Posted by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
President Obama put forward his proposed budget yesterday, which provides a rare opportunity to look at how the whole federal government is organized and what priorities our leaders see for investments. On the whole, I think those of us who...
Posted by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
It was great to see Charles Duhigg's article about under-enforcement of water pollution laws yesterday. Quite apart from the water angle, which we obviously care a whole lot about, it was wonderful to see that good print journalism is still...
Posted by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy
One of the great things about our country is that the government often must give the public the opportunity to comment on something it is planning on doing, and then must actually consider those comments in making its final decision. ...
Posted by Jon Devine in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably
Almost every day, I bike to work. On the bike path, I get a close-up view of the Potomac River, which makes up the boundary between Washington, D.C., and Virginia. Though it has improved dramatically since the Clean Water Act...
