Environment & Natural Resources - USAFacts
Feb 10, 2023 · Find statistics and data trends about the environment, including data on the weather that helps interpret climate trends, greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity, and conservation-related metrics such as land protections and species listed on the threatened and endangered species list. We visualize, explain and provide objective context using …
Why having a clean and healthy environment is a human right
Nov 30, 2021 · Leading civil society voices told us why this is so crucial to ensure a healthy environment for all. On 8 October 2021, the UN Human Rights Council declared that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right, with 43 votes in favor and 4 abstentions. The measure was first debated during the 1990s, and the new resolution ...
It's now or never for saving the environment, says explorer
Mar 11, 2020 · Today, only 15% of land and 7% of our oceans are protected. Yet studies show that by 2030, we must protect twice as much land and four times as much ocean just to secure essential ecosystems and avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Protecting natural areas, then, is the missing link to maintaining prosperity in a warming world.
2022 US Environment & Climate Facts | State of the Earth
State and local governments spent $67.7 billion on the environment and natural resources in 2019. Combining bills that became public law, executive orders and presidential memoranda, and significant rulemaking by executive agencies, there were 81 federal actions on land, energy, and the environment in 2021.
2024 Current State of the Union: US Environment - USAFacts
In 2022, an estimated 23.1% of US adults suffered from a mental illness. The federal government spent nearly $117.0 billion on public health in 2023 — 35.9% less than in 2022 but 59.1% more than in 2019. In 2022, 92.1% of the population (304.0 million people) had health insurance.
10 facts about the US environment
Apr 28, 2022 · The federal government spent $40.9 billion in 2020, or 0.6% of all federal expenditures, on the environment and natural resources (not including spending on renewable energy). Most was spent on the Forest Service ($7 billion), transfers to state and local governments ($6.7 billion), and NOAA ($6.1 billion).
Global sustainable resource consumption needed urgently, UN …
Mar 4, 2024 · Global natural resource consumption is predicted to increase by 60% by 2060, compared with 2020 levels, according to the United Nations Environment Programme's Global Resources Outlook, a report by the UN's International Resource Panel. That’s after material use grew more than three times over the past 50 years, it said.
Technology can help us save the planet. But more than anything, …
Aug 23, 2018 · Every day new evidence of our unsustainable impact on the environment is emerging. The last five years have been the warmest five-year period on record, the Arctic warmed much faster than predicted and the UN estimates that in the last 10 years, climate-related disasters have caused $1.4 trillion worth of damage worldwide.
The environment or the economy? What Amercians think | World …
Apr 19, 2022 · As our infographic illustrates, the struggle in the U.S. between the two really came to a head as the effects of the 2008 financial crisis started to bite. In March 2009, the economy had shifted to the forefront of most people's minds, with a majority (51 percent) choosing the economy as a priority, compared to 42 percent favoring the environment.
Tourism is damaging the ocean. Here’s what we can do to protect it
Mar 26, 2019 · Global awareness of the footprint of (micro)plastic from tourism gained momentum in 2018. Researchers estimate that an additional 8 million metric tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean every year. About 40% of all plastic is in single-use packaging, as tourists litter beaches with straws, coffee cups, water bottles and cigarette butts.