Making the invisible loss of nitrogen visible, for farm and future

1 year 10 months ago
Nitrogen — which is often added to farm fields through commercial fertilizer, manure or leguminous plants — is essential for feeding and clothing eight billion people around the world, and counting. But serious problems occur when fields have too little or too much nitrogen. Too little lowers crop yields and depletes soil health. Too much […]
Giada Mannino

What the natural gas industry is missing about the energy transition 

1 year 10 months ago
It’s not an energy transition – it’s a supply increase with an emissions drop. That was the main message from industry at the North American Gas Forum in Washington, D.C. The annual conference, hosted by Energy Dialogues, brings together natural gas interests to discuss where the industry is headed, with perspectives from policymakers and civil […]
Sudhanshu Mathur

The LSLR Collaborative’s new guide helps communities design equitable lead service line replacement programs

1 year 10 months ago

Guest post from Mason Hines, Mediator with RESOLVE and Facilitator for the Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative.  See the original post here. For over six years, RESOLVE has convened the Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative, a joint effort of 28 national public health, water utility, environmental, labor, consumer, housing, and state and local governmental organizations to […]

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The LSLR Collaborative’s new guide helps communities design equitable lead service line replacement programs

1 year 10 months ago

Guest post from Mason Hines, Mediator with RESOLVE and Facilitator for the Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative.  See the original post here. For over six years, RESOLVE has convened the Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative, a joint effort of 28 national public health, water utility, environmental, labor, consumer, housing, and state and local governmental organizations to […]

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One year later: What’s next for the bipartisan infrastructure law’s historic investments in new climate tech?

1 year 10 months ago
A year ago, President Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law, the largest investment in infrastructure since the New Deal. Among the many key climate investments included, the infrastructure law put a long-awaited down payment on several new and promising climate solutions including carbon dioxide removal, hydrogen, long-term energy storage and […]
Chandler Green

One year later: What’s next for the bipartisan infrastructure law’s historic investments in new climate tech?

1 year 10 months ago
A year ago, President Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law, the largest investment in infrastructure since the New Deal. Among the many key climate investments included, the infrastructure law put a long-awaited down payment on several new and promising climate solutions including carbon dioxide removal, hydrogen, long-term energy storage and […]
Chandler Green

Protecting Workers and Communities from Chemical Disasters

1 year 10 months ago

Written by Cynthia Palmer

The nation’s most dangerous industries, such as petrochemical facilities, refineries, and paper manufacturing, are disproportionately concentrated in underserved communities. We urge EPA to adopt a more robust rule delivering the strongest possible protections for those who work in or live in the vicinity of chemical facilities.

Cynthia Palmer

Struggling to find the most sustainable food packaging for your company? You can customize and optimize with the UP Scorecard

1 year 10 months ago
Toxic chemicals are used in food packaging and many are linked to health effects, like cancer or infertility. They can also pollute our soil, air and waterways, hurting more than just the person eating from the packaging.  Companies need to remove these toxic chemicals from everyday packaging to protect their business and build consumer trust.  […]
Cassie Huang

A View from Above: Join us for a Flyover Along the Mississippi River

1 year 10 months ago

Hello there! Welcome to your personalized flight across Louisiana’s coast. Here at Restore the Mississippi River Delta, we work daily to confront Louisiana’s land loss crisis by advancing large-scale coastal restoration projects to build and sustain land. Louisiana is losing a football field of land every 100 minutes. Since the 1930s, we’ve lost land equivalent to the size of Delaware. Without bold action, Louisiana could lose another 4,000 square miles over the next 50 years. We have no time to ...

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rchauvin

A View from Above: Join us for a Flyover Along the Mississippi River

1 year 10 months ago

Hello there! Welcome to your personalized flight across Louisiana’s coast. Here at Restore the Mississippi River Delta, we work daily to confront Louisiana’s land loss crisis by advancing large-scale coastal restoration projects to build and sustain land. Louisiana is losing a football field of land every 100 minutes. Since the 1930s, we’ve lost land equivalent to the size of Delaware. Without bold action, Louisiana could lose another 4,000 square miles over the next 50 years. We have no time to ...

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