Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp on the State of the Union Address
January 20, 2015
What is Phase III of the BP Trial?
Phase III of the BP Trial starts today , January 20, but what does this mean? Why are there “phases” and when will this trial end? All good questions. The BP trial underway is a civil (not criminal) litigation between the U.S. Department of Justice and BP and other parties responsible for the…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Jan. 20, 2015
Billions at stake as latest phase of BP civil trial opens By Richard Thompson, The New Orleans Advocate. Jan. 20, 2015 “Barring a last-minute settlement, a federal judge in New Orleans is set to begin hearing testimony Tuesday as he considers how many billions of dollars BP and a minority partner…
Keeping PACE in Texas: Revitalizing Industry, Saving Water, Guiding Better Policy
By Kate Zerrenner As the Texas legislative session begins ramping up, I am reminded of smart policies from sessions past that holistically benefit Texas, had bipartisan support, and brought unlikely allies together. As we head into the session, it’s important to remember that no matter which side…
Keeping PACE in Texas: Revitalizing Industry, Saving Water, Guiding Better Policy
By Kate Zerrenner Source: flickr/thegaventas As the Texas legislative session begins ramping up, I am reminded of smart policies from sessions past that holistically benefit Texas, had bipartisan support, and brought unlikely allies together. As we head into the session, it’s important to…
New study: America’s biggest carbon market delivers for economy and climate
By Derek Walker Source: Flickr/Chris Goldberg Would you believe there's a state that cut pollution and cleaned up its air, while creating jobs and sustaining economic growth? And where economic incentives, rather than costly regulations, are stimulating innovation and investment? California…
Methane Mitigation Sector: EPA Actions Good for Industry, Will Curb Waste and Protect Communities
By Sean Wright A rising chorus of companies in the oil & gas services sector are adding their voices to the majority of Americans who think it’s a smart idea to limit vast waste of methane taking place every day in the nation’s the oil and gas operations. These companies in the methane…
New Study: California's Carbon Market Delivers for Economy and Climate
By Derek Walker Would you believe there's a state that cut pollution and cleaned up its air, while creating jobs and sustaining economic growth? And where economic incentives, rather than costly regulations, are stimulating innovation and investment? California passed the earliest, most…
Kathleen Harnett White Proves She is Not a Scientist
By Jim Marston Source: By NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory At a recent event hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, the group’s director, Kathleen Harnett White, declared that carbon dioxide, the pollutant most responsible for warming Earth’s climate, is the “gas of life” and…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Jan. 16, 2015
Judge puts BP’s top fine at $13.7 billion for Gulf oil disaster; U.S. Sought $18 billion By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Bloomberg News. Jan. 16, 2015 “Today’s ruling on the spill’s size sets the stage for a trial next week in New Orleans at which Barbier will determine the amount of the fines,…
New Jersey Should Leverage Private Capital to Achieve Resilient Energy Goals
By Mary Barber Since Hurricane Sandy exposed the vulnerability of New Jersey’s antiquated power grid, the state has been investing heavily in enhancing the grid’s resilience and promoting clean energy technologies to upgrade to a smarter, more flexible system that can keep people safe and warm…
Getting under the surfac-tants: EDF comments support EPA regulations to limit their risks
By Lindsay McCormick Lindsay McCormick is a Research Analyst . Richard Denison, Ph.D. , is a Lead Senior Scientist . Today EDF submitted comments supporting EPA’s proposal to limit the use of two groups of toxic chemicals that have historically been widely used as, or to make, surfactants in…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Jan. 15, 2015
Five years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: What we know now Business Wire. Jan. 15, 2015 “2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference to Highlight Latest Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Research Results in Houston, Texas.” (Read More)
Final Phase of BP Oil Spill Trial to Begin Next Week
January 15, 2015
Final Phase of BP Oil Spill Trial to Begin Next Week
Press Statement + Interview Opportunities Available 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 Lauren Bourg, National Audubon Society, 225.776.9838, lbourg@audubon.org…
Radon Risk? You Don’t Know Until You Test
By Henry Slack My neighbors Pete and Beth (not their real names) met while in their twenties, and got married. A great couple. Had two beautiful girls, who grew up in no time at all – field trips and soccer, high school sports, college, adventures abroad. A strong couple, who helped lead the PTA,…
I’m Dreaming of Green Holidays
By Stephanie Businelli Greeting cards have all been sent, the holiday rush is through. Not quite? With the beginning of the holiday season comes the beginning of the holiday stress. And, if you’re like me and want to have a green holiday season, that adds to the challenges. But, our Greening Your…
Home Page Going Mobile
By Danny Hart Did you know we have a mobile website? For the last several years, this small version of our full site has provided a limited set of resources that work well on small screens. But it’s always been missing many features we have on the normal home page. As part of our efforts […]
Let’s Talk About 40 Years of Safe Drinking Water
By Peter Grevatt This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act. We’ve made such incredible progress in improving the safety of the water we drink over the past 40 years that today we almost take it for granted. But, clean and reliable water is at the very foundation of what…
Food Waste Diversion is Key to a Sustainable Community
By Lillianne Brown Editor’s note: We’re happy to have this blog post from one of this year’s President’s Environmental Youth Award winners. Over 20% of our country’s landfills consist of food we throw away. When this organic waste breaks down in the landfill with other types of waste, it…