By EDF Blogs By: Max Wycisk, Communications Intern The second annual New York Energy Week , held last week, brought together more than 4,000 industry leaders and innovators – double the number last year – to discuss the dynamic changes the state’s energy sector has seen in the last 12 months…
BOSTON – The owner of four refrigerated storage warehouses in Lakeville, Mass., has agreed to make significant safety upgrades to their facilities, enhancing public health protection in the community, as part of a settlement with EPA for alleged violations of laws meant to prevent accidental…
By Larissa Koehler California has more than 100,000 miles of often-aging natural gas transmission and distribution infrastructure. Methane, the primary component of natural gas, when vented or allowed to leak into the air is 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide at contributing to climate…
Another large tar mat discovered near Fort Pickens in Gulf Islands National Seashore By Dennis Pillion, AL.com. June 23, 2014. “Clean-up crews led by the U.S. Coast Guard have removed about 1,250 pounds of oily material…” ( read more ) Four Years Later: Tar Mat Cleanup Continues Off Ft.…
Dr. Fabián Pina Amargós is a first-rate marine scientist from Cuba, who has worked closely with EDF’s Oceans program for many years. Fabián has been a scientist with Cuba’s Center for Coastal Ecosystems Research for twenty years and was recently named director of the center. Welcome back for…
By Pamela Campos ( This post was written by EDF Senior Attorneys Pamela Campos and Peter Zalzal) Source: Daderot (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons This morning the Supreme Court issued a 7-to-2 decision confirming that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may continue to…
June 23, 2014
By Robert Parkhurst This September, a new crop will be made available to rice producers: carbon offsets. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) took another important step forward last week when it published the latest draft standard for the development of carbon offsets. The standard lays out…
A 1,000-pound BP tar mat found on Fort Pickens beach By the Pensacola News Journal. June 23, 2014. “A tar mat on a beach in the National Seashore's Fort Pickens area is larger than first thought…” ( read more ) Study finds oil from BP Deepwater Horizon spill slows swimming of mahi mahi…
June 23, 2014
By Jim Marston Wind technicians working atop a turbine in Sweetwater, Tex. Source: NY Times Earlier this month, Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) chairwoman Donna Nelson called for the federal government to end its renewable energy tax credit for Texas wind and for the end of state policies…
By Jim Marston Wind technicians working atop a turbine in Sweetwater, Tex. Source: NY Times Earlier this month, Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) chairwoman Donna Nelson called for the federal government to end its renewable energy tax credit for Texas wind and for the end of state policies…
By Alexandra Deprez Dunkin Donuts. Johnson & Johnson. Kellogg’s. Procter & Gamble. Walmart. What do these companies have in common? They’re just a few of the global companies that have committed publicly over the last few years to source their products with zero deforestation. Global…
By Erica Morehouse Governor Brown signed a budget last week that lays out for the first time how to invest the millions from California’s landmark cap-and-trade program ($734 million so far). California has shown another way that cap-and-trade is like the Swiss army knife of environmental…
By Kristen Keteles I’m a toxicologist at EPA in Denver, Colorado, and I study how pollutants can affect ecological and human health. I work with a team of scientists from academia (Colorado State University, University of Colorado Denver) and U.S. Geological Society to understand the potential…
Introduction from Dan Whittle: Dr. Fabián Pina Amargós is a first-rate marine scientist from Cuba, who has worked closely with EDF’s Oceans program for many years. Fabián has been a scientist with Cuba’s Center for Coastal Ecosystems Research for twenty years and was recently named director…
By Cheryl Roberto By: EDF Associate Vice President for Clean Energy, Cheryl Roberto, with EDF Senior Director of Clean Energy Collaboration Diane Munns and legal fellow Peter Heisler Source: Chris J Dixon via Wikimedia Commons The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Clean Power…
By Marco Evert If you peeked into the EPA Seattle bike locker in May, you’d find a tidy corridor lined wall to wall with bikes, helmets, and child carriers. Our participation in Bike-to-Work Month extended to Alaska, Idaho and Oregon, with staff across EPA Pacific Northwest Region waking up and…
DALLAS – (June 20, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to ONEOK Hydrocarbon. The company plans to expand operations at their existing natural gas liquids (NGL) processing…
Pollinator Weed (Jun 17, 2014) Governor Sean Parnell. Governor Parnell declared Jun 16-22, 2014 as Pollinator Week to encourage all Alaskans to recognize and learn more about the important role pollinators play in maintaining the health of our ecosystem, and to consider planting flowers, trees, and…