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Governor Brown Announces 2030 Statewide Climate Pollution Limit

April 29, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES (April 29, 2015) – Speaking before the annual Navigating the American Carbon World conference, Governor Brown issued a historic new executive order to reduce California’s carbon pollution to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The order will…

Solar Schools: Challenge Accepted

April 28, 2015 Expert BlogJay Orfield

The tar sands invasion that can be stopped

April 28, 2015 Expert BlogDanielle Droitsch

With Tyson pledge, antibiotic stewardship is looking like the new normal in the chicken industry

April 28, 2015 Expert BlogSasha Stashwick

Industry Opponents of Safer Air Knows It's Coming; They Just Want to Deny You That Right

April 28, 2015 Expert BlogJohn Walke

The Secret Life of Plants

April 28, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesAlisa Opar

Plants can hear, feel, and tell one predator from another—and this researcher is spying on their defense strategies.

The Blue-Light Special

April 28, 2015 ExplainerUnited StatesJason Bittel

Could aircraft lights in tune with bird vision help prevent costly and dangerous collisions?

New Study: Tar Sands to Skyrocket West Coast’s Climate and Air Pollution

April 28, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (April 28, 2015) – The Pacific coast faces a looming health, climate, and environmental crisis posed by an influx of tar sands fuel from oil interests in Alberta, Canada, according to new analysis released today by the Natural Resources…

Coalition Ad Calls Upon President Obama to Save the Arctic, Protect Our Climate

April 28, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (April 28, 2015) – A broad coalition of environmental and native rights groups today placed a new full-page ad in USA Today calling on President Obama to stop Big Oil’s assault on the Arctic Ocean’s natural heritage and our…

Bill Protecting Against Chemicals is a Step Forward, but Needs Further Improvements

April 28, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (April 28, 2015) – The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today approved a chemical safety bill that would reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which empowers the Environmental Protection Agency to better protect public health and the…

Plug-in Equipment Energy Efficiency Bill Advances in California Legislature

April 28, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (April 28, 2015) – Legislation to help curb energy waste from the 50-plus plugged-in appliances, electronics, and miscellaneous electrical devices in the average California household, such as video equipment and kitchen appliances, as well as similar power-guzzling equipment in…

What's on Your Plate Affects the Planet

April 27, 2015 Expert BlogPeter Lehner

Bill Would Prevent Wildlife Services and Others from Cruel Trapping on Refuge Land

April 27, 2015 Expert BlogElly Pepper

Act Now to Stop Congressional Attack on Clean Water Safeguards

April 27, 2015 Expert BlogJon Devine

Important Electric Grid Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Energy's New Report

April 27, 2015 Expert BlogJennifer Chen