Lead in water at child care facilities: Preliminary results from EDF’s pilot

6 years 5 months ago
Lindsay McCormick, Project Manager, and Tom Neltner, J.D., Chemicals Policy Director. When choosing a child care facility, parents weigh numerous factors – like cost, distance to their home, comfort with the staff – with the goal of providing safe care to their child. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to know if the facility where the child care […]
Lindsay McCormick

Lead in water at child care facilities: Preliminary results from EDF’s pilot

6 years 5 months ago
Lindsay McCormick, Project Manager, and Tom Neltner, J.D., Chemicals Policy Director. When choosing a child care facility, parents weigh numerous factors – like cost, distance to their home, comfort with the staff – with the goal of providing safe care to their child. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to know if the facility where the child care […]
Lindsay McCormick

Canada adopts historic methane rules. Alberta may undercut them.

6 years 5 months ago
Last night, Canada finalized new national regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, its largest methane polluter. The rules are among the most comprehensive in the world, putting Canada on a clear path toward its 40 to 45 percent methane reduction goal, and delivering on a critical element of the Canadian climate […]
Drew Nelson

Canada adopts historic methane rules. Alberta may undercut them.

6 years 5 months ago

Last night, Canada finalized new national regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, its largest methane polluter. The rules are among the most comprehensive in the world, putting Canada on a clear path toward its 40 to 45 percent methane reduction goal, and delivering on a critical element of the Canadian climate […]

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Drew Nelson

Canada adopts historic methane rules. Alberta may undercut them.

6 years 5 months ago
Last night, Canada finalized new national regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, its largest methane polluter. The rules are among the most comprehensive in the world, putting Canada on a clear path toward its 40 to 45 percent methane reduction goal, delivering on a critical element of the Canadian climate plan. […]
Drew Nelson

Canada adopts historic methane rules. Alberta may undercut them.

6 years 5 months ago
Last night, Canada finalized new national regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, its largest methane polluter. The rules are among the most comprehensive in the world, putting Canada on a clear path toward its 40 to 45 percent methane reduction goal, and delivering on a critical element of the Canadian climate […]
Drew Nelson

Scott Pruitt is Failing as EPA Administrator

6 years 5 months ago

Written by Dominique Browning

Moms are big believers in report cards. They give us a sense of how things are going. And when it comes to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, things are not going well at all. Here’s how bad his performance is so far: Public Health       Failure to understand subject         ...

Dominique Browning

8 Favorite Foods and Climate Change

6 years 5 months ago

Written by Diane MacEachern

Will the day come when you want to make your kids a PB&J sandwich, but both peanut butter and jelly have become so scarce, you’ll have to settle for mustard and ketchup? Don’t scoff. Worldwide, food production is changing significantly as climate change wreaks havoc...

Diane MacEachern

Proof that the Clean Power Plan’s strategy for cutting carbon pollution is the industry standard

6 years 5 months ago
The public comment period is just about to close on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s reckless attempt to repeal the Clean Power Plan, and thousands of Americans — including mayors, CEOs, energy experts, and citizens concerned about the threats Pruitt’s actions pose to our children’s health and future — have already spoken out in vigorous opposition […]
Charlie Jiang

Scott Pruitt seeks to cook the books on EPA risk assessment science

6 years 5 months ago
Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt unveiled his “secret science” initiative yesterday at a press conference to which no press were invited.  While EPA has yet to post the proposed rule or otherwise make it available to the public, it was made available by others.  The main thrust of the […]
Richard Denison