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Climate Change Threatens Health

October 13, 2015 OverviewUnited States, InternationalDr. Kim Knowlton

Climate change is one of the most serious public health threats facing the nation, but few people are aware of how it can affect them. Children, the elderly, and communities living in poverty are among the most vulnerable.

The Supreme Court and Order 745: a High-Stakes Chance for a Clean Energy Do-Over

October 13, 2015 Expert BlogAllison Clements

Climate Change, Ahoy!

October 13, 2015 Latest NewsAfricaBrian Palmer

A new study says the Horn of Africa is going to get hotter and drier, driving poverty and piracy.

Could high-efficiency homes turn a mortgage backed security into a green bond?

October 9, 2015 Expert BlogPhilip Henderson

What's the (Demand) Forecast? More Energy Efficiency on the Radar

October 9, 2015 Expert BlogJennifer Chen

Unleaded, Please

October 9, 2015 Latest NewsFlintSusan Cosier

Toxic tap water is just not acceptable in 2015 (in Flint, Michigan, or anywhere else).

California Poised to Set Strictest Antibiotics Standards for Livestock Use in the Nation

October 9, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (October 9, 2015) – By the end of the weekend, California Governor Jerry Brown will announce his decision on legislation by Sen. Jerry Hill that sets the strictest limits in the U.S. on the misuse and overuse of antibiotics…

Clean Water Rule Decision Delays Enforcement but Reinforces Need for Protections

October 9, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 9, 2015) – A federal court decision handed down today temporarily delays enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Clean Water Rule, which guarantees pollution protections for tens of millions of acres…

Missouri Attorney General "Putting Pollution Before People" By Joining Anti-Clean Power Plan Lawsuit

October 9, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (October 9, 2015) — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced he will oppose the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan today by joining a lawsuit challenging it in federal court. The historic carbon pollution protections, ordered by a…

Putting the “Green” in Green Energy

October 9, 2015 Latest NewsIndiaBrian Palmer

India says it can’t meet its carbon-reduction pledge without help. Any takers?

Exporting U.S. Crude Oil Would Boost Climate Pollution and Risks to Communities

October 9, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 9, 2015) –The following is a statement by Franz Matzner, director of the Beyond Oil Initiative at the Natural Resources Defense Council, on a pending House bill—which faces a presidential veto—to remove the four-decade-old prohibition on U.S. exports…

The Cheese Stands Alone--Energy Mandates Committee Makes Unpopular and Unsupported Recommendations, Gets Denounced by Many Across Ohio

October 8, 2015 Expert BlogSamantha Williams

South Carolina floods a wake-up call for the future

October 8, 2015 Expert BlogRob Moore

It's Time to Fix the Trash Clean-Up Plan for the Anacostia River

October 8, 2015 Expert BlogBecky Hammer

Locking Horns

October 8, 2015 DispatchAfricaAustin Merrill

As poaching pushes the rhino toward extinction, South Africa considers a radical solution: Legalize the very thing that is killing them. It'd make some people very rich. But would it doom the species?