Transitioning to a Clean Energy Future Will Require Lots of Private Capital, but How Do We Get There?
By EDF Blogs By: Victor A. Rojas, Senior Manager, Financial Policy Source: 401(K) Flickr The past two decades have seen a tremendous growth in our understanding of the climate change imperative and in the enormity of the challenge that confronts us. It has become clear that meeting climate change…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 25, 2014
Fish Embryos Exposed to Oil From BP Spill Develop Deformities, a Study Finds By Michael Wines, The New York Times. March 24, 2014. “Embryos of tuna and amberjack that were exposed to crude oil collected from the Deepwater Horizon spill developed…” ( read more ) The Afterlife of Oil Spills By…
EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Clarify Protection for Nation’s Streams and Wetlands: Agriculture’s Exemptions and Exclusions from Clean Water Act Expanded by Proposal
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) today jointly released a proposed rule to clarify protection under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands that form the foundation of the nation’s water resources. The proposed rule…
Statement from Environmental Defense Fund on Oil Spill in Galveston Bay, Texas
March 24, 2014
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 24, 2014
BP oil spill trial's final phase to determine fines will stretch into 2015 By Jennifer Larino, The Times-Picayune. March 21, 2014. “It's approaching four years since the sprawling lawsuit against BP and its partners in the Macondo oil well…” ( read more ) Tar balls believed to be…
New Jersey to Make Grid Smarter, More Flexible with Energy Storage
By Michael Panfil Source: Carbon Cycle 2.0 Energy storage devices that collect electricity at times of abundance and deliver when demand is greatest are essential to upgrading our outdated power grid to a smarter, more flexible electricity system. New Jersey took a positive step toward implementing…
Buffalo Receives $500,000 EPA Great Lakes Grant For Green Infrastructure to Improve Water Quality in Lake Erie
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of a $500,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to the City of Buffalo to fund green infrastructure projects to improve water quality in Lake Erie. Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator for…
Scaling up to save water: bringing our water efficiency toolkit to 5 thirsty U.S. cities
By Brendan FitzSimons This year, the focus of World Water Day is on how intertwined our energy and water use are, with water supplies across the country growing increasingly strained – in areas that depend on flows from the Colorado River , like California , for example – and demand for…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 21, 2014
Rita Benson LeBlanc: Pelicans name tied to Louisiana's resilience and coastal restoration By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. March 21, 2014. “For Rita Benson LeBlanc, insisting on the right to change the name of the New Orleans Hornets to Pelicans…” ( read more ) BP Partner…
The Link Between Water and Energy in California – And Why It Matters
By Katie Hsia-Kiung Tomorrow is World Water Day and this year’s theme is the “ energy-water nexus ,” the critical, interdependent relationship between water and energy. The generation and delivery of almost all types of energy requires water and, conversely, treating and transporting clean…
PACE Financing for Clean Energy, Part 2: Lowering the Funding Costs
By Brad Copithorne Yesterday, my colleague Scott Hofmeister described an insurance pool that California has introduced to help communities integrate Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”), a unique program that allows homeowners to finance money-saving clean energy retrofits through their…
Small Repairs, Big Savings
By Lina Younes Recently, I was shocked to see that my monthly water bill had almost doubled. What had caused the unexpected increase in water usage? There had to be a logical explanation. I reviewed our daily activities for the past month to find the reason for this alarming increase. Given that…
PACE Financing for Clean Energy, Part 2: Lowering the Funding Costs
By Brad Copithorne Yesterday, my colleague Scott Hofmeister described an insurance pool that California has introduced to help communities integrate Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”), a unique program that allows homeowners to finance money-saving clean energy retrofits through their…
Texas Chemical Plant Agrees to Cut Harmful Air Pollution in Overburdened Community
WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Flint Hills Resources of Port Arthur has agreed to implement innovative technologies to control harmful air pollution from industrial flares and leaking equipment at the company’s…
EDF Wins Business Achievement Award for Efforts to Advance Clean Energy Financing
By EDF Blogs By: Matt Golden, Senior Energy Finance Consultant Each year the Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ) awards businesses and non-profits for their outstanding work in the climate and environment industry. This year, we are thrilled to announce that EDF’s own Investor Confidence…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 20, 2014
Think Tank, Dr. John Lopez By Garland Robinette, WWL Radio (New Orleans, La.). March 19, 2014. “River diversions are a major part of the backbone of our $50 billion plan to save our coastline…” ( read more ) Louisiana's coastal insects still dying from BP oil spill, researcher says…
EPA Proposes Plan to Remove Contaminated Buildings at Radiation Technology, Inc. Superfund Site in Rockaway Township, New Jersey; Encourages the Public to Comment
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan to demolish and remove buildings and smaller structures at the Radiation Technology, Inc. Superfund site in Rockaway Township, New Jersey, which were contaminated during the testing and development of rocket motors and…
On World Water Day, Why Talk About Energy?
By Kate Zerrenner Source: UN Water The theme of this year’s World Water Day on March 22nd is the “energy-water nexus,” and the timing couldn't be better. According to the United Nations (who first established World Water Day in 1993): 780 million people worldwide lack access to…
Keep Pesticides and Other Chemicals in Their Original Containers to Prevent Poisonings
By Darlene Dinkins Neighbors often save money by sharing things like tools and lawn and garden products. But, sometimes a neighbor’s good intentions may lead to tragic consequences – like when a neighbor shares a weed control product and gives it to you in an old water bottle. His good…
Pollution In Paris
PARIS, FRANCE — The pollution in Paris has become so bad that a driving ban has been put into effect. According to the New York Times, “With air pollution in and around Paris still unusually high, the government imposed a partial driving ban here on Monday for the first time in nearly 20 years,…