Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution , U.S. Law and Policy
It's been a good couple of weeks for the clean air advocates. First the federal appeals court in New York decided that a group of states and others could bring a nuisance case seeking to require the country's largest global...continued→
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
During eight years as chief of the Environmental Protection Bureau in the New York State Attorney General's Office, I had the political backing necessary to take on large corporate polluters. Such support is crucial to enforce the hard-won standards contained...continued→
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution
This is the final part of my three-part open letter to the new EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson, regarding the changes that are needed to help us tackle urgent environmental problems more effectively. Yesterday, I wrote about how we can better...continued→
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution
This is part two of my three-part series on the ways the new administration, guided by a revitalized EPA, can strengthen environmental protections, and steer America away from the threats of climate change, toxic pollution and other environmental disasters. Yesterday,...continued→
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
My colleagues and I at NRDC were pleased at President-elect Obama's recent announcement that Lisa Jackson will head the Environmental Protection Agency. Lisa has been a strong, honest and knowledgeable voice for the environment as Commissioner of the New Jersey...continued→
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
NRDC recently won a case in federal court that held accountable a major utility that tried to snooker the American public. This decision upheld a core purpose of much of NRDC's litigation, vindicating, in turn, a core principle of our...continued→
Posted by Peter Lehner
We need a lot more environmental information to begin to address the lack of public understanding of environmental harms.This may seem obvious, but it isn’t. At a meeting a few years ago, I was shocked to find the head of...continued→
