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An Environmental Justice Advocate’s L.A. Story

October 17, 2017 DispatchLos AngelesCarmen Cusido

Dr. Michael Anthony Mendez on the subject of his new book, Climate Change from the Streets, and the readiness of Latinos to act on climate and justice.

Pruitt Wants to Make the EPA Less Accountable to the Public

October 16, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive to curb the agency’s so-called “sue-and-settle” practice with outside groups.

Greenpeace Prevails Over Canadian Logging Company Resolute RICO Lawsuit Dismissed by Federal Court

October 16, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON – A federal judge in San Francisco dismissed a racketeering case brought against environmental organizations Greenpeace and Stand.earth by Resolute, a Canadian logging company. The court awarded fees to the defendants, applying California’s anti-SLAPP statute prohibiting lawsuits intended to…

Reinforcing Healthcare Systems in the Age of Stronger Storms

October 16, 2017 Expert BlogClare Morganelli

EPA Admin. Pruitt Pushing Fiction to Allow Dirtier Air and Water and Sicker Americans

October 16, 2017 Press Release

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today issued a directive that would make EPA’s actions less accountable to the public and give corporate polluters more freedom to pollute the nation’s air, water and land.

New CA Law Requires Cleaning Products Disclose Ingredients

October 15, 2017 Expert BlogAvinash Kar

After Five Years of Cleaner Cars, EPA Must Tighten Standards

October 13, 2017 Expert BlogLuke Tonachel

DOE Needs to Keep Its Priorities Straight

October 13, 2017 Expert BlogElizabeth Noll

We need to support innovative, job-creating clean energy research, and invest in a modern, flexible grid that can maximize delivery of that pollution-free energy. And we need to focus on responsible solutions for our existing nuclear waste problem before we…

Trump’s Clean Power Plan Rollback Hurts Nevada

October 13, 2017 Expert BlogDylan Sullivan

Nevada was set to gain 4,500 jobs and further develop its clean energy economy, but that is more difficult now that Trump is trying to undo the Clean Power Plan (CPP).

Latin America Green News 10/8 – 10/12/2017

October 13, 2017 Expert BlogCarolina Herrera

After a Half-Century, Tigers May Return to Kazakhstan

October 13, 2017 Latest NewsInternational

How do you bring tigers back to a region after decades of extinction? First you rebuild their ecosystem.

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 28

October 13, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

A blow to America’s best tool for curbing climate-wrecking carbon pollution; Congress moves to whittle down our monuments to nothing; and the Trump administration is anti–clean cars.

FEMA’s Outdated and Backward-Looking Flood Maps

October 12, 2017 Expert BlogJoel Scata

FEMA’s flood mapping program is falling short in protecting people and property from flooding.

Vaquita Advocates Welcome Trader Joe’s Decision to Stop Buying Mexican Shrimp

October 12, 2017 Press Release

Dominion’s Pipeline: Sticker Shock for Virginia Consumers

October 12, 2017 Expert BlogWalton Shepherd