Oregon -- ODA Adopts Rules for Oregon's New Firewood Law: Firewood Coming From Outside the Pacific NW Will Ned Heat Treatment and a Label (Nov 28, 2012)
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- ODA Adopts Rules for Oregon's New Firewood Law: Firewood Coming From Outside the Pacific NW Will Ned Heat Treatment and a Label (Nov 28, 2012) The Oregon Department of Agriculture has finalized the rules for a new state law…
Update -- USDA Seeks Suggestions for Projects Funded by Section 10201 of the 2008 Farm Bill (comments due Dec 12)
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- USDA Seeks Suggestions for Projects Funded by Section 10201 of the 2008 Farm Bill (Nov 9, 2012) APHIS is accepting suggestions to implement Section 10201 ("Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention") of…
Military Benefits from Insecticide Spray Equipment Testing (Dec 10, 2012)
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Military Benefits from Insecticide Spray Equipment Testing (Dec 10, 2012) When it comes to selecting spray equipment to combat harmful insects that threaten the health of deployed soldiers, military personnel can turn to USDA…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 10, 2012
Restoration Council begins oil spill recovery effort with meeting in Mobile (Guest Column) By Bethany Kraft, Ocean Conservancy, for The Press Register (Mobile, Ala.). December 7, 2012. "Citizens across the Gulf region have an unprecedented opportunity through the Gulf Coast Ecosystem…
Time Is Running Out To Set Stronger Limits On Soot Pollution
Credit: Mom's Clean Air Force This blog post was written by Molly Rauch, and it originally appeared on the Mom's Clean Air Force blog . On December 14, the Environmental Protection Agency is scheduled to release a final standard for allowable levels of soot in ambient outdoor air. Moms…
Super Mommy vs. Toy Packaging
By Sarah White “Open it please.” Ugh! Those dreaded words again. My son looks up at me, his eyes wide with anticipation as he hands to me the object of his desire- a newly bought action figure complete with accessories. The toy is entombed in layers of cardboard, plastic and sadistic twisty…
Global Warming Gets Cold Reception
(DOHA/ WASHINGTON – Dec. 8, 2012) After another marathon negotiating session, countries at the UN climate talks in Doha managed to scrape together minimal progress on its scope of work and agreed to begin addressing the hardships that climate change is already inflicting on the most vulnerable…
Doha climate talks eke out modest deal on Kyoto, new 2015 agreement, and climate loss, but consideration of many issues postponed to next year
EDF's statement on the Doha COP 18 climate talks Sat, 2012-12-08 Contact: Jennifer Andreassen, 202-572-3387, jandreassen@edf.org Jennifer…
US, Mexico, and Conservation Organizations Join Forces to Restore Flows to the Colorado
Historic binational agreement expected to create improved framework for future river management Historic binational agreement expected to create improved framework for future river management …
Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Announces 2013 Python Challenge™ (Dec 5, 2012)
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Announces 2013 Python Challenge™ (Dec 5, 2012) The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is announcing the 2013 Python Challenge™ with its goal of increasing public…
Invasive Grass Fuels increased Fire Activity in the West (Dec 5, 2012)
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Invasive Grass Fuels increased Fire Activity in the West (Dec 5, 2012) An invasive grass species, cheatgrass, may be one reason fires are bigger and more frequent in certain regions of the western U.S., according to a team of…
Brown Bag with Forestry Webinar Series - Jan to Jun 2013
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Brown Bag with Forestry Webinar Series Monthly lunch webinars begin Jan 28, 2013, continue monthly through Jun 2013. The goal of these programs is to present cutting edge research to professional foresters, landowners, policy…
On-Bill Repayment Bill Introduced In California
By Brad Copithorne This commentary was originally posted on the EDF California Dream 2.0 Blog . Yesterday , California Senator Kevin de León introduced a bill, SB 37 , which would create the first On-Bill Repayment (OBR) program entirely financed by private capital. OBR allows property owners…
On-Bill Repayment Bill Introduced In California
By Brad Copithorne Yesterday , California Senator Kevin de León introduced a bill, SB 37 , which would create the first On-Bill Repayment (OBR) program entirely financed by private capital. OBR allows property owners to finance energy efficiency and renewable generation upgrades and repay the…
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy On-Bill Repayment Bill Introduced
Sen. De León’s Bill Could Create 20K Jobs/ Reduce 7M Tons of CO2 Annually After the First Five Years Sen. De León’s Bill Could Create 20K Jobs/ Reduce 7M Tons of CO2 Annually After the First Five Years …
Scientists push back against a bill that would pervert the whole concept of conflict of interest
By Richard Denison Richard Denison, Ph.D. , is a Senior Scientist. This week, two letters – one signed by 13 prominent public health scientists and the other signed by the heads of 8 major national environmental organizations – were sent to the House Science Committee voicing strong opposition…
Join us for our EDF Climate Corps Webinar "Harnessing People Power to Save Energy"
Each year, EDF Climate Corps fellows work deep within hundreds of leading organizations to bolster smart energy management. Not only has the program identified an average of $1 million in energy savings for each organization involved, but it has learned a lot along the way. Join us for a Webinar on…
More To Come On Methane…
By Steven Hamburg Concerns around the impacts of methane emissions have reemerged in headlines , with the release of a methane leakage study about Boston. Published in the journal of Environmental Pollution a couple weeks ago, researchers from Boston University and Duke University measured…
Environmental Defense Fund welcomes new California media director
Joaquin McPeek joins EDF from the Office of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson CA Climate hired new media director from Sacramento Mayor's Office for AB 32 and other energy projects Thu,…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 6, 2012
Support for Lower Ninth Ward swamp grows By Susan Buchanan, The Louisiana Weekly. December 3, 2012. "The city, state and feds all want to see Bayou Bienvenue in the Lower Ninth Ward restored to the cypress-tupelo swamp it was before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the MRGO channel in…