EPA has reached the final stages of their plan to sabotage and ultimately destroy our Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Ask your representatives to speak out: EPA must not touch the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. MCAF. C3. Regional.

EPA has reached the final stages of their plan to sabotage and ultimately destroy our Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Ask your representatives to speak out: EPA must not touch the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. MCAF. C3. Regional.

Thanks for listening to the latest episode of Delta Dispatches! Today we talk to one of our favorite guests, Dr. Alisha Renfro! Alisha talks to Simone about how a crevasse at Fort St. Phillip is one of the few areas of Louisiana that’s growing new land. Alisha also talks about the important River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp project, which is up for public comment now. On the second half the show, we’re joined by Mary Elise Schlesinger from the Lake ...

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Thanks for listening to the latest episode of Delta Dispatches! Today we talk to one of our favorite guests, Dr. Alisha Renfro! Alisha talks to Simone about how a crevasse at Fort St. Phillip is one of the few areas of Louisiana that’s growing new land. Alisha also talks about the important River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp project, which is up for public comment now. On the second half the show, we’re joined by Mary Elise Schlesinger from the Lake ...

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Rachel Heaton, is a member of the Muckleshoot Tribe of Auburn, Washington. She shares her concerns about mercury poisoning in fish. "Our people have always depended on the salmon."

Written by Amy Ziff

Our Mom Detective put together 10 tips to help busy moms and dads choose the healthiest products for their family.

By Daniel Willard and Shems Jud This August, a group of Indonesian, Chinese and Japanese scientists and policy professionals joined EDF to visit some of our long-time partners — fishermen, scientists and resource managers — in Oregon and Washington. Our intent was to enhance the exchange of fisheries management experiences between the U.S. and important […]

EDFish post on Across the Pacific: collaboration to improve conservation

EDFish post on Across the Pacific: collaboration to improve conservation

Northeast states commit to accelerate adoption of electric trucks and buses.

Action alert for public comment to the RESTORE Council on the River Reintroduction to Maurepas Swamp project. Regional.

Even with extensive planning and design efforts, when restoration projects are implemented unanticipated impacts may arise. Through adaptive management, an ongoing process of monitoring and adjusting plans based on observed results, agencies can minimize negative effects and maximize the positive ones by making necessary modifications as issues emerge. Adaptive management is particularly useful in contexts where there is uncertainty—regarding how technology will perform, how the environment will react, or how communities will be impacted—that cannot be fully accounted for in ...

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Even with extensive planning and design efforts, when restoration projects are implemented unanticipated impacts may arise. Through adaptive management, an ongoing process of monitoring and adjusting plans based on observed results, agencies can minimize negative effects and maximize the positive ones by making necessary modifications as issues emerge. Adaptive management is particularly useful in contexts where there is uncertainty—regarding how technology will perform, how the environment will react, or how communities will be impacted—that cannot be fully accounted for in ...

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