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Myanmar Mangrove Restoration Project First to Receive Verified Carbon Standard Certification

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Six million mangrove seedlings had been planted with an 86 percent success rate as of the VCS report. Worldview International Foundation aims to restore 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) of destroyed mangrove forest in Myanmar over the next 15 years.

Plastic piles up on beach on Niihau island, Hawaii

250 Organizations Launch Effort to Create a Circular Economy for Plastics

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

A coalition of more than 250 private, government, academic and non-governmental organizations, including some of the world’s largest producers of consumer products, launched the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment at the Our Ocean Conference in Bali, Indonesia Oct. 29. *Beach on the Hawaiian island of Niihau, Wikipedia Led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with UN Environment, signatories committed…

Poseidon Foundation Invests $2.6MM in Ecosphere+ Cordillera Azul REDD+ Project

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The first investment in an Ecosphere+ project, Poseidon’s blockchain initiative links retail purchases and carbon emission reduction credits.

Forty Percent of World Population Threatened by Ongoing Land Degradation

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 1 Comments

More than 75 percent of the Earth’s land surface had suffered severely as a result of human land degradation as of 2014, IPBES highlights. Experts estimate that less than one-tenth of the Earth’s land surface will have escaped substantial impacts of human activity come 2050.

Zinke Strips Away Protections, Reduces Public Comment Period on Federal Lands

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Expect more oil and gas drilling on federal lands. A new policy implemented by the Trump administration rolls back oil and gas drilling policies for federal land implemented in 2010 by the Obama administration. A recent Bureau of Land Management memo states that public review and disclosure of environmental harm from drilling and fracking will be eliminated. Stripping away protections…

Trump Administration Signs Proclamations To Reduce Utah National Monuments

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

President Trump signed proclamations on December 4 to reduce the boundaries of two national monuments in Utah. The two monuments, Bears Ears National Monument (BENM) and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument (GSENM), will be reduced by 85 percent and 50 percent, respectively. The decision follows a four-month review of 27 national monuments designated in the last 20 years. Nearly three…

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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in GOP Budget Crosshairs

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Tell your Senator to remove drilling in the Refuge from the budget Contact your Senator now! A Medium post published by the Wilderness Society lays out the new threats facing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Congress is set to vote this month on a provision in the proposed budget allowing drilling activity in the refuge. The last refuge The Arctic…