The Trump-Wheeler Polluting Power Plan: Five Key Takeaways

6 years 1 month ago
(Ben Levitan and Rama Zakaria co-authored this post) The Trump Administration just released another proposal with a title that would floor George Orwell himself. Less than a month after releasing the Safer and More Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicles Rule to make our cars less safe and less fuel efficient, Trump and Acting EPA Administrator Andrew […]
Tomas Carbonell

Tesla: Inventor of the Modern

6 years 1 month ago
On September 12, 2018, Environmental Defense Fund will host Dick Munson for a Q&A and book signing for his new book Tesla, Inventor of the Modern. Please join us in Austin at 301 Congress Ave., Suite 1300, from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm. Nikola Tesla gave us the electric motor, long-distance electricity transmission, radio, robots, and […]
EDF Staff

SCANDAL: The Trump EPA’s Dirty Power Scam

6 years 1 month ago

Written by Dominique Browning

Trump Environmental Protection Agency has just announced its proposal to “replace” America’s Clean Power Plan, our only plan to curb the impacts of climate pollution from dirty sources like coal power plants. Make no mistake — this proposal is anything but “clean.” This proposal is...

Dominique Browning

Cowboy up: Wyoming’s new oil and gas proposal helps state lead on air quality

6 years 1 month ago
Wyoming is not a state that likes to take a backseat to anybody, especially when it comes to setting energy policy. That’s why it’s no surprise the state recently proposed new standards to reduce harmful, wasteful emissions from the state’s oil and gas facilities. The requirements in the state’s new proposal are an extension of […]
Jon Goldstein