Today, New Jersey lawmakers will be voting on a “Clean Energy Bill,” a piece of legislation that can help the state transition to a 21st-century clean energy economy, and set us on a path to becoming a national clean energy leader once again. Gov. Phil Murphy’s pledge to source 100 percent of the state’s electricity […]

President Trump may soon grossly distort competitive markets for electricity. Last week, he announced his consideration of a request for “202(c),” by which he means an $8 billion proposal to bail out all merchant coal and nuclear plants in a region that spans across 13 Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states. The request comes from FirstEnergy, the Ohio-based utility giant that […]

President Trump may soon grossly distort competitive markets for electricity. Last week, he announced his consideration of a request for “202(c),” by which he means an $8 billion proposal to bail out all merchant coal and nuclear plants in a region that spans across 13 Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states. The request comes from FirstEnergy, the Ohio-based utility giant that […]

President Trump may soon grossly distort competitive markets for electricity. Last week, he announced his consideration of a request for “202(c),” by which he means an $8 billion proposal to bail out all merchant coal and nuclear plants in a region that spans across 13 Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states. The request comes from FirstEnergy, the Ohio-based utility giant that […]

President Trump may soon grossly distort competitive markets for electricity. Last week, he announced his consideration of a request for “202(c),” by which he means an $8 billion proposal to bail out all merchant coal and nuclear plants in a region that spans across 13 Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states. The request comes from FirstEnergy, the Ohio-based utility giant that […]

Right now, you can walk into Lowe's and other stores and buy paint strippers containing deadly chemicals right off the shelf. That needs to change. MCAF. C3. Regional.

Right now, you can walk into Lowe's and other stores and buy paint strippers containing deadly chemicals right off the shelf. That needs to change. MCAF. C3. Regional.

The future of the Mississippi River Delta will likely look drastically different than it does now. As sea level rise increases, we need to be smart about where and how we build land along Louisiana’s coast. A viable future for coastal Louisiana means a smaller delta, and using sediment diversions to strategically build and maintain land can make that smaller delta more sustainable. A new study released this week in Science Advances evaluated the geologic history of the Mississippi River ...

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The future of the Mississippi River Delta will likely look drastically different than it does now. As sea level rise increases, we need to be smart about where and how we build land along Louisiana’s coast. A viable future for coastal Louisiana means a smaller delta, and using sediment diversions to strategically build and maintain land can make that smaller delta more sustainable. A new study released this week in Science Advances evaluated the geologic history of the Mississippi River ...

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The post Facing Continued Land Loss, Mississippi River Delta Needs Diversions More Than Ever appeared first on Restore the Mississippi River Delta.

Written by Diane MacEachern

Plastic trash has created a global problem. Luckily, some global companies are pitching in to help clean it up, use it up, and stop more of it from being thrown away. In honor of Earth Day 2018 and Earth Day Network’s “End Plastic Pollution” campaign,...

Right now, you can walk into Lowe's and other stores and buy paint strippers containing deadly chemicals right off the shelf. That needs to change. MCAF. C3. Regional.

Right now, you can walk into Lowe's and other stores and buy paint strippers containing deadly chemicals right off the shelf. That needs to change. MCAF. C3. Regional.

Lindsay McCormick, is a Project Manager. Last October, a groundbreaking report concluded that diseases caused by pollution were responsible for 1 in 6 premature deaths in 2015 worldwide.  That’s 9 million deaths caused by environmental pollution – three times more than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. That may seem startling at first, but health outcomes are largely […]

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This was written by Casey Ivanovich. It originally published on Climate 411: Every March, Washington D.C. anxiously anticipates the arrival of the city’s world-famous cherry blossoms. Millions of people flood the National Mall each year to observe the “peak bloom” – defined by the National Park...

I am just back from a week in Beijing, where Environmental Defense Fund was part of Walmart’s announcement of a new goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its China supply chain. Had I not been there in person, I’m not sure I could have accurately comprehended how essential that this goal – a 50 […]

I am just back from a week in Beijing, where Environmental Defense Fund was part of Walmart’s announcement of a new goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its China supply chain. Had I not been there in person, I’m not sure I could have accurately comprehended how essential that this goal – a 50 […]