The Status Quo is not an Option for Oregon or the Planet

5 years 3 months ago
Authored by Erica Morehouse, Senior Attorney, U.S. Climate Policy and Analysis Oregon is the current bellwether for climate action in the United States thanks to its effort to place an ambitious, firm limit on all major sources of climate pollution in the state.  HB 2020, Oregon’s “Cap and Invest” bill has passed three major legislative […]
Erica Morehouse

The Status Quo is not an Option for Oregon or the Planet

5 years 3 months ago

Authored by Erica Morehouse, Senior Attorney, U.S. Climate Policy and Analysis Oregon is the current bellwether for climate action in the United States thanks to its effort to place an ambitious, firm limit on all major sources of climate pollution in the state.  HB 2020, Oregon’s “Cap and Invest” bill has passed three major legislative […]

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Erica Morehouse

Can the circular economy end the era of “Throwaway Living”?

5 years 3 months ago
In 1955, LIFE magazine ran an ad promoting “Throwaway Living,” encouraging the use of disposable items as a way to help cut down on household chores. We used to depend on plastic, and now, our planet is being suffocated by it. Environmental impacts are showing the need for a more circular economy, and businesses are […]
Yesh Pavlik Slenk

Can the circular economy end the era of “Throwaway Living”?

5 years 3 months ago
In 1955, LIFE magazine ran an ad promoting “Throwaway Living,” encouraging the use of disposable items as a way to help cut down on household chores. We used to depend on plastic, and now, our planet is being suffocated by it. Environmental impacts are showing the need for a more circular economy, and businesses are […]
Yesh Pavlik Slenk

Can the circular economy end the era of “Throwaway Living”?

5 years 3 months ago
In 1955, LIFE magazine ran an ad promoting “Throwaway Living,” encouraging the use of disposable items as a way to help cut down on household chores. We used to depend on plastic, and now, our planet is being suffocated by it. Environmental impacts are showing the need for a more circular economy, and businesses are […]
Yesh Pavlik Slenk

EDF Experts Contribute to Culinary Institute of America’s Menus of Change Report

5 years 3 months ago
The Culinary Institute of America and Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health began their 7th annual Menus of Change Report and Leadership Summit this week which includes the publication of a detailed report on various issues in the food industry, including a section on “Fish, Seafood and Oceans,” which was written by EDF’s Chief Ocean Scientist, Doug Rader, Ph.D.
vdixon

Smarter Fishing Technology Gets Big Boost from New Government Rule

5 years 3 months ago
The use of smarter monitoring systems that use cameras to track what fishermen are hauling onto their vessels just got a big boost thanks to a new National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) rule that allows for technology deployment on a significant portion of the Pacific groundfish fleet.
vdixon

Can the circular economy end the era of “Throwaway Living”?

5 years 3 months ago
In 1955, LIFE magazine ran an ad promoting “Throwaway Living,” encouraging the use of disposable items as a way to help cut down on household chores. We used to depend on plastic, and now, our planet is being suffocated by it. Environmental impacts are showing the need for a more circular economy, and businesses are […]
Yesh Pavlik Slenk

Clean Energy Innovation: An Important Piece of the Climate Puzzle

5 years 3 months ago
Bipartisanship and congressional action aren’t words associated with climate change in recent years. But we may be taking steps away from that stalemate. There is growing momentum in Congress to support innovation in clean energy – which can play an important role in reducing climate pollution. Members from both parties recognize that investing in innovation […]
Susanne Brooks

Ohio Supreme Court ends FirstEnergy’s illegal subsidies in a win for customers and the environment

5 years 3 months ago

Update: On August 20, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected FirstEnergy’s motion for reconsideration of “credit support” charges approved by state regulators in 2016. The Supreme Court ordered the charge be removed, saying state regulators had failed to place the necessary conditions on how FirstEnergy spent the subsidies.  In the three years’ time the appeals process […]

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John Finnigan