Evidence grows linking DEHP exposure to reproductive toxicity: What is the state of regulation?
By Lindsay McCormick Lindsay McCormick is a Research Analyst . Phthalates are chemical plasticizers found in a wide array of industrial and consumer products, including polyvinyl chloride (PVC) piping and tubing, cosmetics, medical devices, plastic toys, and food contact materials. Because…
Following the oil spill, new science and research efforts develop in the Gulf of Mexico
By Estelle Robichaux, Restoration Project Analyst, Environmental Defense Fund This is the final post in a series about Gulf oil spill early coastal restoration funding and projects. Be sure to check out parts one , two and three . In addition to environmental restoration projects and programs,…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 5, 2015
NOAA announces new Deepwater Horizon oil spill searchable database web tool NOAA. May 04, 2015 “A new online tool developed by NOAA to manage and integrate the massive amounts of data collected by different sources during the five years following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, called DIVER for…
Texas Senate Committee Forsakes Flexibility of Clean Power Plan, Invites Federal Plan
May 5, 2015
A Path Towards Strengthened Fisheries Management in Brazil
By Guest Author By: Erica Cunningham Brazil represents one of South America’s most important countries in terms of small-scale fisheries. The country boasts one of the longest coastlines on the continent and more than 60 percent of landings come from artisanal fishing. In addition, 98 percent…
Appeals Court Reaffirms Decision that Upheld Program to Reduce Climate Pollution
May 4, 2015
California Clean Polices are Moving at the Right Speed for Wrightspeed
By Katie Hsia-Kiung If you live or have ever lived in a city, you are probably familiar with the feeling of waking up in the wee hours of the morning to the sounds of a garbage truck as it makes its way down your street. Not the most pleasant sound to wake up to, sometimes made even worse by the…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 04, 2015
Mississippi River diversion proponents use full-page ad to state their case *features MRD statement, Natalie Peyronnin, EDF, By Amy Wold, The Advocate. May 04, 2015 “A full-page advertisement that ran Sunday in a number of publications in Louisiana, including The Advocate, highlights the need for…
Matching Veterans with Solar Jobs: Now that’s a Bright Idea
By Stephanie Kline During the next five years, 200,000 service members will transition from active duty military to civilian life. They will need jobs. The solar industry is booming and needs skilled workers. The math is simple. The recently announced Solar Ready Vets program aims to help…
U.S. Supreme Court Breathes New Life into FERC Order 745, Demand Response
By Michael Panfil You’ve probably heard the saying “life is a journey,” but this could not be more true for EPSA v. FERC, the landmark demand response case clean energy experts have been eyeing for more than a year as it’s made its way through the U.S. legal system. Starting in the D.C.…
Supreme Court Decision to Review Important Demand Response Case a Step in the Right Direction
May 4, 2015
In Ads Across State, Leading Wildlife & Fisheries Biologists Endorse Sediment Diversions
By Natalie Peyronnin, Director of Science Policy, Mississippi River Delta Restoration, Environmental Defense Fund Twenty-seven leading wildlife and fisheries biologists and other wetlands professionals are urging Louisiana’s citizens to support the construction of sediment diversions to restore…
Airlines’ biofuel ambitions must not increase emissions
By Rafael Grillo By Rafael A Grillo Avila, Environmental Defense Fund & James Beard, WWF-UK If international aviation were a country, it would be a global top-ten carbon emitter , with emissions expected to triple or quadruple by 2040 . This is why the International Civil Aviation Organization…
Texas Legislators Vote to Limit Citizens’ Ability to Protect Their Property, Health
May 1, 2015
Fossil fuels haven't lost the race, yet. Here's the full story.
By EDF Blogs By: Jeremy Proville , Senior GIS Specialist & Economic Analyst A recent Bloomberg New Energy Finance article made a splash saying that fossil fuels “just lost the race against renewables.” It included a striking chart, depicting changes in power capacity additions with…
Dairy Company Owner Sentenced to Six Months of Home Detention and Ordered to Pay $15,000 Fine for Discharging 11,000 Gallons of Cow Feces into the French Broad River
ATLANTA – William “Billy” Franklin Johnston, the owner of one of North Carolina’s largest dairy farms located in Fletcher, N.C., was sentenced Thursday to four years of probation, six months of which he has to spend in home detention, for his role in the discharging of cow feces into the…
Radium Girls: Unlikely Industrial Pioneers
By Trish Taylor I grew up in a small town and the thought of someday working for the federal government never crossed my mind as a kid. And Superfund? What’s that? Superfund cleanups were something that happened other places. Not Bloomsburg, Pa. Not my hometown. But, I’ve now been with EPA’s…
What do you know about H-2-O?
by Patti Kay Wisniewski Do you ever wonder about the quality of your drinking water? Perhaps the recent train derailments and other chemical spills have piqued your interest. Where does your drinking water comes from? How is it treated? What is being done to protect it? For over fifteen years, EPA…
EPA, Justice Department and State of California require Lehigh Cement to cut toxic discharges to San Francisco Bay
Company to spend over $7.5 million for violations at cement facility near Cupertino, Calif. SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice and the State of California announced a settlement requiring the Lehigh cement plant near Cupertino to reduce…
EPA Proposes to Remove Alexandria Township, New Jersey Landfill from Superfund List
(New York, N.Y ) After successfully completing all cleanup work and putting into place long-term controls to ensure that people’s health and the environment continues to be protected, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to remove the Crown Vantage Landfill Superfund site in…