By Maya K. van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, Leader of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Author of The Green Amendment, Securing Our Rights to A Healthy Environment. Forty-seven years ago, on April 22, 1970, communities around the nation marched to defend the earth. They brought banners, signs, chants, and a realization that environmental degradation damages every…
A NOAA-sponsored report shows that the warming trend transforming the Arctic persisted in 2017, resulting in the second warmest air temperatures, above average ocean temperatures, loss of sea ice, and a range of human, ocean and ecosystem effects. Now in its 12th year, the Arctic Report Card, released today at the annual American Geophysical Union…
Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk of our time, affecting more than 90 per cent of the global population on a daily basis. But the good news is that we are developing the tools we need to tackle this problem: clean technologies hold immense potential to fight against pollution. They also offer new…
• Human antibiotic use up 36% this century; antibiotic use in livestock to grow 67% by 2030. • Up to 75% of antibiotics used in aquaculture may be lost into the surrounding environment. • Antimicrobial resistance one of six emerging areas of concern highlight in UN Environment Frontiers Report Growing antimicrobial resistance linked to discharge…
BP, Eni, ExxonMobil, Repsol, Shell, Statoil, Total and Wintershall have committed to further reduce methane emissions from the natural gas assets they operate around the world. The energy companies also agreed to encourage others across the natural gas value chain – from production to the final consumer – to do the same. The commitment was…
• International Resource Panel Report says material resource use expected to reach nearly 90 billion tonnes in 2017, and may more than double from 2015 to 2050 • Without greater resource efficiency, Sustainable Development Goals will not succeed • Resource efficiency policies and initiatives can cut resource use 26 per cent, and reduce greenhouse gas…
Allergens are widespread, but highly variable in U.S. homes, according to the nation’s largest indoor allergen study to date. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health report that over 90 percent of homes had three or more detectable allergens, and 73 percent of homes had at least one allergen at elevated levels. The findings were…
• UN Environment calls for concerted global action on pollution based on its most comprehensive assessment to date of the links between pollution, health and ecosystems • Every part of the planet and every person is affected by pollution, the world’s largest killer • Solutions are within our grasp, but require new policies, enhanced public…
The Catholic network CIDSE calls on governments to up the stakes when it comes to the engagement needed to ensure the success of the Paris climate agreement and seize the climate challenge as the opportunity to put us on course towards a just transition that leaves no one behind. A new paper, Climate Action for…
In a report issued on November 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that 98% of domestic and 90% of imported foods tested in FY 2015 were compliant with federal pesticide residue limits. Pesticides combat pests that may affect crop yield in human and animal food crops. Certain trace amounts of pesticides, or pesticide…
