Tips to reduce your impact on the planet and our oceans Reduce your carbon footprint and energy consumption. Climate change threatens our coral reefs and ocean through extended coral bleaching events and ocean acidification. Make safe, sustainable seafood choices Don’t litter! Trash can entangle, maim, drown wildlife, and smother coral. Grocery bags, pieces of plastic, […]
By Heather McTeer Toney, Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The Southeast will join the rest of the nation and countries across the world in celebrating Earth Day on April 22. The entire month of April is a great time to reflect on the strides we have made to reduce pollution over the […]
*White House Briefing on Climate Preparedness and Resilience* The White House will host a high-level forum on plans to make the United States more resilient to climate change. John Podesta will lead an event that includes Dr. John Holdren (Office of Science and Technology), Kathryn Sullivan (NOAA), Mike Boots (Council on Environmental Quality), Ellen Stofan […]
The National Environmental Education Foundation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are partnering to bring middle school students and teachers a climate change video contest. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a video that is 30-120 seconds long that answers these two questions: Why do you care about climate change? […]