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New Taco Bell Beef Antibiotics Policy Pressures Wendy's

July 30, 2019 Expert BlogLena Brook

Yesterday, Taco Bell announced a comprehensive antibiotic use reduction commitment for its vast beef supplies.

EPA Kills Bristol Bay Protections, Cozies Up to Pebble Mine

July 30, 2019 Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer

In a purely political move unsupported by science, the EPA withdrew its proposal for commonsense restrictions that would have protected Bristol Bay from the giant Pebble Mine.

Confronting the President’s Agenda of Hate

July 30, 2019 Expert BlogMitchell Bernard

The principles that call us to protect human health and the environment from polluters impel us no less to stand up for inclusion and decency in our civic life.

Trump Administration Reneges on Protections for Alaska’s Salmon Fishery

July 30, 2019 Press ReleaseAlaska

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today withdrew protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska from the Pebble Mine – a colossal, widely condemned gold and copper mine that poses a threat to the area’s famous salmon runs. The agency’s action signals that…

Want to Clean Up Transportation? Come to Baltimore

July 29, 2019 Expert BlogBruce Ho

A coalition of 12 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C. is working together to ensure the region’s transportation is clean, modern, and equitable.

Regionalization of the Western Grid May Be Inevitable

July 29, 2019 Expert BlogCarl Zichella

New Report: Climate Change Will Exacerbate Chile’s Water Management Challenges in the Metropolitan Region

July 29, 2019 Press ReleaseChile

The report outlines solutions to help Chile achieve sustainable development goals and climate change adaptation targets.

Transportation Bill Includes Necessary Climate Investments

July 29, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

The leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee introduced America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act today, which includes funding to make roads, bridges and other infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather events and to spur reductions in highway-related carbon emissions…

Taco Bell Announces Plans for Beef Antibiotic Use Reductions

July 29, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Move Indicates Increasing Pressure for Fast Food Companies to Act

Congress Ramps Up Climate Goals, Carmakers Break with Trump

July 26, 2019 Expert BlogDavid Doniger

As the heat rises, pressure builds on Congress and Carmakers

Bears Ears: A Monument in Name Only

July 26, 2019 Expert BlogUtahBobby McEnaney

This newest management plan released by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) spells out how the remaining 200,000 acres of the monument will be governed. The changes are so sweeping, what currently is known…

Bureau of Land Management to D.C. Employees: Go West or Get Lost

July 26, 2019 PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The forced relocation of hundreds of staffers is seen by many as a precursor to the agency’s dissolution—and a sell-off of public lands to the states.

A New Course: Managing Drought and Downpours in the Santiago Metropolitan Region

July 26, 2019 ReportChile, SantiagoCarolina Herrera, Amanda Maxwell

Already exacerbated by climate change, central Chile’s water issues will likely become more complex when paired with population growth and urbanization. Fortunately, there are solutions.

Michigan’s Lead Drinking Water Protections Survive Legal Challenge

July 26, 2019 Press ReleaseMichigan

Michigan’s Lead and Copper Rule, passed to prevent future disasters like Flint’s lead in drinking water crisis, was upheld in court. The nation’s most protective lead standard, which helps keep lead out of drinking water, survived all but one yet-to-be…

How the Biomass Industry Sent “Sustainability” Up in Smoke

July 25, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesSasha Stashwick

Biomass proponents argue that so long as trees are sourced “sustainably,” policymakers can ignore these impacts. The reality is that their sustainability claims simply greenwash climate pollution and forest destruction.