Environmental Defense Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society and The Ocean Foundation congratulate Cuba’s Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina, or Gardens of the Queen National Park, for winning a prestigious Blue Park award from the Marine Conservation Institute.

Last month, Governor Phil Murphy elevated New Jersey’s fight against the climate crisis this decade by signing Executive Order No. 274, which commits the state to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% below 2006 levels by 2030. The Governor’s action is a critical step toward putting New Jersey on a path to do what is necessary to avoid […]

Last month, Governor Phil Murphy elevated New Jersey’s fight against the climate crisis this decade by signing Executive Order No. 274, which commits the state to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% below 2006 levels by 2030. The Governor’s action is a critical step toward putting New Jersey on a path to do what is necessary to avoid […]

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

We participated in the EPA’s virtual public hearing with 38 Moms Clean Air Force members from across the country giving oral testimony. We are supporting the proposed rules to cut methane and other harmful air pollutants from newly built and older existing oil and gas operations.

When it comes to slowing the warming of our planet, there is no substitute for immediate, dramatic reductions in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. But emissions reductions alone won’t be enough to limit warming to the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement, or even to the Agreement’s upper limit of […]

White House Puts Federal Purchasing Power to Work for Health, Jobs and the Climate

With its large dark brown body, snowy-white head and fearsome yellow talons and bill, the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is one of the most recognizable raptors in the United States. Selected as the national bird for its representation of strength and courage, the Bald Eagle also plays a non-figurative role in nature as an indicator of ecosystem health. The eagle’s preference for forested wetlands makes it representative of healthy upper estuary habitat and its role as an apex predator has ...

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With its large dark brown body, snowy-white head and fearsome yellow talons and bill, the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is one of the most recognizable raptors in the United States. Selected as the national bird for its representation of strength and courage, the Bald Eagle also plays a non-figurative role in nature as an indicator of ecosystem health. The eagle’s preference for forested wetlands makes it representative of healthy upper estuary habitat and its role as an apex predator has ...

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Written by Ronnie Citron-Fink

These 10 new books cover topics to enlighten and inspire parents interested in climate change and children's health.

Groundwater management in Texas is headed in the wrong direction, but groundwater agencies have the authorities and tools to reverse this alarming trajectory.

The post Wells and springs are drying up in Texas. Here is what leaders can do about it. first appeared on Growing Returns.

Groundwater management in Texas is headed in the wrong direction, but groundwater agencies have the authorities and tools to reverse this alarming trajectory.

The post Wells and springs are drying up in Texas. Here is what leaders can do about it. first appeared on Growing Returns.

Groundwater management in Texas is headed in the wrong direction, but groundwater agencies have the authorities and tools to reverse this alarming trajectory.

The post Wells and springs are drying up in Texas. Here is what leaders can do about it. first appeared on Growing Returns.

Written by Trisha Dello Iacono

Lead. Arsenic. Cadmium. Mercury. Two recent congressional reports have found these dangerous heavy metals in baby food—both conventional and organic. We need the FDA to take action now.

Written by Marcia G. Yerman

"The more aware children become of life above in the sky, the more likely they will connect that life with having clean air," says the author of new children’s book aimed at four to eight year old’s.  

The positive impact of conservation tillage was one of the key findings from 2021 report, Conservation’s Impact on the Farm Bottom Line.