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Moms Clean Air Force Trisha Sheehan's child attends a NJ school with mercury contaminated floors. She brings this issue to her state senator, and in a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, Sen. Booker mentions cases of mercury vapor in multiple schools across his state.

To restore Louisiana’s coast, we need a suite of large-scale restoration projects across the coast working together to deliver maximum benefits to reduce land loss, restore ecosystems, and maintain healthy and diverse habitat. In our “Restoration Project Highlights” series, we take a deeper look at specific projects from our list of Priority Projects, highlighting why they’re needed and hearing local perspectives on importance. What is the Golden Triangle? More people know the Golden Triangle for its role in history rather than ...

The post This Wetland Restoration Project Will Help Keep the Gulf out of New Orleans appeared first on Restore the Mississippi River Delta.

To restore Louisiana’s coast, we need a suite of large-scale restoration projects across the coast working together to deliver maximum benefits to reduce land loss, restore ecosystems, and maintain healthy and diverse habitat. In our “Restoration Project Highlights” series, we take a deeper look at specific projects from our list of Priority Projects, highlighting why they’re needed and hearing local perspectives on importance. What is the Golden Triangle? More people know the Golden Triangle for its role in history rather than ...

The post This Wetland Restoration Project Will Help Keep the Gulf out of New Orleans appeared first on Restore the Mississippi River Delta.

New on the blog: The FirstEnergy bailout bill benefits out-of-state executives and investors, not Ohioans https://www.edf.org/ZkN5 

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

While PA Representative Danielle Friel Otten's platform is focused on social justice at every level – strong public schools, making health care more affordable and accessible, public safety, workforce development and family-sustaining jobs – it was environmental justice that first called her to run for office.

FirstEnergy and its supportive legislators have tied themselves in knots to sell their bailout bill (HB 6), a $1.4 billion money grab by a publicly traded company and its speculative, out-of-state investors that made a bad bet on a declining business. They’ve been lying to Ohioans, claiming that HB 6 is a panacea that will […]

The post The FirstEnergy bailout bill benefits out-of-state executives and investors, not Ohioans appeared first on Energy Exchange.

FirstEnergy and its supportive legislators have tied themselves in knots to sell their bailout bill (HB 6), a $1.4 billion money grab by a publicly traded company and its speculative, out-of-state investors that made a bad bet on a declining business. They’ve been lying to Ohioans, claiming that HB 6 is a panacea that will […]

The post The FirstEnergy bailout bill benefits out-of-state executives and investors, not Ohioans appeared first on Energy Exchange.

With hurricane season upon us again, I am reminded of the lessons learned after the devastation we went through in 2017, when thousands of people in Puerto Rico went without electricity for nearly a year after Hurricane Maria made landfall on the island. Many communities had limited access to clean water, food and health services. […]

The post Preparing for hurricane season in Puerto Rico with long-term solutions appeared first on Energy Exchange.

What’s next for California’s Central Valley? Even with water cutbacks, the region can still thrive. Here’s how.