Parties to at COP24 have agreed on most of the elements of the rulebook that will guide implementation of the Paris Agreement, including the critical guidelines for regular and consistent reporting needed to ensure transparency in how much countries are emitting and their progress toward fulfilling their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). However, negotiators failed to reach closure on the part of the text addressing international cooperation on carbon markets. Instead, they agreed to continue work in 2019 on guidance under Article 6, which covers “cooperative approaches” including the transfer of emissions reductions, or “mitigation outcomes,” among countries—the building blocks of a future international carbon market.

  By Shems Jud and Matt Tinning Win-win outcomes, delivering results for the economy and the environment, can feel few and far between these days. But you don’t have to look further than the West Coast’s biggest fishery to see a remarkable example of mutually-beneficial progress. An announcement this week that a strong recovery in […]

  By Shems Jud and Matt Tinning Win-win outcomes, delivering results for the economy and the environment, can feel few and far between these days. But you don’t have to look further than the West Coast’s biggest fishery to see a remarkable example of mutually-beneficial progress. An announcement this week that a strong recovery in […]

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  By Shems Jud and Matt Tinning Win-win outcomes, delivering results for the economy and the environment, can feel few and far between these days. But you don’t have to look further than the West Coast’s biggest fishery to see a remarkable example of mutually-beneficial progress. An announcement this week that a strong recovery in […]

Written by Marcia G. Yerman

The Living Planet Report of 2018 conducted by The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) focuses on global biodiversity. This new report garners insights from over four dozen authorities in the fields of conservation, policy, and the world of academia. Very much like the conclusions drawn from the IPCC findings, the...

Communities around the country dealing with sea level rise and increased storms should look to Louisiana and soon Virginia as examples of how to be more resilient.

Communities around the country dealing with sea level rise and increased storms should look to Louisiana and soon Virginia as examples of how to be more resilient.

Communities around the country dealing with sea level rise and increased storms should look to Louisiana and soon Virginia as examples of how to be more resilient.

The post Virginia is creating a coastal resilience plan. Here are 5 ways it can succeed. first appeared on Growing Returns.

By Rosalie Winn and Hillary Hull As the world races to adopt cleaner fuels and implement carbon-reducing strategies to combat a warming climate, the Trump administration is moving feverishly to severely weaken federal methane emissions regulations across the entire oil and gas industry. The Trump EPA’s current proposal to weaken the New Source Performance Standards […]

By Rosalie Winn and Hillary Hull As the world races to adopt cleaner fuels and implement carbon-reducing strategies to combat a warming climate, the Trump administration is moving feverishly to severely weaken federal methane emissions regulations across the entire oil and gas industry. The Trump EPA’s current proposal to weaken the New Source Performance Standards […]

By Rosalie Winn and Hillary Hull As the world races to adopt cleaner fuels and implement carbon-reducing strategies to combat a warming climate, the Trump administration is moving feverishly to severely weaken federal methane emissions regulations across the entire oil and gas industry. The Trump EPA’s current proposal to weaken the New Source Performance Standards […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. I blogged last week about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) illegal and hypocritical decision to deny the public access to health and safety studies conducted on the first chemical to undergo a risk evaluation under the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).  In its draft risk evaluation, now […]

The post Exhibit PV29: Why this EPA can’t be trusted to forthrightly assess chemical risks under TSCA first appeared on EDF Health.

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. I blogged last week about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) illegal and hypocritical decision to deny the public access to health and safety studies conducted on the first chemical to undergo a risk evaluation under the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).  In its draft risk evaluation, now […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. I blogged last week about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) illegal and hypocritical decision to deny the public access to health and safety studies conducted on the first chemical to undergo a risk evaluation under the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).  In its draft risk evaluation, now […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. I blogged last week about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) illegal and hypocritical decision to deny the public access to health and safety studies conducted on the first chemical to undergo a risk evaluation under the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).  In its draft risk evaluation, now […]