Published by the Environmental News Service WARSAW, Poland, June 22, 2017 (ENS) – European environmentalists are ringing alarm bells to alert the world to what they say is a “nightmare” of destructive logging in the Bialoweza primeval forest on the border between Poland and Belarus. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/06/22/polish-government-chops-down-europes-primeval-forest/
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Pruitt has ended the important transparency practice of sharing senior policy leaders’ schedules, a practice which has a long bipartisan history at EPA. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/371439380/0/edf/blogs/feed~What-Scott-Pruitt-doesnt-want-you-to-know-and-why-it-matters
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Unlike his boss, Vice President Pence has a long and specific history on environmental issues. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/368991222/0/edf/blogs/feed~Why-itd-be-dangerous-to-overlook-Mike-Pences-record-on-the-environment
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, June 16, 2017 (ENS) – A federal judge has ruled that the environmental review of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline is insufficient and must be reconsidered. The ruling is being hailed as a major victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and its allies. Read the full […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, June 13, 2017 (ENS) – The 1.3 million-acre Bears Ears National Monument designated by President Barack Obama last December in Utah should be “right-sized,” Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has recommended to President Donald Trump. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/06/14/zinke-wants-to-shrink-bears-ears-national-monument/
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund In his latest essay in Foreign Affairs, EDF President Fred Krupp gives a broad overview of Trump’s policies in a changing energy landscape. This is your two-minute summary. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/361454834/0/edf/blogs/feed~What-has-Trump-done-to-the-environment-so-far-A-quick-rundown
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, June 13, 2017 (ENS) – The global investment banking, securities and investment management firm Goldman Sachs today took a step towards fulfilling its commitment to supplying the firm’s global electricity needs entirely with renewable energy. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/06/13/goldman-sachs-to-power-up-with-100-renewables/
Published by the Environmental News Service CANBERRA, Australia, June 13, 2017 (ENS) – Comprehensive records tracking changes in all 43 greenhouse gases that contribute to human-induced climate change back 2,000 years are now available to the public as a result of research conducted by an international team of scientists led by Australians. Read the full […]
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund This government agency is working hard to keep beaches, national parks and outdoor air healthy and safe for us to enjoy. But for how much longer? Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/360102684/0/edf/blogs/feed~Healthier-safer-summers-%E2%80%93-brought-to-you-by-the-EPA
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, June 12, 2017 (ENS) – The 193 Member States of the United Nations agreed by consensus to a 14 point Call for Action that will begin the reversal of the decline of the ocean’s health at the conclusion of the first-ever United Nations Oceans Conference. […]
Published by the Environmental News Service COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, June 10, 2017 (ENS) – The Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea could experience another above-normal hurricane season this year, according to forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center in College Park. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/06/10/up-to-four-major-atlantic-hurricanes-forecast-for-2017/
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Leaders Across The Country Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/what-they-are-saying-about-epas-decision-delay-implementation-2015-ozone-standards
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/case-you-missed-it-epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-president-trump-put-america-first
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHOTO Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/pruitt-morning-joe-president-trump-putting-americas-interest-first
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-extend-deadline-2015-ozone-naaqs-area-designations
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/pruitt-president-trump-focused-growing-our-economy
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Organizations from across the country are seeking to partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to invest in their local economies and improve water infrastructure. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/organizations-across-country-seek-improve-water-infrastructure-grow-local-economies
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, June 5, 2017 (ENS) – “This is our environment. It is the keystone of a sustainable future. Without a healthy environment we cannot end poverty or build prosperity,” said Secretary-General António Guterres today in a video message for World Environment Day, celebrated annually on June […]
Published by the Environmental News Service SACRAMENTO, California, June 4, 2017 (ENS) – As President Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the UN’s Paris Agreement on Climate, U.S. states and cities and subnational jurisdictions on six continents are filling the void with their own protective climate actions. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/06/04/states-cities-intensify-climate-protection-efforts/
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-path-eliminate-backlog-new-chemicals-awaiting-epa-approval