A major winter storm is expected to affect the Northeast and New England Friday into Saturday. As much as 1 to 2 feet of snow is forecast from the New York City metro area to Maine, with localized heavier amounts possible. For the most up to date forecast, watches and warnings, visit weather.gov.
According to NOAA scientists, the globally-averaged annual combined land and ocean surface temperature in 2012 was 1.03°F (0.57°C) above the 20th-century average of 57.0°F (13.9°C). The annual report also found that all 12 years of the 21st century (2001-2012) rank among the 14 warmest in the…
Today, as the April 20 three-year memorial of the 2010 BP oil disaster approaches, impacted community members, public officials and local and national conservation groups convened at the site of the ongoing BP trial, outside the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, to demand that BP be held…
The BP Oil Disaster: Three Years Later I: PRESS RELEASE II: JOINT STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BP Oil Disaster Unresolved at Three-Year Mark Gulf Coast residents, public officials, conservation groups gather onsite at BP trial CONTACTS: Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation ,…
By Gernot Wagner (Note: This post was co-written with Graham McCahan and was first published on EDF Voices .) Congress may be ignoring climate change these days, but there are laws already in place that make progress possible, right now, on this defining issue. Take the Clean Air Act. Under…
By Guest Author By Elizabeth Hill, Director of Corporate and Social Responsibility, Rubicon Global Why do we throw trash away? Because we have already extracted the value out of a product and we do not need what is left over. What remains is usually seen as dirty or useless. It goes into the can…
The BP oil disaster: Three years later Tue, 2013-04-16 Contact: Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 512.691.3407, schatzele@nwf.org …
The 2012 Highlights of Progress report provides a summary of the major climate change-related accomplishments of EPA’s national and regional water programs in 2012. This is the fourth climate change progress report for the National Water Program and the first progress report organized around the…
By Marc Vincent As a Washington, D.C. area native, I always find the beginning of spring in this area very exciting. During a recent walk with my dog around the cherry blossom-lined Tidal Basin, I thought about how spring reminds me of change. In the past year, I have seen a lot of change in [...]
By Colin Meehan This commentary was originally posted on the EDF Energy Exchange blog . Picture this: You live in Texas, the state with the most solar energy potential in the U.S. Knowing this, you decide to install solar panels on your home’s rooftop because, in Texas, you can lease – rather…
By Colin Meehan Picture this: You live in Texas, the state with the most solar energy potential in the U.S. Knowing this, you decide to install solar panels on your home’s rooftop because, in Texas, you can lease – rather than buy – the entire solar energy system. The option to lease…
Waiting for BP's pot of gold By J. Earle Bowden, The Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal. April 13, 2013. "We appear in a long waiting uncertainty, the BP bonanza and our new, juiced-up future penciled in somewhere on the long calendar of time. Yet, brightness on the horizon: super bucks in 80…
MEDIA ADVISORY: For Tuesday, April 16, 2013 The BP Oil Disaster: Three Years Later Gulf Coast residents, public officials, conservation groups to host press conference, rally at site of BP trial CONTACTS: Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation , 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org…
Each Monday we write about the New England environment and way of life seen through our local perspective. Previous posts By Gina Snyder The crocuses and birds have been greeting me in the mornings this month. That must mean spring is here, although the wind can still seem like the beginning of…
By Whit Remer, Environmental Defense Fund Yesterday concluded the seventh week of trial for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. The week began on Monday with the first day of BP’s formal defense as operator of the troubled oil rig. As in all legal trials, the plaintiffs presented their case…
By Guest Author By Reid Lifset, Associate Research Scholar, Resident Fellow in Industrial Ecology, Associate Director of the Industrial Environmental Management Program, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Industrial Ecology Industrial ecology (IE) is an ensemble concept that specifies ways in…
By Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator This month EPA took an important next step to ensure that the cars of the future are not only the most fuel efficient, environmentally friendly and cost-effective cars to hit America’s roads – but they’re also the healthiest. The new tailpipe standards…
By Jessica Feingold When people think Hawaiian paradise, usually beaches, sun and trade winds come to mind. The price of energy? Not so much. The state actually has the highest electric rates in the nation, approximately 2 to 3 times higher than the average price on the mainland. Given these high…
For scientists studying summer sea ice in the Arctic, it’s not a question of “if” there will be nearly ice-free summers, but “when.” And two scientists say that “when” is sooner than many thought — before 2050 and possibly within the next decade or two.
By Pam Lazos Despite its ubiquitous nature, less than 1% of water is available for human use. The rest is salt water (oceans), frozen water (polar ice caps), or inaccessible water (groundwater that’s trapped). We need water to grow or produce everything we eat or drink as well as the products we…