There is no question that gas extraction, production, and use is a significant contributor to our climate crisis, but just how bad it is depends a lot on how much the gas system leaks.
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas today issued a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for refusing to designate critical habitat for…
Neighborhood non-profit groups that have run successful and beloved community composting operations on parks properties for years are being ousted by New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver.
Ohio's Hospitals and low-income residents have benefit greatly from energy efficiency programs. Still, Ohio lawmakers may choose to eliminate these programs and increase the energy burden—and electric bill—for both.
In the last six years, many voluntary efforts have been made to help boost monarch populations. Now the butterflies will have to wait even longer to receive more help.
Amid a global biodiversity crisis, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to further weaken the Endangered Species Act will push numerous species that much closer to extinction.
The Trump administration sent decades of progress on water and energy efficiency for U.S. showers down the drain with a radically irresponsible and illegal rule for showerheads.
The action puts at risk large efficiency gains in water and energy that save consumers money and comes just a month after the DOE did the same thing for new dishwashers.
To prevent our oceans from becoming completely inundated with plastic, we need to tackle the issue at its source by preventing plastic from entering the environment in the first place.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released new data today on national sales of medically important antibiotics for use in livestock in 2019. As overall sales rise, most drugs are once again going to the nation’s cattle and pig industries. Sales for…
The U.S. Department of Energy today needlessly established new classes of household washers and dryers that would not be subject to any water or energy efficiency standards, and also separately issued a new definition of showerheads to skirt their water…
The Trump Administration finalized another regulatory change today that weakens the Endangered Species Act by making it easier to leave areas crucial to species’ long-term survival and recovery unprotected. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published the new rule just…
Expert BlogPeoria, IllinoisSelena Kyle, Alyssa Brown
Peoria, Illinois has hit a new milestone in its efforts to transition away from fossil fuels. One of the projects funded through our Clean Air Act settlement with the owners of the E.D. Edwards power plant is done!
Honolulu has rolled out the red carpet for public transit with its brand new bus-only lane, the city’s first in 30 years. Now, the most sustainable and safe form of transportation will move people faster and more reliably, too.
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