Houston Exceeds Health Standards For Particulate Matter: More Work Ahead
By Elena Craft, PhD Texans can breathe a bit easier now. The Environmental Protection Agency today released updated standards for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), often referred to as “soot” (although it actually comprises a broader array of fine particles). Fine particulate pollution in the…
EPA Updates Standards to Reduce Levels of Deadly Soot Pollution in Our Air
By Mandy Warner America took a big step toward cleaner, healthier air today. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited updated standards for fine particulate matter . EDF was among the many health and environmental groups applauding the life-saving new standards . …
EDF’s Eric Holst Appointed to California State Board of Food & Agriculture
EDF’s Eric Holst Appointed to California State Board of Food & Agriculture Fri, 2012-12-14 Contact: Jennifer Witherspoon, (415) 293.6067, jwitherspoon@edf.org …
More evidence emerges that California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard is a winning strategy and oil industry cost estimates are full of holes
By Tim O'Connor California drivers and policy makers should be breathing an extra sigh of relief this week with the release of a new study by the California Electric Transportation Coalition (CalETC) . The study, an evaluation of electricity use within the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard…
EPA updates standards to reduce levels of deadly soot pollution in our air
EDF applauds move to save Americans from extremely dangerous type of air pollution EPA updates standards for soot pollution. New annual standard will be 12 micrograms per cubic meter. Fri,…
How to Have a Green Holiday Without Environment Blues
By Kelsey Sollner ‘Tis better to give than to receive, but that doesn’t mean you should make the environment pay the price. Here are some tips I’ll be doing this holiday season to reduce waste, save energy and spend less money. Before going gift shopping, I make a list of exactly what I need…
A Tale Of Two IPOs
By Brad Copithorne This morning two energy initial public offerings (IPOs) made their debut. One of them was green and one of them was brown. Unfortunately, the mainstream media missed the boat by characterizing the brown company as successful and the green one as a miss. We don’t see it that…
EDF Releases New ESG Management Tool for Private Equity
By Lee Coker We're gratified by the response to our new tool for measuring environmental, social and governance performance in the private equity sector, which for the first time defines the practices needed to build a successful ESG management program and provides a framework to assess and…
EDF Energy Innovation Series Feature #17: Electric Vehicle Charging From Evatran
By Jim Marston Throughout 2012, EDF's Energy Innovation Series will highlight around 20 innovations across a broad range of energy categories, including smart grid and renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency financing and progressive utilities, to name a few. This series will…
Wildfires
Overview During November, the year-to-date pattern for incidents of fewer fires with larger size continued. The year-to-date total of 55,505 fires was the least since records began in 2000 for any January through November period. Whereas, the year-to-date average fire size was the most since 2000…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 13, 2012
Long, uncertain path ahead for Gulf restoration after oil spill By Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers. December11, 2012. "WASHINGTON — In the coming years, unprecedented billions will be spent on restoration in the Gulf of Mexico, a vital American ecosystem damaged by the most catastrophic…
Winter Tips: Make Your Home Warm and Green
By Lina Younes The Holiday Season is just around the corner. As we create a welcoming environment to entertain family and friends during the holidays, let’s think of some tips that will warm up our home while saving us energy and money, too. First, in order to maximize the efficiency of your…
Duck Commander Urges Restoration of Mississippi River Delta's Imperiled Wetlands
This release was originally posted by Vanishing Paradise . By Chris Macaluso, Louisiana Wildlife Federation Duck Commander , a world-leader in the manufacture of duck calls and waterfowl hunting equipment and the company featured in the A&E television program “ Duck Dynasty ,” recently…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: December 12, 2012
Gulf Coast recovery council holds initial meeting in Mobile By George Talbot, The Press-Register. December 11, 2012. "MOBILE, Ala. – The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, a multi-state panel charged with helping the Gulf region recover from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, held…
A Red Flag On Disclosure Of Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals
By Scott Anderson It’s not often that a new regulatory idea becomes so popular that one or more states per month climb on the bandwagon. But that is precisely what has happened with the push to disclose which chemicals are pumped into the ground to stimulate oil and natural gas production during…
Recycling is Still RAD – Reflecting on Six Years of EPA Partnership
By Melissa Fiffer Behind the wheel of a pick-up truck, driving the cardboard recycling route, is not where you would typically expect to find an undergraduate environmental science and policy major from New York City. But in my college days I was determined to figure out how I could help improve the…
Partnering with Maryland Watermen in Electronic Catch Accounting Pilot
While winter around the Chesapeake Bay is known for oysters and striped bass, summertime means blue crabs. If you enjoyed steamed crabs from Maryland this summer, you may have consumed crabs harvested by watermen involved in a ground-breaking test of technology to improve long-term blue crab…
Environmental Defense Fund, Partners Offer Common Sense Plan for Colorado River’s Future
Major federal study to conclude that climate change will require major changes in river management Major federal study to conclude that climate change will require major changes in river management …
Pecan Street Inc. Researchers’ Report Receives Outstanding Paper Award
By Colin Meehan Source: Pecan Street Inc. With 1.8 gigawatts (GW) of solar power installed in 2011 and an expected 2.8 GW in 2012 , it is safe to say that solar energy has solidified its role as an important part of our nation’s energy portfolio. Affordability, competitive financing and reduced…
Study shows polar-orbiting satellite data was key to pinpointing Sandy’s track and time of landfall
According to a new study by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the NOAA forecasts of Hurricane Sandy’s track could have been hundreds of miles off without information from polar-orbiting satellites. Rather than identifying the New Jersey landfall location within 30…