Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment
There's an interesting conversation about saving bees over at the New York Times opinion page today. Entomologists and beekeeping experts weigh in on what we now know about the recent honey bee decline. Their general message on the status of...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment
Huffington Post blogger Joseph Freeman highlights this video celebrating honey bees from five brothers in California. Ice cream maker Haagen-Dazs commissioned the work as part of its ongoing efforts to raise awareness and funds to fight the honey bee crisis. (We're told that "The dancing...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has produced its long awaited Colony Collapse Disorder Progress Report as mandated in the 2008 Farm Bill. This is a positive sign after previous confusion and a lack of clarity about what USDA was doing...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
There is a fair amount of dismay out there over about the recently finalized commercial timber sale in a roadless area of the Tongass National Forest. (See, for example, posts at the Huffington Post and U.S. News and World Report.) People are asking why the Obama administration is approving logging...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Pick up a copy of this week’s New Yorker and see our ad calling for quick action to save America’s last remaining roadless forests. NRDC joined Earthjustice and a host of other allies in this direct appeal to President Obama....continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Reviving the World's Oceans
Definitely check out this opinion piece today in the Tallahassee Democrat by Margo Pellegrino--a New Jersey mom who's paddling an outrigger canoe around Florida to New Orleans to spread the word that we need a Healthy Oceans Act now. The...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last week Michelle Obama put in a new, organic garden on the White House grounds. But that’s not all. White House carpenter (and hobbyist beekeeper) Charlie Brandts provided the impetus to include a working bee hive. The presidential hive fits...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
On Friday, the NRDC Action Fund joined allied groups to deliver more than 100,000 public comments opposing the Bush administration's recent proposal to weaken key Endangered Species Act regulations. The administration refused to accept comments via e-mail or fax for...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment
Pollination by insects, mainly bees, is worth $217 billion worldwide each year, according to a study recently published in Ecological Economics and highlighted in Business Week. That's equivalent to 9.5% of the world's crop production. (And two-and-a-half times as much...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment
Listen, I like a good mystery. But not when it comes to my food. Mystery meat? Bad. The continuing colony collapse disorder mystery, threatening the bees that pollinate our crops? Even worse. If government agencies have information that could...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment
Honey bees are critical to U.S. agriculture. And with no solid solutions to Colony Collapse Disorder, U.S. hives continue to dwindle. This spring, beekeepers lost an estimated 29% of their bees to Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD. You’d think that...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Reviving the World's Oceans
After more than two weeks on the water, Margo Pellegrino arrived in Washington, DC, concluding her 500 mile paddle in support of healthy oceans legislation. Margo's Blog: July 16 My last day on the Potomac was a thirty mile paddle on...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Reviving the World's Oceans
Tomorrow, Margo Pellegrino arrives in Washington, DC and concludes her 500 mile paddle in support of healthy oceans legislation.Margo's Blog: July 15 Today's paddle from Patricia and George's home on a little creek off of Potoma Creek to the Occoquan area...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Reviving the World's Oceans
Margo Pellegrino is headed up the Potomac River to Washington, DC as part of her 500 mile paddle in support of healthy oceans legislation.Margo's Blog: July 14 What an awesome first couple of days on the Potomac. I left a...continued→
Posted by Melissa Waage in Living Sustainably
Margo Pellegrino is paddling the Chesapeake Bay as part of her 500 mile paddle to Washington in support of healthy oceans legislation. Margo's Blog: July 12 What a warm day it was in the water. It was also suprisingly calm...continued→
