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Pollution Killing Manatees at Record Pace
Yet, industry group seeks to removed endangered species status.
Read MoreRoadless Rule – A Victory We Must Keep on Winning
A decade after the Roadless Rule’s adoption, and years into the Obama administration, we’re still fighting to protect roadless areas.
Read MoreSee Something, Say Something
November is Oil Industry Accident Awareness Month in Louisiana
Read MoreThe GOP, a Critical Court, and the Politics of Brinksmanship
Update: On November 12, 2013, Senate Republicans blocked an up-or-down vote on Professor Nina Pillard’s nomination to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Once again, Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski were the only Republicans to oppose the filibuster. Professor Pillard is the third of President Obama’s D.C. Circuit nominees to…
Read MoreEPA – Here Are 55 Reasons To Listen Closely
At EPA’s listening session regarding carbon pollution controls from existing power plants, Sr. Legislative Representative Sarah Saylor put herself in EPA’s shoes and did some real listening. It turns out the list of what may be lost and what must be protected by such a rule is not as short as we sometimes make it in the name of expediency.
Read MoreMessed Up in Michigan
Clean Water Fund’s new report, Toxic Trash Exposed: Coal Ash Pollution in Michigan, reveals widespread damage from coal ash dumping in Michigan. The report discloses dozens of waterways and aquifers already poisoned and warns of statewide harm due to failure to impose reasonable safeguards on toxic dumping. Clean Water Action released Toxic Trash Exposed on…
Read MoreFracking Voted Out in Three Colorado Communities
TAKE ACTION, COLORADO! This week, the citizens of Longmont, Boulder, Fort Collins, Lafayette and Broomfield told the Governor to stand up to the oil & gas industry and protect our communities. Now, as state health officials are drafting new rules to regulate oil & gas emissions state-wide, you can join the call for stronger clean…
Read MoreKauaʻi Mayor Ignores Constituents, Vetoes Ordinance
Ordinance would provide safeguards against pesticide exposure
Read MoreShell Plans to Drill in The Arctic in 2014
Moves ahead despite past failures, warnings and a wrecked rig.
Read MoreA Spooky Premise
What if EPA’s coal ash rule doesn’t close unlined lagoons? Wet dumping is the cheapest way, in the short-term, to dispose of toxic coal ash—but it is also the most dangerous.
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