"No matter what happens at the polls today, the ocean and the fish that live in it will still require our attention and conservation efforts. With all the politics and rhetoric circulating throughout the media, the fact that oceans and other vital ecosystems provide invaluable resources and…
Community Impact Series: Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana By Ian McNulty, WWNO (New Orleans). November 6, 2012. "The Louisiana coast nurtures one of the world’s great fisheries, it supports immense shipping and chemical industries and it’s the linchpin for our region’s cultural…
By Elena Craft, PhD As a toxicologist and a clean air advocate, I was pleased to celebrate the 25 th anniversary of the Superfund Research Program (SRP) last week. SRP is a network of university grants supporting research to find solutions to the complex health and environmental issues associated…
By Amy Miller I was all set to write about a red-tailed hawk that’s made itself at home in our yard. And then. And then a black bear ran right in front of my bookbag-carrying kids on their way home from school. It scurried across Paul Street just 100 feet from women working out at [...]
By Monica Michaan EDF is heading to VERGE SF @ Greenbuild (November 12-13), a two-day conference which explores new opportunities created by the convergence of technologies for energy, information, buildings and transportation. These key topic areas are mirrored in many of our EDF Business…
How Cities Plan to Keep the Sea at Bay in an Age of Climate Change By Christopher F. Schuetze, The New York Times. November 5, 2012. "Hurricane Sandy was bad. Now imagine a near-future that is markedly worst, where storms are not only more vicious and more frequent, but ocean levels are higher…
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today announced its endorsement of the 2012 Houston Independent School District (HISD) Bond Proposition. Mon, 2012-11-05 Contact: Media contact: Erin…
By Miriam Horn Living in New York City through a week of Sandy and her aftermath was a reminder of just how critical electricity is to our lives. Electricity is the difference between feeling safe in well-lit buildings and streets, or vulnerable in the dark. Between food kept well-preserved in…
By Jim Marston Throughout 2012, EDF's Energy Innovation Series will highlight around 20 innovations across a broad range of energy categories, including smart grid and renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency financing, and progressive utilities, to name a few. This series will…
By Amy Miller The family is getting ready for a good game of Fastrack. It’s a bit like air hockey, but smaller and quicker. It’s one of the few things that will district us all from computers, TV, the iPod touch or cellulars. And then a half-inch long, shield-shaped bug appears. “It’s a…
NEW YORK CITY — Islands throughout the world are going under water. It is obvious that human induced climate change is causing the ocean temperatures to rise. The combination of rising sea levels and volatile weather produced from rising ocean temperatures is wreaking havoc across many traditional…
Cattle rancher crusades to save coastal project By John Snell, WVUE-TV. November 1, 2012. "Venice, La. — Earl Armstrong walks through a one-year-old forest not far from the mouth of the Mississippi River, showing off some of the newest land in Louisiana…" ( Read more ) In a…
"The November issue of Fishermen’s News includes in-depth look at the transformation of fishing for almost 100 species along the West Coast since catch shares were introduced last year.The West Coast Groundfish Catch Share Program was first proposed by fishermen who realized that their…
By Marcelo Norsworthy Since 2009, the Drayage Loan Program (DLP) has worked to replace older, more polluting trucks in the Houston area with newer, cleaner trucks by providing critical funding and support to local independent owner operators and drayage fleets. (Drayage is a term used to mean the…
The last undammed desert river in the American Southwest is a globally important bird refuge and holds tremendous archeological value. The San Pedro River Featured as Arizona River of the Month last undammed desert river in the American Southwest…
Bonner still fighting for BP payments By Congressman Jo Bonner for the Atmore (Ala.) News. November 1, 2012. "Last Friday, I introduced legislation in the House to prevent Deepwater Horizon-polluters from deducting hundreds of millions of dollars from their tax bill for any compensatory…
By Lina Younes As millions of residents along the mid-Atlantic and northeastern regions of the United States are getting their lives back in order after Sandy’s vicious rampage, many are still dealing with the storm’s aftermath: severe flooding. One of the many problems with flood water is that…
" All fishing communities have one thing in common: they depend on healthy, productive fish stocks. Catch share management programs benefit fishing communities by helping to stabilize fisheries. Fishing is inherently unpredictable, because it depends so much on ever-changing conditions in the…
By Gernot Wagner Cross-posted from Climate 411 . How serious is global warming? Here’s one indication: the first rogue entrepreneurs have begun testing the waters on geoengineering, as Naomi Klein laments in her must-read New York Times op-ed. Sadly, Klein misses two important points. First,…
By Luz V. García Now that Christmas is near and we will be posting our lights and decorations, I still remember going with my family one night to see the Parguera Bay in Puerto Rico. My memory of that trip has never been forgotten, since I did not know what caused the water to sparkle [...]