Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
This evening, shortly after dusk, I'll join millions of my fellow Americans simultaneously celebrating our nation's liberty by gazing skyward to watch explosions in the sky. When you think about the 4th of July, you think one thing: fireworks. And lots of them, as loud as possible!...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
(Photo by J. Henry Fair) It is a national shame that mining companies are allowed to blast America's oldest mountains to smithereens -- all for the sake of dirty coal. Indeed, it is unfathomable that here in America, where...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
NRDC's David Hawkins is among the experts -- along with Energy Secretary Steven Chu, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Agriculture Department Secretary Tom Vilsack -- scheduled to testify on Tuesday, July 7 before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee....continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court made a dreadful decision to allow the dumping of toxic gold mine waste into a pristine Alaskan lake. The court deemed this pollution allowable as "fill material" under the Clean Water Act. Well, last night on The Colbert...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
Pollution and poverty caused by the development of oil reserves have deprived tens of million of Nigerians their basic human rights, according to Amnesty International, which calls oil a "resource curse" for the region. "People living in the Niger Delta have to...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
On Monday, President Obama and Secretary Chu announced a strengthened final rule on lamps that will save consumers $4 billion annually by 2022. This standard would cover the tube fluorescent bulbs (general service fluorescent or GSFL) that we are all...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
By passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), or H.R. 2454, the U.S. House of Representatives set the U.S. on a course to create millions of new clean energy jobs and save consumers money on their electric and...continued→
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Jonathan Zasloff, an environmental law professor at UCLA, has an interesting post up at Legal Planet about the role of environmentalism and religion, a topic I’ve touched on here at Switchboard before. Zasloff is taking a course on Jewish...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
As I savor last Friday's historic House vote to pass clean energy and climate legislation, I can't help but think about last June, when leaders in the Senate tried to pass a groundbreaking climate bill. What has changed since then? ...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Tyler Caine has a terrific post on his sustainability blog Intercon extolling climate change policy to get on the smart growth bandwagon. He says it extremely well, so I am just going to quote a few bits and...continued→
Special Video Message: NRDC President Frances Beinecke on the significance of the U.S. House passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act -- and what needs to happen next.
