http://playcleango.org/pcgday.html Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. PlayCleanGo, is an education and outreach campaign for outdoor recreationalists. The goal of this program is to encourage outdoor recreation while protecting valuable natural resources in Minnesota. The objective is to…
http://pollinator.org/pollinator_week_2014.htm Pollinator Partnership. Severn years ago the U.S. Senate's unanimous approval and designation of a week in June as "National Pollinator Week" marked a necessary step toward addressing the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations.…
Supreme Court says BP must pay spill claims during appeal By Al Jazeera America. June 9, 2014. "The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that BP must continue paying claims from a fund established after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico…" ( read more ) President to sign off on Morganza By The Daily…
By: Christina Wolfe, EDF's Ports & Transportation Analyst Source: autos.ca Despite the well-known health risks from diesel emissions and the economic consequences of unhealthy air, clean air projects are often stalled because they lack money. Fortunately, funding options for…
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to stop BP oil spill payments By Katherine Sayre, The Times-Picayune. June 9, 2014. “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined a request from BP to block business payments while the oil giant appeals…” ( read more ) Terrebonne Parish restarts design of Houma…
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued updated draft advice on fish consumption. The two agencies have concluded pregnant and breastfeeding women, those who might become pregnant, and young children should eat more fish that is…
World Oceans Day is an annual reminder that the oceans are our planet’s greatest natural resource and that we must take actions to protect them. The livelihoods of millions of people around the world depend on healthy oceans, yet they face threats including overfishing, acidification and marine…
By Lauren Faber This is the third in a series of posts about leading women in the power, environmental science, advocacy, policy, and business sectors. To see previous installments, please use the ‘Search’ field in the left sidebar to search for ‘Women in Power.’ For many communities…
By Lauren Faber This is the third in a series of posts about leading women in the power, environmental science, advocacy, policy, and business sectors. Each entry stands on its own, and you can view the first post here . For many communities across the country that remain overburdened with…
Putting a Price Tag on Nature’s Defenses By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times. June 5, 2014. “After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the United States Army Corps of Engineers got to work on a massive network…” ( read more ) Group of local leaders worry that climate change could…
By Alissa Sasso Alissa Sasso is a Chemicals Policy Fellow . In our last update on the European Union’s Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), we noted a major milestone under the “A” of REACH, as the first application for an…
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that grant funding is available for tribal applicants to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from older diesel engines. Diesel engines are extremely efficient, but emit air pollutants such as nitrogen…
By Alisha Renfro, Staff Scientist for Mississippi River Delta Restoration Coalition At the start of the 2014 hurricane season, risk reduction and coastal resilience – the ability of a coastal system to resist, recover and adapt to events like storm events – should be on everyone’s mind. Here…
By Greg “Goyo” Plimpton, PCVC WASH, Peru 18 For the more than 3 billion people around the world, who still cook and heat with open fires inside the home, the improved cookstove is a development technology that reduces the health hazards associated with breathing smoke. In rural Peru, I used…
By Marcelo Norsworthy Source: www.nwf.org Last month, Texas Governor Rick Perry penned an open letter to President Barack Obama criticizing the administration’s energy policy and urging the federal government to adopt the “Texas approach” to energy and environmental regulations. The letter…
By Rachel Neil Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Collections. As innovative energy products and services come to market, so do new mechanisms to fund them. And existing funding options become more popular. This has resulted in a boom of finance jargon, especially regarding energy…
By John Finnigan By Jukka Isokoski via Wikimedia Commons The recent Energy Strong settlement between New Jersey regulators and Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G), the state’s largest utility, should help reinforce vulnerable energy infrastructure ahead of future severe storms. Last…
DALLAS – (June 5, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. (GSEC) , Antelope Elk Energy Center in Abernathy, Texas. Golden Spread plans…
Private investment may be another avenue to wetlands restoration By Amy Wold, The Advocate. June 5, 2014. “A $181 million fund to restore a large portion of the East Orleans Land Bridge didn’t come from local, state or federal government…” ( read more ) BP, Anadarko May Face Billions in…
BOSTON – EPA has completed a proposed Cleanup Plan to remove PCB contamination from the “Rest of River” portion of the Housatonic River, and the Agency is seeking public input on the proposal. The proposed cleanup plan was developed after extensive consultation with Massachusetts Departments…