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CA Legislature Passes Bill to Protect Firefighters, Families

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

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.

CA a Step Closer to Removing Toxic Chemicals from Our Homes

Expert BlogDr. Anna Reade
California bill, AB 2998 by Assembly Member Bloom, which bans toxic flame retardant chemicals of concern from upholstered furniture, certain children’s products, and the foam of adult mattresses, just passed the state legislature with bipartisan support and is currently awaiting…

Protecting the Safety Net for New Chemicals Under TSCA

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
NRDC has withdrawn its lawsuit challenging EPA's illegal "Framework" for reviewing new chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) after the Agency declared that it had never actually used the Framework to review the safety of new chemicals, and…

Green Your School

How-ToUnited StatesCorey Binns

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

100 Percent Zero GHG Energy Bill Passes California Assembly

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…

Better Buildings Can Limit Climate Change

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…

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

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

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…