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Chicago Petcoke: Big Announcements Mark Improvement, but Not an End to the Problem

February 25, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (February 25, 2015) – A series of announcements last week regarding Chicago’s controversial petcoke piles signal significant changes coming to the city’s Southeast Side, where the oil refining waste has been mounded in close proximity to homes, parks and…

California Climate Plan’s Auction Results Show Carbon Caps Move Us Toward a Cleaner Future

February 25, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (February 25, 2015) – The California Air Resources Board announced today the results of the first carbon auction with polluting fuels such as gasoline included under the cap. For the first time, the oil industry joined other major industries…

Ballast Water Bill Would Open Coasts and Great Lakes to Invasive Species Assault

February 25, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC (February 25, 2015) – The US Senate Commerce Committee reported a bill to the Senate that would exempt ship ballast water—the source of numerous damaging invasive species infestations in the Great Lakes, inland waterways and sensitive waters along…

A Cleaner, Greener L.A. through Equitable TOD Planning

February 24, 2015 Expert BlogRamya Sivasubramanian

Waiving Environmental Rules Causes Unreasonable Impacts to Bay-Delta's Fish and Wildlife

February 24, 2015 Expert BlogDoug Obegi

Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Veto - Right Decision at the Right Time

February 24, 2015 Expert BlogUnited StatesSusan Casey-Lefkowitz

Evolutionary Imbalance Hypothesis: An Alien Theory

February 24, 2015 ExplainerInternationalBrian Palmer

What regions produce more invasive species, and which are most vulnerable? Biodiversity may be the key.

New study: algae pollution makes coastal communities vulnerable to ocean acidification damage

February 23, 2015 Expert BlogAnn Alexander

The Only Safe Arctic Drilling Is No Drilling

February 23, 2015 Expert BlogFranz Matzner

New Study: Rapid Ocean Acidification Threatens Coastal Economies in 15 States

February 23, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (February 23, 2015) – The first nationwide vulnerability assessment for ocean acidification, published today in Nature Climate Change, shows that coastal communities in 15 states that depend on the nation’s approximately $1 billion shelled mollusk (e.g., oysters and…

Back from the Dead Zone

February 23, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesSusan Cosier

Doing just a little to curb fertilizer pollution in the Mississippi could go a long way to breathing life back into the Gulf.

The Fishing Industry on Acid

February 23, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

Ocean acidification will hit coastal communities like these the hardest.

States Are Vulnerable to Ocean Acidification

February 23, 2015 Fact SheetConnecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, WashingtonDr. Lisa Suatoni

Proposed Budget Would Cut Funding for Wildlife Services

February 20, 2015 Expert BlogAndrew Wetzler

Strike Two: Developers' second shot at the coastal California gnatcatcher fails again

February 20, 2015 Expert BlogDr. Sylvia Fallon