Just because Congress won't act on climate doesn't mean you can't. Take action today: www.edf.org/qwp/
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Complex arrangements like the US/China agreement on climate change i...nitiatives make easy targets for politicians. They can pick out the 2025 commitment by the US to reduce carbon emissions and China's seemingly less ambitious commitment to level out by 2030 and play on the obvious disparity. Doing so they chose to forget that China's economy is rising sharply like ours did before climate change became an issue. Our economy is mature and ready for such changes. China's isn't. We need to embrace global initiatives like this one, and we need a level of understanding beyond cheap political rhetoric. See More
Aryeh FrankfurterEnvironmental Defense Fund’s drive to privatize fisheries
Environmental Defense Fund, with the second highest donatio...n at $13,683,70 9, is known for its market-bas ed approach to conservati on and its push for “catch shares” that essentiall y privatize the oceans. The relationsh ip between the group and the retail giant is so close that it operates an office in Bentonvill e, Arkansas, where Walmart is headquarte red.
“Environmental Defense Fund released its ‘Catch Shares Design Manual: A Guide for Fishermen and Managers’ to provide a roadmap to catch share design, which is a focus of our Marine Conservati on initiative ,” according to the Walton Family Foundation .
A catch share, also known as an individualfishing quota, is a transferab le voucher that gives individual s or businesses the ability to access a fixed percentage of the total authorized catch of a particular species.
“Fishery managementsystems based on catch shares turn a public resource into private property and have lead to socioecono mic and environmen tal problems. Contrary to arguments by catch share proponents – namely large commercial fishing interests – this management system has exacerbate d unsustaina ble fishing practices, ” according to the consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch.
True to form, Sam Rawlings Walton, the grandson of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, serves on the Board of Trustees of EDF. See More02/04/2014
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Wait - did nearly 60% of voters last week say that climate change is a serious problem?
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Yesterday, for the first time, China and the U.S. struck a deal to limit greenhouse gases.
"Having the world’s two largest economies competing to accelerate the adoption of no-carbon and low-carbon technologies will send one of the most powerful market signals we have ever seen," Fred Krupp president of EDF.
Read more about this game changing pact.
"Having the world’s two largest economies competing to accelerate the adoption of no-carbon and low-carbon technologies will send one of the most powerful market signals we have ever seen," Fred Krupp president of EDF.
Read more about this game changing pact.
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The economic benefits of clean air offset the costs - by far.
Yet, every time the EPA unveils a plan to reduce air pollution and protect public health, opponents claim it’ll cost a fortune and ruin our economy.
Read more for a history lesson on how opponents of environmental regulations consistently miss the mark on costs.
Yet, every time the EPA unveils a plan to reduce air pollution and protect public health, opponents claim it’ll cost a fortune and ruin our economy.
Read more for a history lesson on how opponents of environmental regulations consistently miss the mark on costs.
BREAKING: China and the U.S. struck a deal Wednesday to limit greenhouse gases.
China is committing for the first time to cap carbon emissions while Obama is unveiling a plan for deeper U.S. emissions reductions through 2025.
Learn more about how investing in China—now—is one of the best ways to trim global emissions: www.edf.org/qYC/
China is committing for the first time to cap carbon emissions while Obama is unveiling a plan for deeper U.S. emissions reductions through 2025.
Learn more about how investing in China—now—is one of the best ways to trim global emissions: www.edf.org/qYC/
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Across the American West, water supplies are being pushed to the limit. So when expanding cities seek to boost water supplies, they can no longer simply take more water from rivers, which are already fully tapped. Instead, they turn to farmers' water rights.
Learn what that's doing to farmlands - and important ecosystems.
Learn what that's doing to farmlands - and important ecosystems.
This year, when you shop on Smile.Amazon.com, every gift you buy for a friend or loved one can also be a gift for the earth and all the people and animals who live here. Learn more: www.edf.org/qYS/
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"Preparedness is improving, albeit at a pace that would seem to rival the gradual rise of the oceans.
Strategies include efforts to restore marshlands to buffer floods, to raise seawalls to keep pace with sea level, and to retreat from coastlines."
Strategies include efforts to restore marshlands to buffer floods, to raise seawalls to keep pace with sea level, and to retreat from coastlines."
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By 2016, solar power will be as cheap or cheaper than electricity from the conventional grid in every state except three.
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The methane-emission problem is beginning to get the attention it deserves…except in Texas, which leads the nation both in oil and gas production and pollution.
"If you don't solve the problem in Texas, you haven't solved the problem.”
"If you don't solve the problem in Texas, you haven't solved the problem.”
The goal in this collaborative effort is to engage every player in America’s grain supply chain to solve what has been an intractable problem for decades. Learn more: www.edf.org/qGU/
Photo credit: USDA via Flickr
Photo credit: USDA via Flickr
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The Clean Power Plan could speed up energy innovations, bring down costs for consumers, and give a much-needed boost to our economy. Here's how.
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There’s no question that some good candidates lost, some bad ones won - and that we may have some tough fights ahead over environmental issues.
But it’s important to remember that it was candidates who lost, and not environmental issues.
But it’s important to remember that it was candidates who lost, and not environmental issues.
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“Yesterday was not a referendum on climate or rejection of environmental protections that Americans overwhelmingly support. It was a really, really bad day for Democrats.”
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Consumers rarely know the ingredients of the products they use. Is that about to change for this category of chemicals in 2015?
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Pound for pound, methane is over 80 times more potent than CO2 in trapping heat in the atmosphere over the first 20 years after it is released.
Tell the President and the EPA that the time to address methane emissions from the oil and gas sector is now.
Tell the President and the EPA that the time to address methane emissions from the oil and gas sector is now.
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We’ve detected 5 emerging trends that may forever change how we produce and consume electricity. Check them out.
Lower electricity bills, more choices over their energy use and a more reliable system all add up to a higher quality of life for the residents of one of the world's largest green-built neighborhoods. — in Austin, TX.
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