By Ellie Kanipe With America Recycles Day around the corner on November 15th, we’re sharing how communities are reducing waste and conserving resources. Little Free Libraries are one way my community is making a difference – not only by helping the environment by keeping books out of landfills,…
By Jim Marston EDF's Energy Innovation Series highlights 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 helps illustrate that cost-effective, clean…
By Nat Keohane For the next two weeks, representatives from more than 190 countries are meeting in Warsaw for the annual international climate negotiations, known as the 19th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — or “COP-19.” Countries in…
November 12, 2013
By Tania Allen This was my first time attending an event remotely close to the White House, and the fact that it was to recognize work being done by veterans was even more special for me. I was excited! Entering the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House for the “Veterans…
Washington Briefs: Vitter introduces sequestration bill By Jordan Blum, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). Nov. 12, 2013. “U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., teamed with U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., to introduce the new Return Our State Shares Act to exempt certain programs, including the Gulf…
By Jennifer Andreassen Countries meeting in Warsaw for the annual United Nations climate conference won't finalize the structure of an international agreement to address climate change, but they should make progress on some important topics that will serve as the foundation for such an…
November 11, 2013
Territorial Use Rights for Fishing, or TURFs, have been in place for centuries in fishing communities around the world. In a TURF, fishery participants have a secure, exclusive privilege to fish in a defined area. Many fishery policy experts view TURFs and catch share programs as separate options…
By Katie Ware Last week, EDF Managing Director Elizabeth Sturcken joined Jeff Rice, Walmart’s director of sustainability, and Marc Gunther for a live chat broadcast on the Guardian US Sustainable Business Blog . The discussion focused on Walmart’s Sustainability Index, which aims to set a…
America Recycles Day is November 15, and we want to celebrate with you. On Wednesday, November 13, at 12:30 p.m. EST, join us on Twitter to talk about what you and your community are doing to help reduce waste and conserve resources. Experts from our Office of Solid Waste and Emergency…
By Sarah Poon Whether in school, at work, or at play, we’ve all experienced the value of working collectively to achieve a common goal. Many fisheries around the world are successfully managed by providing a structure for collaboration between fishermen via Cooperative catch shares. In a…
State cuts funding to levee authority that sued oil and gas companies By Bob Marshall, The Lens (New Orleans, La.). Nov. 7, 2013. “It isn’t often that an agency has its state funding eliminated, and rarer still when one says it can do its job after that axe falls. But that’s what the Southeast…
November 7, 2013
Media Advisory for Friday, November 15, 2013 Contact : Elizabeth Skree, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, eskree@edf.org Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Erin Greeson, National Audubon Society, 503.913-8978, egreeson@audubon.org Arthur…
By Theryn Henkel, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Since 2009, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (LPBF) has been actively documenting the development of an emergent delta in the receiving basin, Big Mar, of the Caernarvon Diversion outfall canal on the east side of the Mississippi River…
By Jon Goldstein Source: Evolving ITSM When it comes to willingness to show leadership in the critical field of air quality, Wyoming is once again first out of the gate with important new requirements to reduce harmful emissions from leaking oil and gas equipment — a major source of air…
Copenhagen Consensus — Carlo Carraro, Francesco Bosello and Enrica De Cian look at what can be achieved with adaptation policies. They find that the most important impacts of global warming will be on agriculture and tourism, where nations will lose, on average, about half a percent of GDP from…
By Lina Younes While enjoying the fall foliage on a recent walk with my dogs, I noticed that the birds seemed to be chirping more than usual. Perhaps they were saying goodbye to their friends, who were starting their trek to warmer settings. Since not all birds are migratory in nature, how can we…