Resources Board and conducted by Asa Bradman and colleagues at the Center for Environmental Research and Children’s…
The EDF Climate Corps team is heading to Baltimore this week for the annual Net Impact Conference to begin fellow recruitment efforts for the 2013 summer fellowship. EDF Staff Elena Kocherovsky , David Fox , Jocelyn Climent and Liz Delaney are looking forward to connecting with prospective students…
U.S. kept photos of dead whale under wraps during spill, Greenpeace says By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). October 24, 2012. "The environmental group Greenpeace is raising new questions about why it took the federal government more than two years to release information…
NOAA today announced the winners of its recent competition for education grants that will allow thousands of K-12 students around the country to get outside and participate in hands-on environmental education opportunities. A total of 59 projects will benefit from $5.5 million in grants from the…
By Lina Younes Recently, I went to Puerto Rico to visit my elderly parents who were celebrating their 57th wedding anniversary. While I was there for a short period of time, I wanted to help them with errands and issues that had to be resolved. Since I didn’t plan my visit to Puerto Rico as [...]
Our national #makeBPpay Twitter Day of Action is here! Stand with us by demanding BP pay the maximum fines for which they are liable from the 2010 gulf oil spill! Despite BP’s advertising campaigns to the contrary, the gulf is still suffering from the 2010 spill. Last week, it was announced…
By Elena Craft, PhD Update- See the reports from the workshop here . Many of our nation’s ports are in highly congested areas that don’t meet federal air quality standards. While opportunities abound for new, creative ways of reducing pollution and protecting public health in these port…
During the months of October and November, staff from the Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign will be making stops along the Mississippi River, talking with people about the importance of the Mississippi River Delta to birds migrating along the flyway this fall. In today’s post, National…
(10/24/12) HONOLULU - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the County of Maui has agreed to a settlement to resolve alleged violations of air pollution laws at Central Maui Landfill in Puunene. The settlement requires the County to implement enhanced gas monitoring to help…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has demolished the E.C. Electroplating building at the Garfield Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in Garfield, New Jersey. Areas underneath the building, located at 125 Clark Street, are contaminated with…
Louisiana, Alabama head to head on BP payout By John Maginnis, LaPolitics.com. October 22, 2012. "BATON ROUGE, La. — Here near the peak of both football and election seasons, it seems strange for a Louisiana senator to side with a senator from Alabama in a dispute in which Louisiana Gov.…
Warmer air temperatures high above the Antarctic led to the second smallest seasonal ozone hole in 20 years, according to NOAA and NASA satellite measurements. This year, the average size of the ozone hole was 6.9 million square miles (17.9 million square kilometers). The ozone layer helps shield…
By Kelsey Sollner In my 21 years on the planet, this fall marks my first time living in a big city. Of course, I have visited – made day trips to Manhattan, spent weekends in Philly and been to Dade County. But this is the first time I’ve had a permanent address in a metropolis, [...]
Before there were satellites, weather data transmitters, or computer databases, there were the ship’s logs of Arctic sea voyages, where sailors dutifully recording weather observations. Now, a new crowdsourcing effort could soon make of the weather data from these ship logs, some more than 150…
By Amy Hardberger Texas Wesleyan Journal of Real Property Law Presents: Symposium on Securing Water Supplies for the Future: Risks, Challenges, and Opportunities November 9, 2012 ◊ 8:30am-4:00pm Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX The drought of 2012 was the widest water…
By Pamela Campos Today, attorneys for large power and coal companies will file briefs in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. challenging EPA’s new life-saving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for coal- and oil-fired power plants. These vital clean air standards will prevent as many as…