By Andy Bilich, Lauren Navarro These days, California’s renewable energy records are regularly broken. During the summer solstice on June 21, California utility scale solar power set a generation record with solar producing equivalent to about 16 percent of all electricity consumed during the day. And earlier this year, on April 27, California set two […]

Two bills could undermine Pennsylvania's progress in controlling oil & gas pollution. Regional. C4.

Two bills could undermine Pennsylvania's progress in controlling oil & gas pollution. Regional. C4.

Embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is out. But his replacement isn't an improvement. C4.

Embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is out. But his replacement isn't an improvement. C4.

Recent reporting on the discovery and enhancement of plastic-dissolving enzymes in bacteria made me stop and think about what this might mean for the plastic pollution problem that is plaguing the oceans, including the world’s coral reefs. While this development is interesting, and draws necessary focus to the immense problem of plastic pollution in the […]

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to advance H.R. 200 today, putting the future of our nation’s fisheries at risk.

The UK Fisheries White Paper has finally landed. This hugely anticipated document provides a blueprint for future fisheries management in the UK as it forges the country’s own path after Brexit.  The paper sets out aspirations for achieving a ‘gold standard’ for UK fisheries management – an area which the paper acknowledges is of ‘totemic […]

The UK Fisheries White Paper has finally landed. This hugely anticipated document provides a blueprint for future fisheries management in the UK as it forges the country’s own path after Brexit.  The paper sets out aspirations for achieving a ‘gold standard’ for UK fisheries management – an area which the paper acknowledges is of ‘totemic […]

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This piece was originally published in the Plaquemines Gazette and has been reprinted here with permission of the owner. Please visit PlaqueminesGazette.com to subscribe and see the original article. Dear Editor, Many people today are asking questions about what river diversions will do to our coast. These questions are particularly important in Plaquemines Parish, where several of the diversions in Louisiana’s coastal Master Plan will be located. Central to the Master Plan is the idea that sending Mississippi River and ...

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This piece was originally published in the Plaquemines Gazette and has been reprinted here with permission of the owner. Please visit PlaqueminesGazette.com to subscribe and see the original article. Dear Editor, Many people today are asking questions about what river diversions will do to our coast. These questions are particularly important in Plaquemines Parish, where several of the diversions in Louisiana’s coastal Master Plan will be located. Central to the Master Plan is the idea that sending Mississippi River and ...

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New utility settlement highlights how Ohio utilities are leaving FirstEnergy behind on clean energy. edf.org/az8

EDF Asks EPA’s Wheeler to Protect Americans from Super-Polluting Freight Trucks