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A Beach of an Oil Spill

May 20, 2015 Latest NewsCaliforniaClara Chaisson

Santa Barbara’s pristine coastline is now coated in crude.

LEGAL CHALLENGE: New York City Housing Authority Tenants Denied Recycling Services

May 20, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (May 20, 2015) – The New York City Housing Authority is required by law to provide its 400,000 tenants with recycling services, but for years it has failed to do so, according to a letter sent to the…

Better Living Through Chemistry?

May 20, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesSusan Cosier

Chemical regulation needs a makeover, but Congress’ efforts at reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act are still a work in progress.

President Obama Highlights National Security Threats Posed by Climate Change

May 20, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (May 20, 2015) -- In a commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, President Obama today reminded us that the threat of climate change does not stop at our borders and renewed his call to take strong and…

Getting Schooled in the Lunch Room

May 19, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesClara Chaisson

The cafeteria tray gets a sustainable (and homey) makeover.

Dirty Dancing in the Big Empty

May 19, 2015 PerspectivesWest, United StatesRocky Kistner

A new documentary spotlights the sad plight of the greater sage grouse: They’re running out of dance floor.

Ruptured Pipeline Spills Oil Along Santa Barbara’s Coast

May 19, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES (May 19, 2015) — A pipeline burst along Santa Barbara’s coast today, spilling an estimated 21,000 gallons of toxic crude oil in Santa Barbara’s waters and creating a four-mile oil slick.

Think Wood Pellets Are Green? Think Again.

May 19, 2015 Issue BriefUnited States

Re-Imagining Watts 50 Years After the Riots

May 19, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES (May 19, 2015) — Fifty years after the Watts Uprising, a coalition of community groups today launched Watts Re:Imagined – a sustainable redevelopment vision for the South Los Angeles neighborhood. The plan draws on the region’s rich historical…

Do We Exhale Carbon?

May 19, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

Your bodily emissions have at most a negligible impact on climate change, and you may even be a modest carbon-sequestration device.

California Launches Joint Climate Commitment with States and Provinces from Across the Globe

May 19, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (May 19, 2015) – Governor Brown, alongside representatives from a dozen states and provinces across the globe, announced a collective commitment to dramatically reduce their combined carbon pollution. These jurisdictions from North America, South America and Europe have a…

Radon and Fracking: A New Study

May 18, 2015 Expert BlogDr. Bemnet Alemayehu

What the Numbers Reveal About California's Water Priorities

May 18, 2015 Expert BlogKate Poole

Getting to know the HPA axis

May 18, 2015 Expert BlogKristi Pullen Fedinick

Down with TPP

May 18, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesAlisa Opar

From fracking to tainted fish, how the Trans-Pacific Partnership could affect the West.