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- Home Rule Victory in New York! - First NY Appellate Court to Rule that Towns Have Right to Zone Out Fracking.
- posted by Daniel Raichel, 5/2/13
- Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York: For those keeping score, today’s ruling ...
- March/April 2013 Legislative Threats to the Endangered Species Act
- posted by Elly Pepper, 5/2/13
- Elly Pepper, Legislative Advocate, Washington, DC: While the last few months fortunately ...
- EU protects bees, but US protects pesticide-producer profits
- posted by Jennifer Sass, 5/2/13
- Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist, Washington, D.C.: The scientific evidence against ...
- We Don't Need NEPA - A Modest Proposal
- posted by Scott Slesinger, 5/2/13
- Scott Slesinger, Legislative Director, Washington, DC: As the Senate continues the ...
- Wyoming: ozone pollution from oil and gas operations is linked to more health clinic visits
- posted by Amy Mall, 5/2/13
- Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C.: I've blogged before about how ...
- Countries Can Agree to More Global Action on Climate Change by 2015: Five Reasons (at least)
- posted by Jake Schmidt, 5/2/13
- Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC: It is critical ...
- Good news amidst the unappetizing: turkey raised without antibiotics less likely to carry superbugs
- posted by Sasha Lyutse, 5/2/13
- Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York: The independent product testing organization ...
- Foxx is a friend of transit
- posted by Rob Perks, 5/2/13
- Rob Perks, Transportation Advocacy Director, Washington, D.C.: On Monday the Obama ...
- Planting Food and Hope: The Inspiring Afterlife of South Central Farm
- posted by Peter Lehner, 5/2/13
- Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City: It started as an empty lot on 41st ...
- Cities and States Are Staying Afloat by Preparing for Rising Seas
- posted by Ben Chou, 5/2/13
- Ben Chou, Water Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C.: This post is part of a blog series ...
- The Robots at the End of the World
- posted by Melissa Mahony, 5/2/13
- By Melissa Mahony Remember the rovers, NASA’s Mars-trekking robots ...
- The Better to See You With
- posted by Melissa Mahony, 4/30/13
- By Melissa Mahony To early mammals, the world looked something ...
- Who’s In Charge Here? At U.S. Oil Spills, It’s Whoever Made the Mess
- posted by Brad Jacobson, 4/29/13
- By Brad Jacobson When ExxonMobil’s Pegasus pipeline burst last ...
- 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 ...
- Consejos para celebrar el Día de la Tierra a diario
- posted by Noah Horowitz, 4/18/13
- Se aproxima el Día de la Tierra, pero puedes lograr mucho en los próximos minutos y todos ...
- ¡Sí se puede! En el Día de la Tierra pidamos mayor acción contra el cambio climático
- posted by Carolina Herrera, 4/17/13
- El tema central de muchas celebraciones del Día de la Tierra 2013 es ‘el rostro del cambio ...
- Earth Day Latino 2013: Montando la tienda de campaña en pleno centro de Los Angeles
- posted by Linda Escalante, 4/16/13
- El Instituto de William C. Velásquez y su coalición de socios en la protección ...
- 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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