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CA Legislature Passes Bill to Protect Firefighters, Families

August 29, 2018 Expert BlogAvinash Kar

Yesterday evening, the California legislature provided final approval for Assembly Bill 2998 by Assembly Member Bloom, moving the state one step closer to eliminating toxic flame retardant chemicals from California homes.

The Emerging Public Health Consequences of Hurricane Harvey

August 29, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesJuanita Constible

Even as scientists continue to study the health effects of Harvey and other storms behind us, our leaders in government and healthcare need to be prepared for an increasingly unsafe future.

Green Your School

August 28, 2018 How-ToUnited StatesCorey Binns

Eight ways to help your district’s students and parents be better environmental citizens.

New Model Ordinance Will Help Reduce Polluted Runoff in NJ

August 28, 2018 Expert BlogBecky Hammer

A new model ordinance will help New Jersey communities curb harmful stormwater runoff that pollutes local waterways and contributes to urban flooding.

Illinois Is a Leader in Renewable Energy Jobs

August 28, 2018 Expert BlogToba Pearlman

How EPA Admin. Wheeler Cooks the Books for Dirty Power Scam

August 28, 2018 Expert BlogStarla Yeh

Better Buildings Can Limit Climate Change

August 28, 2018 Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein

This blog presents a radically optimistic view of how retrofitting all existing buildings in America can cut climate emissions dramatically by 2030. Such a program will require vastly expanded resources, but we have practical experience of having done it in…

100 Percent Zero GHG Energy Bill Passes California Assembly

August 28, 2018 Expert BlogPeter Miller

The California State Assembly today approved legislation that will commit the state to fully eliminating carbon pollution from electricity generation before the middle of the century. The legislation now returns to the Senate for a final vote. If successful, it…

Fuel Efficiency Standards Don’t Just Help Curb Climate Change, They Also Create Jobs

August 28, 2018 ExplainerUnited StatesBrian Palmer

So many technological innovations in the automobile industry stem directly from guidelines intended to reduce gas guzzling. If we lose these guidelines, we’ll also lose a lot of our workforce.

Street Art and Augmented Reality Get Real About Climate in Miami

August 28, 2018 PerspectivesMiami, United StatesPatrick Rogers

Linda Cheung’s innovative Miami Murals project is blinging out the topic of climate change.

Wheeler’s “Dirty Power Plan” Is Wrong for the Midwest

August 27, 2018 Expert BlogSamantha Williams

EPA head Andrew Wheeler proposed last week a long-rumored rule replacing—and thoroughly gutting—the Clean Power Plan, the Obama EPA’s landmark climate initiative that set the first-ever limits on dangerous carbon pollution from power plants. This worse-than-nothing proposal props up coal-fired…

Pebble Foes Run Ads Remembering the Mount Polley Disaster

August 27, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesTaryn Kiekow Heimer

Four years ago this month, a major breach occurred in an earthen dam built to contain millions of tons of mining waste at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley copper and gold mine in British Columbia. It remains the worst environmental mining…

Harnessing Green Infrastructure Solutions in Chile

August 27, 2018 Expert BlogErika Moyer

Another Huge Drinking Water Fail Surfaces in Michigan

August 24, 2018 DispatchMichiganSteve Friess

For years the state has ignored its foamy rivers and water supplies contaminated with chemicals called PFASs.

50% Renewables in NV Will Boost Investment, Cut Pollution

August 24, 2018 Expert BlogDylan Sullivan

New modeling finds that a 50 percent renewable energy standard in Nevada would drive new investments in local solar power and storage, lowering harmful pollution across the state, and reducing Nevada’s dependence on out-of-state fossil fuels and power.