A major winter storm is expected to affect the Northeast and New England Friday into Saturday. As much as 1 to 2 feet of snow is forecast from the New York City metro area to Maine, with localized heavier amounts possible. For the most up to date forecast, watches and warnings, visit weather.gov.
According to NOAA scientists, the globally-averaged annual combined land and ocean surface temperature in 2012 was 1.03°F (0.57°C) above the 20th-century average of 57.0°F (13.9°C). The annual report also found that all 12 years of the 21st century (2001-2012) rank among the 14 warmest in the…
By Travis Loop The moon lit up the marsh as my canoe glided across the water. In shallow sections, my paddle pushed against the bottom. Around me were frogs peeping, fish splashing and birds rustling. For a 13-year-old boy on a field trip, these Chesapeake Bay wetlands were a dramatic introduction…
Recently a US Senate subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Developments and Opportunities in US Fisheries Management,” with testimony by federal, regional and state officials that focused on the need for collaboration in fisheries management and decision-making based on sound science. More…
By Jon Goldstein Holly Pearen, EDF’s Attorney for the Natural Gas Campaign , contributed to this blog post. Source: http://bit.ly/10w6rIi The federal government notified 36 states last week that it plans to temporarily stop monthly mineral revenue payments as a part of the mandatory…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- National Strategy Will Help Safeguard Fish, Wildlife and Plants in a Changing Climate (Mar 26, 2013) The National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy is the first nationwide strategy to help public and private…
Gulf oil spill trial set to resume Tuesday The Associated Press. April 2, 2013. "NEW ORLEANS — A trial over the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster is scheduled to resume Tuesday with testimony expected from Halliburton employee Jesse Gagliano, who was on the rig at the time of the April 2010…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Regulation Recommendations So That Biofuel Plants Don't Become Weeds (Mar 26, 2013) In the U.S., only species listed on state or federal noxious weed lists are regulated, and those lists are often biased toward species that…
By Cameron Davis Back in 1986, one of my first jobs as a volunteer was to help organize a forum for the public to tell the federal government what should be in the U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Not long after that, the two countries created their list of “Areas of Concern,”…
By Brad Copithorne The recent headlines for solar power have been encouraging. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) , the cost to install solar is declining as panel prices fell by 41% in the fourth quarter of 2012 versus the previous year. This helped US solar…
Certainly the production of oil from the Bakken reduces U.S. imports of foreign oil. However, according to the Energy Information Administration , the U.S. imported about 341 million barrels of oil and the Bakken Formation in North Dakota produced about 13 million barrels of oil in October of…
Natural river diversion at ‘Mardi Gras Pass’ gains support from political, commercial interests By Bob Marshall, The Lens (New Orleans). March 27, 2013. "Mardi Gras Pass, which seemed destined for closure a week ago, may have caught a chance at new life…" ( Read more ) Plaquemines…
By Colin Meehan We have been blogging about the ‘Texas Energy Crunch’ for over a year now, and the issue has attracted attention from the media, the Texas Legislature and even international groups . During all of that time, the Texas Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Electric Reliability…
An overview of issues and pending legislation in Texas to help meet future energy needs An overview of issues and pending legislation in Texas to help meet future energy needs. Mon, 2013-04-01 …
Each Monday we write about the New England environment and way of life seen through our local perspective. Previous postsBy Amy Miller In some Asian towns an estimated one out of five people wears a face mask. Until you see it, though, that’s just a statistic from afar. In the last five years in…
In E&E Greenwire today, reporter Allison Winter writes about a seafood label called Gulf Wild, which puts a barcode on fish from the Gulf of Mexico’s catch share program. Consumers can use that barcode to find out where exactly the fish was caught and the name of the fishermen who landed it.…
By Mark Brownstein This commentary was originally posted on our EDF Voices blog . Source: danielfoster437/Flickr Worthy public policy initiatives get announced every day of the week, and reporters mostly greet them with a shrug. But last week’s announcement of a new center designed to set…
By Robert Parkhurst Yesterday the California Air Resources Board (CARB) launched a rulemaking process to develop a rice carbon offset protocol. EDF is excited about the development of this protocol – it is a market-ready solution which paves the way for the agriculture sector to participate in…
By Richard Denison Richard Denison, Ph.D. , is a Senior Scientist. This week I attended a workshop sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee to Review the IRIS Process . This committee was established in response to a rider attached to an “omnibus” spending bill passed by…
Appeals court ruling left millions of Americans unprotected from smokestack pollution EDF and other health and environmental organizations appeal to the Supreme Court to reconsider the Cross-State Air Pollution case …