WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans today rejected an amendment to the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act that would have provided $1.9 billion for clean water infrastructure improvements and to reduce lead contamination nationally, and to address the drinking water crisis in…
WASHINGTON – President Obama and India’s Prime Minister Modi today announced further steps on climate action, including signals to reach a global agreement this year to phase down the climate pollutants known as HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) under the Montreal Protocol.
WASHINGTON – More than 100 conservation, environmental and health groups representing millions of Americans today strongly criticized legislation before the House this week that would delay safer federal clean air standards, putting the American public’s health at significant risk from…