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NEPA Under Attack
posted by Amanda Jahshan, 5/22/13
Amanda Jahshan, Legal Fellow, Washington, D.C.: I have a confession to make.  ...
USAID Releases Water Strategy
posted by Elizabeth Shope, 5/22/13
Elizabeth Shope, Advocate, Washington, D.C.: Yesterday, USAID officially released its ...
EPA Improved Process for Contractor-Managed Peer Reviews
posted by Jennifer Sass, 5/22/13
Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist, Washington, D.C.: Earlier this month the Environmental ...
Fracking roundtable: Congress must close loopholes for industry in protective laws
posted by Amy Mall, 5/22/13
Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C.: Tomorrow, I’m headed to the ...
Report: Appliance Standards Save Consumers Money while Continuing to Provide Choices
posted by Meg Waltner, 5/21/13
Meg Waltner, Energy Efficiency Advocate, San Francisco, CA: A new report out today ...
Fracking Day of Action: May 22 in Albany
posted by Kate Sinding, 5/21/13
Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City: Back in March, the New York State Assembly ...
Calls for Action at U.S. - India Energy Partnership Summit in DC; Extreme Heat in hits Ahmedabad
posted by Grace Gill, 5/21/13
Grace Gill, Program Assistant, CMI/India/Climate Center, New York: India Green News ...
University of Michigan Study: 58% of Pennsylvanians and 52% of Michiganders Support Fracking Moratorium in Their State
posted by Daniel Raichel, 5/21/13
Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York: Last Tuesday, the University of Michigan released ...
Leading wolf researchers oppose plan to remove Endangered Species Act protections nationally
posted by Sylvia Fallon, 5/21/13
Sylvia Fallon, Senior Scientist, Washington, DC: Yesterday a group of leading wolf ...
House bill would give TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline special exemption from US environmental law
posted by Anthony Swift, 5/21/13
Anthony Swift, Attorney, International Program, Washington, DC: Proponents of the Keystone ...

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You’re Never Alone When You’re with a Drone
posted by David Gessner, 5/20/13
By David Gessner Last Tuesday, as I do almost every day, I went ...
Frog Fungus and the Pregnancy Test of Doom
posted by Jason Bittel, 5/17/13
By Jason Bittel Things are not going well for frogs. A type of ...
Overinflated: Why the NYC Bike Share Backlash Is a Good Thing
posted by Tom Vanderbilt, 5/15/13
By Tom Vanderbilt No revolution is deserving of the label if it ...

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Nuevo Secretario de Energía puede reducir los gases de invernadero, emitir normas de eficiencia y extender el apoyo a la energía limpia y renovable
posted by Peter Lehner, 5/21/13
“Una economía baja en carbono es imprescindible,” señaló Ernest Moniz ...
El futuro del planeta está en nuestras manos
posted by Adrianna Quintero, 5/18/13
Este blog fue escrito con la colaboración de Evelyn Arévalo En este mes en el cual celebramos ...
La calidad del aire en América Latina: altos niveles de contaminación requieren una fuerte acción gubernamental
posted by Amanda Maxwell, 5/6/13
La nube sofocante de humo que se situó sobre Beijing en enero de este año fue un recordatorio ...
La visita de Obama a México es una oportunidad para revisar la cooperación ambiental entre México y Estados Unidos
posted by Carolina Herrera, 5/2/13
La visita del presidente Obama a México esta semana será la segunda vez en menos de seis ...

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Two Zijin Senior Staff Fined 1.15 Million RMB and Other Recent China Environmental Law, Public Participation, and Climate Change News
posted by Greenlaw, 1/14/11
紫金矿业两高管被罚115万以及其他最近的中国环境法、公众参与及气候变化的新闻 Two Zijin senior staff fined 1.15 million RMB, Zijin to donate ...
NRDC Beijing Office-DSM Staff Engineer – Job Opening
posted by JingJing Qian, 1/12/11
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is seeking a full-time staff engineer for the Demand Side ...
The Warriors of Qiugang – A New Documentary on the Struggle to Save China’s Environment
posted by Alex Wang, 1/10/11
A great deal has been written about the struggles to resolve China’s overwhelming environmental problems, ...
Progress and Retreat for Environmental Transparency in China: Announcing the 2009-10 Pollution Information Transparency Index (PITI) Results
posted by Alex Wang, 1/4/11
Environmental transparency in China showed both progress and retreat over the past year, and many ...

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