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Trump EPA’s “Dirty Power Plan” Coming Soon

Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger

As the nation and the world suffer another summer of record heat waves, devastating wildfires, and alarming weather extremes, EPA’s Acting Administrator Andy Wheeler is preparing to issue the Trump Administration’s “do-nothing” replacement proposal for the Clean Power Plan this…

Northam Brings Virginia's Energy Future into Sharper Focus

Expert BlogVirginiaWalton Shepherd

While the Trump administration puts the nation in reverse on cleaning up vehicle pollution, Governor Ralph Northam put the Commonwealth on the road to cleaner energy in announcing yesterday a $14 million investment in electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across…

Study: Pesticides May Pose Greater Risk to Marine Mammals

Expert BlogUnited StatesStacy Woods

A new publication in the journal Science shows manatees and other vulnerable marine and semi-aquatic mammals lack a critical line of biological defense against chlorpyrifos and other pesticides.

Court Sides with Science, Children’s Health on Chlorpyrifos

Expert BlogMiriam Rotkin-Ellman
After decades of advocacy and thousands of scientific studies, chlorpyrifos—the toxic pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—may finally be headed to the history books, with a court ruling the EPA must finalize its proposed ban within 60 days.

Trump Officials Pressured National Lab to Help Coal Agenda

Expert BlogGillian Giannetti
Trump administration officials pressured the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to write their March 2018 resilience study to benefit coal producers, according to a Bloomberg story posted today based on documents obtained by Sierra Club and…

Court Orders EPA to Finalize Ban on Pesticide Toxic to Kids

Press ReleaseUnited States
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must finalize its proposed ban on chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—from use on produce sold in the U.S. within 60 days, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today.

International Day of Indigenous Peoples: Free Nahuelbuta

Expert BlogChile, InternationalJames Blair

In the Nahuelbuta Mountains of what is now Chile, Indigenous Mapuche communities offer hopeful lessons for native forest restoration and river protection, based on deep historical relations with the local environment.

Climate Change Is Worsening Houston’s Housing Crisis

DispatchHouston, TexasTim Vanderpool
Since Hurricane Harvey, homelessness has gone up, some public housing residents are living in severely damaged homes, and others have been cast out to remote suburbs—to the detriment of local well-being and the economy.

How Not to Waste Clean Energy: New Support for CA’s AB 813

Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh
Important new evidence just surfaced about a growing problem that burdens California’s clean energy transition: we are quite literally throwing away increasing amounts of clean energy, enough during some months to power more than 100,000 households with pollution-free electricity. Fortunately…