Renewable Resources Report

Emergency protections are needed for the gray wolf after the Northern Rockies sees the worst slaughter of wolves in a century. By Emily Qiu, originally published by Earthjustice This March, the National Park Service will celebrate 150 years of Yellowstone. Looming in the background of this celebration is the slaughter of a record number of…

The One Ocean Summit will take place in Brest in Brittany in the northwest of France on 9-11 February 2022, aiming to mobilise the international community to take tangible action towards preserving and supporting a healthy and sustainable ocean. The first major event of a “super year” for the ocean, the Summit is an opportunity to…

Nikos Tsafos, James R. Schlesinger Chair in Energy and Geopolitics with the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), spoke at the RNRF Washington Round Table on Public Policy on November 15, 2021. He spoke about the role of natural gas in the U.S.’s transition to a…

This last year has provided an awakening on issues of equality and our environment. One issue in particular that impacts communities nationwide and can be enhanced by landscape architects, is the ease of access and quality of parks. This topic of access to quality parks and open space has been given emphasis throughout the COVID-19…

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, the California state senate passed SB 343, a bill which would prevent non-recyclable plastic items from displaying the “chasing arrows” symbol, commonly associated with recyclability. It was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on October 5. The passage of SB 343 was prompted by the common misconception that all items…

Each year, sustainability takes on greater urgency with every new flood, wildfire, or extreme weather event. And with the greater urgency comes greater calls for action. ASCE has been at the forefront of the sustainability movement for many years and continues stepping up its efforts to aid civil engineering’s embrace of sustainable practices.  ASCE will…

On April 19, 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report entitled “Offshore Oil and Gas: Updated Regulations Needed to Improve Pipeline Oversight and Decommissioning.” In the report, it criticizes the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) for failing to adequately monitor and ensure the safe decommissioning of…

GENEVA, Aug 9 – Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some…

On July 15, 2021, the Biden administration’s Department of Agriculture introduced a new strategy to protect the Tongass National Forest, reversing a set of Trump administration policies. The Tongass, administered by the U.S. Forest Service, is one of the world’s largest temperate rain forests, spanning more than 16 million acres in Southeast Alaska. Its preservation…