California State Senators Propose New Climate Change and Clean Energy Legislation
February 10, 2015
A Significant Milestone for Opening Up the Discussion About Geoengineering
By Steven Hamburg Geoengineering is the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the Earth’s climate system to counteract the impact that pollutants are having on our climate. The proposals sound like the stuff of science fiction – spraying particles in the upper atmosphere to deflect some…
New Report on Geoengineering a “Significant Milestone” – SRMGI
February 10, 2015
Studies Provide Insight on Two Overlooked Segments of Oil and Gas Industry
By Peter Zalzal Scientists David Lyon and Ramón Alvarez contributed to this post Two studies released today in the journal of Environmental Science and Technology provide new insights into methane emissions from significant sources in the oil and natural gas sector and underscore the urgency of…
Spanish and Portuguese stakeholders meet to create shared vision for a sustainable octopus fishery
By Pam Ruiter Photo: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia By: Raul Garcia Rodriguez, WWF Spain, and Pam Ruiter , EDF EU Oceans Raul Garcia is WWF Spain’s Fisheries Officer and Pam Ruiter is a Project Manager for EDF’s EU Oceans team based in Spain, where EDF and WWF are collaborating on a project…
Third and Final Phase of the BP Trial Brought to a Close on February 2, 2015
By Will Lindsey The third and final phase of the BP trial ended on Monday, February 2, 2015. Based on the evidence presented in this phase, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier will decide the Clean Water Act civil penalty that both BP and Anadarko, a 25 percent non-operator in the Macando well, will…
Introducing Our New Compliance Website
By Marion Herz As chief of staff for EPA’s Office of Compliance, job #1 for me is protecting people’s health and their communities. Our office makes sure everyone plays by the same rules when it comes to the environment. We recently launched our new compliance website to make it easier to stay…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 09, 2015
Does BP deserve mercy in setting Deepwater Horizon penalty? By Tom Zeller Jr., Forbes. Feb. 08, 2015 “While it will likely be decades before we fully comprehend the extent of damage to wildlife, we do know that nearly five years after the explosion, dolphins are dying in high numbers, sea turtles…
Energy Efficiency Market Players Can Choose from Growing List of Trained Project Developers
By EDF Blogs By: Matt Golden, Senior Energy Finance Consultant The Investor Confidence Project (ICP), an EDF initiative designed to unlock investment in energy efficiency, is making progress toward completing a credentialing system that would provide third-party validation of an energy efficiency…
It’s Your Right to Know: The Toxics Release Inventory National Analysis
By Caitlin Briere In order to make the products on which we depend, like pharmaceuticals, clothing, and other manufactured goods, companies across the U.S. use thousands of chemicals in their normal operations. Many of the chemicals necessary to these economic activities are toxic. While most are…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 06, 2015
Delta Blues Part 3: Better Together By Eve Troeh & Jesse Hardman, WWNO. Feb. 05, 2015 “Louisiana faces the highest relative rates of sea level rise in the world. As policy and funding debates rage over how to best restore and protect our coastal communities, local leaders also look for allies…
Survey Says Majority of Americans Believe BP Should Pay Maximum Gulf Oil Spill Fines
February 6, 2015
Survey Says Majority of Americans Believe BP Should Pay Maximum Gulf Oil Spill Fines
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Elizabeth Van Cleve, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, evancleve@edf.org Jacques Hebert, National Audubon Society, 504.264.6849, jhebert@audubon.org Survey Says Majority of…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 05, 2015
Greens fume over Obama’s bid to divert restoration funding By Phil Taylor, Greenwire. Feb. 04, 2015 “This proposed budget undercuts the administration's previous commitments to restore critical economic infrastructure and ecosystems in the Mississippi River Delta, where we are losing 16…
Exploring opportunities for ecosystem-based management of U.S. nearshore tropical reef fisheries
By Kendra Karr Gardens of the Queen, Cuba. Photo: Noel Lopez Fernandez By: Kendra Karr & Rod Fujita There is a general consensus that transitioning to ecosystem-based fisheries management will result in better outcomes for both marine ecosystems and the people who depend on them. But what…
Broad Coalition Coalesces for Clean Energy Jobs in Illinois
By Dick Munson Labor, business, and environmental leaders have formed a unique coalition that will urge Illinois lawmakers to pass new standards for energy efficiency and renewable energy, leading to tens of thousands of new, local jobs. Members of the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, including…
Conservation Groups React to Coastal Restoration Cuts in President’s Budget
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Elizabeth Van Cleve, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, evancleve@edf.org Jacques Hebert, National Audubon Society, 504.264.6849, jhebert@audubon.org Conservation Groups React…
Want Less Cancer from Environmental Causes? Let’s Get Building Codes to Reduce Radon
By Jani Palmer As part of our Indoor Environments Division, my colleagues and I work to reduce people’s exposure to radon, the leading environmental cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. Radon comes from the natural breakdown of uranium in soil, rock and water – where it naturally occurs. Radon…
A PIAEE Winner’s Path Forward
By Gerry Reymore Greetings from Vermont! The snow is falling and the temperature is a chilly 20 degrees. As a teacher, I’m busy starting the second half of the school year. If your school is anything like ours, you don’t have time to even blink from now until graduation in June. The rest of the…
All Dried Up – Advice for Drought-Impacted Water Utilities
By Bailey Kennett Born and raised in upstate New York, the idea of drought was pretty foreign to me. Some summers were dry, and maybe our backyard veggies didn’t do so well, but after some disappointment, we’d just cross our fingers and hope for the weather to turn before the season ended. This…