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FirstEnergy Takes Step toward Cleaner, Modern Grid

Having breakfast at a local restaurant last weekend, I was sitting next to parents who were desperately trying to get their toddler to eat the pancakes he had ordered a few minutes earlier. Watching the high-stakes drama, it occurred to me that toddlers are a bit like our electric grid: They can change drastically at […]

Having breakfast at a local restaurant last weekend, I was sitting next to parents who were desperately trying to get their toddler to eat the pancakes he had ordered a few minutes earlier. Watching the high-stakes drama, it occurred to me that toddlers are a bit like our electric grid: They can change drastically at […]

The post What if gadgets talked to the grid to cut carbon? With this new technology, they can. appeared first on Energy Exchange.

Having breakfast at a local restaurant last weekend, I was sitting next to parents who were desperately trying to get their toddler to eat the pancakes he had ordered a few minutes earlier. Watching the high-stakes drama, it occurred to me that toddlers are a bit like our electric grid: They can change drastically at […]

The post What if gadgets talked to the grid to cut carbon? With this new technology, they can. appeared first on Energy Exchange.

Having breakfast at a local restaurant last weekend, I was sitting next to parents who were desperately trying to get their toddler to eat the pancakes he had ordered a few minutes earlier. Watching the high-stakes drama, it occurred to me that toddlers are a bit like our electric grid: They can change drastically at […]

The post What if gadgets talked to the grid to cut carbon? With this new technology, they can. appeared first on Energy Exchange.

On a cold morning, we descend a bumpy dirt road through a forest of ancient alerce trees. As the forest clears, we arrive at a rugged coastline, dotted with fishing villages. The smell of smoke rises through the fog and combines with a salty sea breeze as villagers warm bread over their wood stoves, and […]

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

This was written by Olivia Rosane. It originally posted on EcoWatch: Results from the U.S. midterm election are mostly in, and, when it comes to what they mean for the environment, they’re a real mixed bag. On the plus side, the Democrats took the House...

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

This was written by Ben Lefebvre. It originally posted on Politico: Democrats are set to expand their reach into the U.S. oil patch after Tuesday’s election, potentially turning Western states into a testing ground for new oil and gas regulation. Colorado and New Mexico elected Democratic...

Written by Dominique Browning

Is the glass half full, or half empty? That’s what I found myself wondering all morning (and well into last night) as I followed election results. I’m going with half full — more than half full, in fact. Don’t believe the pundits who tell us...

Voters put a check on the Trump administration's reckless environmental policies

On Nov. 6, the American people voted to put a check on the excesses of the Trump administration. The voters are clearly demanding changes in Washington, a return to common sense policies, and greater accountability from their elected leaders.

The midterm election results were also a rebuke to the current leadership of the House of Representatives, which has voted repeatedly to undermine science, roll back environmental safeguards and allow more pollution.

Pro-environmental candidates and climate champions were on the ballot in hundreds of elections at the federal, state and local levels. Many winning candidates made environmental protection central to their campaigns; and many who reject climate science were defeated.

Even in races where pro-environment candidates did not prevail, clean air, clean water and climate change were issues both sides attempted to claim.

The election results will bring welcome oversight and accountability to the Trump administration. We will continue to work with members of both parties to make progress toward climate solutions, defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget, protect American families from dangerous chemicals, and strengthen our core environmental laws and regulations.

Beginning in January, Washington – and state houses around the country – will see a growing chorus of new young leaders demanding action on climate change and adequate protections from pollution. The House of Representatives will see a record number of women, many strongly pro-environment.

As a result, this election gives us an opportunity to check the excesses of this administration, and hold it accountable for undermining health and environmental safeguards. Everyone who voted for a cleaner, healthier, more prosperous future must now join together to make it happen.

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Once we start to close information gaps and accelerate the use of natural infrastructure, vulnerable communities worldwide will be better equipped to weather increasingly extreme storms and flooding.

Once we start to close information gaps and accelerate the use of natural infrastructure, vulnerable communities worldwide will be better equipped to weather increasingly extreme storms and flooding.

The post How to accelerate the use of natural infrastructure to aid climate change adaptation first appeared on Growing Returns.

Once we start to close information gaps and accelerate the use of natural infrastructure, vulnerable communities worldwide will be better equipped to weather increasingly extreme storms and flooding.

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Henry Henderson, who spent years advocating for the environment as the head of the Natural Resource Defense Council’s Midwest team. Victor Rojas, Senior Manager for Financial Policy at EDF, had the good fortune to work at the Chicago Department of Environment (DOE) some years ago. Although […]