California Utilities Plan for a Cleaner Electric Grid
By Gavin Purchas California’s “big three” utilities are taking importa nt steps toward achieving a clean energy future – one in which we will better utilize renewable sources of energy, give customers more choice and control, and keep the state on course to cut pollution. One way they are…
Apples for the Big Apple: Northeast Growers Manage Pests to Produce Quality Apples
By Marcia Anderson Apple growers battle pest problems on a continual basis. To pests, such as moths, mites, and fungi, an apple orchard is a place to eat or a place to reproduce. Because the ecology in every orchard is different, pest conditions and circumstances are different for every grower, so…
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority to Upgrade Sewage Infrastructure; Sewage Pollution in Mart_n Pe_a Canal, San Juan Bay, Condado Lagoon, and Atlantic Ocean will be Reduced
(New York, N.Y.) Under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) has agreed to make major upgrades, improve inspections and cleaning of existing facilities within the Puerto Nuevo system and…
Three Small Businesses in Conn. and Mass. Awarded EPA Research Grants
BOSTON – Three New England small businesses received $100,000 each from the US Environmental Protection Agency to develop and commercialize sustainable technologies that may help address pressing environmental issues. Precision Combustion of North Haven, Conn.; 3D Array Technology of Vernon, Conn.…
California Utilities Plan for a Cleaner Electric Grid
By Gavin Purchas California’s “big three” utilities are taking importa nt steps toward achieving a clean energy future – one in which we will better utilize renewable sources of energy, give customers more choice and control, and keep the state on course to cut pollution. One way they are…
Links to essential reading on the Lautenberg Act
By Richard Denison Richard Denison, Ph.D. , is a Lead Senior Scientist . The full Senate is expected soon to take up and vote on the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (the Lautenberg Act for short, S. 697 ), the bipartisan TSCA reform legislation introduced in the…
Another Ohio Utility Seeks a Bailout When It Should be Upgrading the Grid
By John Finnigan FirstEnergy isn’t the only utility trying to stick Ohioans with the cost of its poor business decisions . AEP Ohio has also presented a similar proposal to bail out several old, uneconomic coal plants, asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to guarantee the…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: September 15, 2015
$52 million in restoration, river projects to be discussed Tuesday By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch. The Times-Picayune. September 14, 2015 " In terms of the seven Louisiana projects, five of them are called for in the state's Master Plan for coastal restoration and protection. The other two…
EDF, China Climate Leader Hail New Era of U.S.-China Climate Cooperation
EDF and Partners Win Grant to Reduce Emissions from Agriculture and Scale Carbon Markets for Farmers
U.S. and Chinese Groups Join to Address Climate Change
CFF Supports New Fishing Community-Led Nonprofit in Monterey
By Phoebe Higgins Since launching in 2008, the California Fisheries Fund (CFF) has made 30 low-interest loans—ranging from $50,000 to $350,000 — providing fishermen and sustainable fishing businesses with the capital needed to upgrade boats, purchase equipment and improve their business…
EPA To Take Public Input on Draft Plan to Decontaminate and Dismantle PCB Processing Facility in Fort Edward, NY
(Albany, New York) The EPA has made a plan available for public review that outlines how GE will dismantle and decontaminate its 110 acre sediment processing facility that was built to support the dredging of the Hudson River PCBs superfund site. The plan, called the Processing Facility…
California Makes Clean Energy History with Passage of SB 350
By EDF Blogs By: Lauren Navarro and Tim O’Connor Every day thousands of Americans suffer from dirty air – costing the young and old their health, livelihood, and in many cases, their lives. As California is home to the top five most polluted cities in the country, we need action. …
Settlement with Current and Former Owners of Chemical Facility in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, to Address Groundwater Contamination
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., Sept. 14, 2015) - EPA Region 7 has reached a proposed settlement with the current and former owners of the former Townsend Industries Facility, a chemical storage and handling site in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, to address hazardous waste…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: September 14, 2015
New Orleans is still vulnerable to another big storm By Adam Ernick. PRI. September 14, 2015 " The sad reality is that the coastal land in Louisiana subsides about three feet every hundred years,” he explains. “Now, if you add to that the predictions for sea level rise, you’re talking…
California Makes Clean Energy History with Passage of SB 350
By EDF Blogs By: Lauren Navarro and Tim O’Connor Every day thousands of Americans suffer from dirty air – costing the young and old their health, livelihood, and in many cases, their lives. As California is home to the top five most polluted cities in the country, we need action. Thankfully,…
Saturday, September 12: EPA Region 7 Acting Administrator to Speak at Missouri River Cleanup Event in Parkville, Mo.
Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Lenexa, Kan., Sept. 11, 2015) - On Saturday, Sept. 12, EPA Region 7 Acting Administrator Mark Hague will speak at the “Big Muddy Cleanup,” a one-day Missouri River cleanup sponsored by Healthy Rivers Partnership in Parkville, Mo. Hague will speak about the…
Lessons from an Avocado: Making Food Recovery an Everyday Activity
By Lisa Thresher It’s lunchtime on a Saturday and my stomach guides me to the kitchen. I notice an avocado sitting on the counter. Perfect, it’ll be a nice addition to a salad! Then I notice grey fuzz protruding from the top of it. My avocado went bad, and is moldy through and through! This(...)
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: September 11, 2015
With a master plan and the money, can a state unite to restore its protective wetlands? *features Kim Reyher, CRCL & Alisha Renfro, NWF By Emily Holden. E&E. September 11, 2015 " This is the time when we move from planning to action," Kimberly Davis Reyher, executive director of…