(l-r) Tim Phelan, President of CT Retail Merchants Assn.; CT State Sen. Ted Kennedy; CT State Rep. Mike Demicco; Margaret Gorman, Manager, ACC State Affairs Northeast Office On Tuesday, the Wrap Recycling Action Program (WRAP), in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environment Protection (DEEP) kicked off a statewide awareness campaign to increase […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency today issued a 120-day extension of the comment period related to proposed financial responsibility requirements for the hard rock mining industry. The Agency has received dozens of requests to extend the comment period. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-extends-comment-period-hard-rock-mining-proposed-rule
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and Texas Governor Greg Abbott Meet in Washington Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-scott-pruitt-and-texas-governor-greg-abbott-meet-washington
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt met today with Eddie Baza Calvo, the Governor of the Island of Guam, to discuss the Territory’s special environmental needs and concerns. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-and-governor-eddie-baza-calvo-island-guam-meet-0
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund emmapatsie/Flickr One of my all-time favorite articles from the spot-on satirical publication The Onion ran under this brilliant headline: “Report: 98 Percent of Commuters Favor Public Transportation for Others.” The headline and the (forgivably) fake news story that followed captured perfectly the mentality that has often clouded progressive […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund AIRS instrument on NASA’s Aqua spacecraft shows high carbon dioxide concentrations in the Northern Hemisphere. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/NASA/JPL AIRS Project Record floods. Raging storms. Deadly heat. Climate change manifests itself in myriad ways, and it’s the ultimate equalizer: a challenge faced by every living […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Howard University is just down the street. As a historically black college in Washington D.C., Howard’s been churning out incredible role models like Kamala Harris (Attorney General of California), Toni Morrison (Nobel Prize for literature) and Taraji P. Henson (star of Hidden Figures, and also your favorite character on Empire). Besides releasing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Co-authored with Liz Barratt-Brown, NRDC Senior Advisor After years of public debate, a majority of Americans now believe that it is not in the national interest to build the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Given this, why is President Trump ramming through a project that Americans don’t want? As […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, a pre-eminent think tank in the United Kingdom, Chatham House, issued a seminal report challenging a fundamental assumption underlying European renewable energy policy: that burning forest biomass to produce electricity is “carbon neutral.” The report Woody Biomass for Power and Heat: Impacts on the Global Climate, finds […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Argentina’s first green bond, Colombia seeks new carbon capture source, will climate change lead Mexico City to collapse? To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. February 17 – 23, 2017 Climate Change Mexico City skyline Kasper Christensen Mexico City, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund We depend on electric power like we do the air. Without electricity our society could not function. For something so important, we all benefit from learning a bit more about why the electrical system works so well, how electricity moves through the grid, and how wind and solar […]
Like most people, you probably like seafood. Not only does it taste good but seafood provides healthy amounts of protein, vitamins, minerals, and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. The latter is particularly important since consumption of these fatty acids is linked to reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. That’s why international health agencies recommend 1-2 servings of […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Experts say that the exploitation of wetlands in southern Mexico City could lead to the destruction of the area’s bucolic canals within a few years. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/world/americas/mexico-city-canals-xochimilco-chinampas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The woodland caribou is one of Canada’s national icons. Think America’s bald eagle or China’s giant panda. It might be better known down here as the trusty steed that pulls Santa’s sleigh—Christmastime’s “reindeer.” Despite the species’ special place in Canada’s national iconography, today many herds across Canada are […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a “longtime adversary of the EPA,” as the Washington Post put it, takes over the US Environmental Protection Agency. But he takes it over under the shadow of unprecedented opposition from US Senators, EPA employees and public interest groups. Forty-six senators […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Block Island, the first U.S. offshore wind farm Dennis Schroeder/NREL The winds whipping across Lake Erie can average up to 16 miles per hour. And about seven to ten miles northwest of Cleveland, there’s a pilot project in the works to capture them. The offshore wind farm would […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund From disastrous rollbacks to confirmation of the worst-ever EPA head, this administration is hell-bent on destroying the health of our environment—and the American people. A gas drilling rig near homes in the Colorado Rockies iStock For all the bewilderment and chaos of President Trump’s first month in office, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The is the first of a six part blog series examining issues relating to Canada’s boreal forest, including 1) threats to the Forestry Stewardship Council, 2) the deteriorating condition of Canada’s threatened woodland caribou population, 3) the state of forestry in Canada’s boreal forest, 4) the need for […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your new refrigerator and clothes washer do more than just keep your food cold or clean your clothes. They save money and energy, too – and a new report shows just how much standards are savings households in every state. As appliances and equipment get more efficient, residents […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON–Today, U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt took to the stage greeted by the applause of career EPA employees in the agency’s historic Rachel Carson Green Room. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-scott-pruitt-addresses-epa-staff-0