By Elena Craft, PhD Source: EPA Para un breve resumen de la crítica de Texas contra CSAPR en español, haga clic aquí . Today the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments over two critically important clean air protections – the Cross-State Air…
December 10, 2013
DALLAS – (Dec. 10, 2013) The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Interior (DOI), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bernalillo County are meeting with state, local, and tribal governments to…
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., Dec. 10, 2013) - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will join Trailnet of St. Louis to kick off its Neighborhood Greenways St. Louis project with ceremonies at 2:45 p.m. today, Tuesday, Dec. 10, at The Greater Ville Neighborhood Planning…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded over $345,000 to the New York State Adirondack Park Agency and The College of Environmental Science and Forestry to better protect wetlands throughout the state and identify strategies to deal with New York’s changing climate
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $430,000 to the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and Ocean County College to better protect wetlands throughout New Jersey and identify strategies to address the changing climate. “Wetlands provide enormous economic…
December 10, 2013
By Amanda Moore, National Wildlife Federation Last Tuesday, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority authorized the state attorney general to file suit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in an effort to get the federal government to pick up 100 percent of the expense for the…
The Dead Sea has been shrinking by a 1 meter drop every year. Resorts that use to be on the beach now have to bus guests to the shore. Israel, Jordan and Palestine have signed an agreement to pump water through a 110 mile pipeline from the Red Sea. “The inflow of water from the […]
Inside Report: Finding the lost Bayou Bienvenu [sic] Wetland Triangle By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). Dec. 10, 2013. “…The signs are a project from the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development, the Environmental Defense Fund, the National Wildlife…
December 9, 2013
By Kate Zerrenner On November 18 th , the Smart Cities Council released the Smart Cities Council Readiness Guide at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. I am privileged to be a member of the Smart Cities Council Advisory Board, and in such a capacity, served as a review for the…
(Stamford, Conn. - Dec. 9, 2013) - The Long Island Sound Study (LISS) announces that the most comprehensive review and synthesis of scientific research of the Long Island Sound in 35 years is now available as a book published by Springer, a global publisher of science books
By Elena Craft, PhD This blog post was co-written by Adrian Shelley, Executive Director of Air Alliance Houston. Source: National Geographic Last week, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) held its only public hearing regarding the agency’s proposed plan to take over greenhouse…
Gulf gets more restoration projects from BP fund By Janet McConnaughey and Jeff Amy, Associated Press. Dec. 6, 2013. “Restoring the oil-stained Gulf of Mexico coastline is critical to the Obama administration's fight against climate change, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally…
Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Lenexa, Kan., Dec. 6, 2013) - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be in St. Louis on Tuesday, Dec. 10 to award $29,623 to Trailnet of St. Louis as part of EPA’s competitive Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. Trailnet’s Neighborhood…
Yesterday, a federal court in California upheld the parameters that govern what fishing history is used to set allocations in the Pacific whiting fishery, one sector of the West Coast Groundfish IFQ Program The decision in the Pacific Dawn litigation on pacific whiting quota share allocation is a…
By Lina Younes My son started a new job recently. While we’re all very excited about his new job opportunity, there’s a drawback. The new job entails a longer commute. Therefore, my son is seriously considering buying a more fuel efficient car to make the long commute less painful at the pump.…
December 6, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Elizabeth Skree, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, eskree@edf.org Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Erin Greeson, National Audubon Society, 503.913.8978, egreeson@audubon.org Deepwater Horizon Trustees…