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Colorado Tackles Rules Governing Oil, Gas
Colorado has emerged as a western ground zero in the fracking boom, with more than 50,000 active wells in the state and 3,000 wells permitted annually on average in recent years. The state is struggling to deal with this staggering growth as well as the changing nature of the industry as operations have moved into communities along the Front Range.
Read MoreFlorida Governor Embraces Polluters in Chesapeake
Just helping another state’s waterways get as polluted as his.
Read MoreHealthy Coexistence: Key to Saving San Pedro River
Suit seeks to make Army help protect the river and its species
Read MoreRevolt Against Clean Energy Sweeps Nation
Fossil fuel industry seeks to protect bottom line by quashing solar growth.
Read MoreEast of Eden: NC Toxic Coal Ash Spill Defies State Borders
Hellish coal ash mess in North Carolina is Virginia’s problem, too.
Read MoreAgreement To Clean Up California Freight Pollution
Ships, trucks and trains to clean up their act under new plan.
Read MoreA Critical Vote on Southern California Air Quality
At issue, investing in long range fossil fuel infrastructure.
Read MoreNC Coal Ash Spill Demonstrates Urgent Need to Close Ponds
The EPA doesn’t need yet another reason to require the safe closure of the nation’s 1,070 coal ash ponds. But the massive leak of 82,000 tons of toxic coal ash from Duke Energy’s Dan River Power Station this week should set off a siren to wake our sleeping regulators.
Read MoreFriday Finds: Drought Leaves CA Glass Half Empty
Climate change threatens grapes, salmon and other dining favorites
Read MoreCelebrating An Historic Agreement on Coal Ash
On January 29, 2014, the Department of Justice on behalf of the EPA lodged a consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that requires the EPA to publish a final rule addressing the disposal of coal ash by Dec. 19, 2014.
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