NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) today sued the Environmental Protection Agency for eliminating leak prevention and repair requirements for hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, the powerful heat-trapping pollutants used in commercial and industrial refrigeration.
90 percent of the grassland bird species that breed on the Great Plains in the United States and Canada winter in the grasslands of the Chihuahuan Desert, which encompasses the northwestern region of Mexico, spreading into the states of Arizona…
In these troubled times, good news out of Maryland. Yesterday, legislation banning the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals in upholstered furniture, certain children’s products, and mattress foam became law.
In a new executive order, the Trump Administration is eyeing our oceans as its next target for rolling back protections in the midst of an unprecedented public health crisis.
As the Army Corps of Engineers ignores requests for a pause in its process, Northern Dynasty Minerals (aka Pebble Partnership) fails to address objections to its preposterous mine plan or fix fatal flaws in its environmental review.
OverviewInternational, United States, Virginia, North Carolina, East
When companies cut down and burn trees to make electricity, the result is increased climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions, devastated ecosystems, and displaced wildlife.
It's another missed opportunity for Virginia's largest monopoly to look out for both Virginians and the environment, by showing how a clean energy transition, founded upon a bedrock of doubling down on energy efficiency to reduce demand and costs, steady…
The move not only tackles the city’s biggest source of greenhouse gases, but it also shows that local leaders are continuing to pick up the federal government’s slack on climate action.
Expert BlogUnited StatesJoan Leary Matthews, Larry Levine
To protect ourselves from the coronavirus, health officials repeatedly tell us to “wash our hands.” Many people can do that, but if you don’t have water in your home because it has been shut off by the water utility, you…
Mayor Lyda Krewson has signed an ambitious bill that would require buildings in the City of St. Louis to meet energy efficiency standards and establishes resources to help building owners achieve the savings that come with decreased energy usage. The…
The Fed’s Main Street lending program—meant to provide COVID relief small businesses—is being tailored to fit ailing oil companies and their bankers, whose problems predate the current crisis. That’s a bad idea.
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