For years, conversations at major oil and gas industry conferences focused on one thing: the shale revolution. Excitement about the surge in economical new supply of unconventionally produced oil and gas was palpable, as panelists spoke of the potential for shale to transform everything from the geopolitics of American energy supply to the price of […]

For years, conversations at major oil and gas industry conferences focused on one thing: the shale revolution. Excitement about the surge in economical new supply of unconventionally produced oil and gas was palpable, as panelists spoke of the potential for shale to transform everything from the geopolitics of American energy supply to the price of […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. The 2016 Lautenberg Act amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) expanded and enhanced Congress’ vision for how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should evaluate and mitigate the potential risks of chemicals.   The original TSCA was intended to encompass the full lifecycles of chemicals, from manufacturing to […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. The 2016 Lautenberg Act amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) expanded and enhanced Congress’ vision for how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should evaluate and mitigate the potential risks of chemicals.   The original TSCA was intended to encompass the full lifecycles of chemicals, from manufacturing to […]

Pruitt’s Reckless Tenure is Over, American Families Deserve Better

There is nothing like a boat ride through Louisiana’s Wax Lake Delta. This lush landscape, teeming with birds and wildlife, is an example of what Louisiana’s coast can look like if we use the Mississippi River to build land and increase the state’s resilience to storms and rising seas. It’s truly a beautiful place. In […]

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There is nothing like a boat ride through Louisiana’s Wax Lake Delta. This lush landscape, teeming with birds and wildlife, is an example of what Louisiana’s coast can look like if we use the Mississippi River to build land and increase the state’s resilience to storms and rising seas. It’s truly a beautiful place. In […]

This piece originally appeared on our EDF Voices blog. Both science and environmentalism are changing – driven more and more by more collaboration and rapidly improving technology. These developments offer tremendous opportunities, as they can reveal urgent threats much more clearly – as well as the paths to address them. Shifting scientific research in another […]

The post New science and technology uncover opportunities to speed up environmental progress appeared first on Energy Exchange.

This piece originally appeared on our EDF Voices blog. Both science and environmentalism are changing – driven more and more by more collaboration and rapidly improving technology. These developments offer tremendous opportunities, as they can reveal urgent threats much more clearly – as well as the paths to address them. Shifting scientific research in another […]

This piece originally appeared on our EDF Voices blog. Both science and environmentalism are changing – driven more and more by more collaboration and rapidly improving technology. These developments offer tremendous opportunities, as they can reveal urgent threats much more clearly – as well as the paths to address them. Shifting scientific research in another […]

This piece originally appeared on our EDF Voices blog. Both science and environmentalism are changing – driven more and more by more collaboration and rapidly improving technology. These developments offer tremendous opportunities, as they can reveal urgent threats much more clearly – as well as the paths to address them. Shifting scientific research in another […]

This piece originally appeared on our EDF Voices blog. Both science and environmentalism are changing – driven more and more by more collaboration and rapidly improving technology. These developments offer tremendous opportunities, as they can reveal urgent threats much more clearly – as well as the paths to address them. Shifting scientific research in another […]

The post New science and technology uncover opportunities to speed up environmental progress appeared first on Energy Exchange.

Written by Dominique Browning

At my house, “Drink Some Water!” has become a family joke. I think a glass of water is the cure to everything: altitude, attitude, tummy ache, heartache, jet lag and nightmares. My sons roll their eyes: “Drink Some Water!” But this summer, the perils of dehydration are no...

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This was written by Andrew Rosenberg: We all check the weather forecast for sun, rain, UV, allergies and other information that might affect us as we spend more time outside in the summer. That includes alerts on bad air days, when air pollution levels are...

Falling electricity prices are a signal that the U.S. has more power plants than we need. edf.org/baN

Tom Neltner, J.D., Chemicals Policy Director, and Maricel Maffini, Ph.D., Independent Consultant On May 2018, we released a blog highlighting paper mills as a potentially significant source of drinking water contamination from 14 Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved poly- and per-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) used to greaseproof paper. We showed that wastewater discharge could result in PFAS concentrations in […]