Is there a ray of environmental optimism?
By Nancy Buzby First there were the producers of “ Years of Living Dangerously ”, who wanted to end their ground-breaking documentary on an optimistic note. Next, President Obama and the First Lady invited former EDF Climate Corps fellow Tyrone Davis to the State of the Union address. It seems…
Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow Joins First Lady at State of the Union Address
January 28, 2014
Is Texas the Next Global Leader in Water? It’s Up to State Leaders to Decide.
By Kate Zerrenner This commentary originally appeared on our Texas Clean Air Matters Blog. The Texas Comptroller, Susan Combs, recently released the Texas Water Report: Going Deeper for the Solution , which proposes a sort of revolution to solve Texas’ water woes. As Combs notes, Texas is a…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Jan. 28, 2014
BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill's impact on Gulf of Mexico fisheries discussed By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, The Times-Picayune. Jan. 27, 2014. “As the 2014 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference continued on Monday…” ( read more ) Meetings on coastal planning…
EDF Is Going to Court to Secure Healthier Air for Millions of Texans
By Tomas Carbonell This commentary originally appeared on our Texas Clean Air Matters blog . This post was co-authored by Tomás Carbonell, EDF Attorney, and Brian Korpics, EDF Legal Fellow. Source: Texas Tribune Haze over Dallas Area Last week, EDF took one more step toward protecting Texans…
Is Texas the Next Global Leader in Water? It’s Up to State Leaders to Decide.
By Kate Zerrenner Source: WATR News The Texas Comptroller, Susan Combs, recently released the Texas Water Report: Going Deeper for the Solution , which proposes a sort of revolution to solve Texas’ water woes. As Combs notes, Texas is a global energy leader, but the state should be a global water…
Take Action: Stop McConnell's Attack on Climate Action
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is launching an attack on EPA's proposed carbon pollution standards for power plants. Don't let him win. C4.
Does the future of the Amazon rainforest lie in California?
By Derek Walker (This post first appeared on EDF Voices ) By Derek Walker and Steve Schwartzman . Over the past year, California’s new carbon market has held five auctions, generating $530 million for projects that reduce climate pollution in the state. This is just the start, however, as…
EDF Is Going to Court to Secure Healthier Air for Millions of Texans
By Tomas Carbonell This post was co-authored by Tomás Carbonell, EDF Attorney, and Brian Korpics, EDF Legal Fellow. Source: Texas Tribune Haze over Dallas Area Last week, EDF took one more step toward protecting Texans from harmful levels of ozone pollution that have afflicted the state for far…
Environmental, Health Groups Ask Court to Protect Americans from Ozone Pollution
January 27, 2014
Scaling NYC Clean Heat’s Unique Public-Private Partnership for Energy Efficiency
By EDF Blogs By: Abbey Brown Recently, New Yorkers bid farewell to our Mayor of twelve years, Mike Bloomberg. Under Bloomberg’s prevue, EDF helped catalyze the NYC Clean Heat program – which led to the cleanest air the City has seen in the last fifty years. Through NYC Clean Heat’s efforts…
Community Fuels: Changing the Face – and Impact – of the Fuel Industry
By Larissa Koehler EDF’s Innovators Series profiles companies and people across California with bold solutions to reduce carbon pollution and help the state meet the goals of AB 32. Each addition to the series will profile a different solution, focused on the development of new technologies and…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Jan. 27, 2014
Stopping the loss of our wetlands takes money Editorial, The Houma Courier. Jan. 25, 2014. "The people of south Louisiana are well aware of the problem. Our land is disappearing at an alarming rate, leaving us ever more vulnerable to the next storm and putting us ever closer to the open waters…
"Epic fail" in West Virginia chemical spill: Poor information, poor communications, poor decisions
By Richard Denison Richard Denison, Ph.D. , is a Senior Scientist. Little more than two weeks after the January 9, 2014, spill of multiple chemicals into West Virginia’s Elk River, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the private and public sectors at all levels failed miserably with regard to…
In the News: What to do when climate change gets in the way of business – drink less Coke?
By Nancy Buzby It took a decade of drought in India to make Coca-Cola leaders directly associate climate change with a threat to the bottom-line. Over at Nike, floods in Thailand caused them to shut down four factories in 2008. According to a recent article in the New York Times , these and other…
National Radon Action Month
By Wendy Dew I work in EPA’s Denver regional office, and we’re proud to congratulate 14-year-old Maison Ann Williams, from Utah, who was the first place winner in the 2014 National Radon Poster Contest. It never ceases to amaze me how engaged kids are in protecting the environment. Radon is a…
Destructive Beetiles Found on Oahu Coconut Trees (Jan 9, 2014)
http://hdoa.hawaii.gov/blog/main/destructive-beetles-found-on-oahu-coconut-trees/ State of Hawai'i Department of Agriculture . Another new invasive pest has been detected on Oahu, one that damages coconut trees and other palm plants. The Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) was detected at Joint…
Massachusetts Introduced Pest Outreach Project
http://massnrc.org/pests/ Massachusetts Introduced Pest Outreach Project. The emerald ash borer ( EAB ) was detected in the western Massachusetts Town of Dalton on Aug 31, 2012, and was confirmed by federal officials on Sep 6, 2012. Massachusetts is the 18th state in the country to detect EAB . See…
Invasive Plant Science and Management - Oct-Dec 2013 (Vol 6, No. 4)
USDA . NAL . National Invasive Species Information Center. Issue articles include: Comparing Effectiveness and Impacts of Japanese Barberry ( Berberis thunbergii ) Control Treatments and Herbivory on Plant Communities Hand Pulling Following Mowing and Herbicide Treatments Increases Control of…
New Invasive Species Related Conferences (U.S. and International)
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php USDA . NAL . National Invasive Species Information Center. Invasives 2014: Invasive Species Council of British Columbia Public Forum & AGM -- Jan 21-22, 2014 2014 Agricultural Outlook Forum -- Feb 20-21, 2014 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting --…