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Unplugged: No More Game of Hide-and-Seek for Consumers
If you are one of the millions of American consumers who shop or browse online for major appliances and would like to know the environmental impact your new purchase will have, we’ve got some good news. The Federal Trade Commission has finally updated its newly named Energy Labeling Rule to make it easier for you…
Read MoreFriday Finds: Facebook’s Climate Change Status
Climate change could flood Facebook, Google by 2050 Facebook can’t be brought down by angry fans irritated with its privacy policy and data mining tendencies, but it could be swept away by climate change- induced sea level rise, reports Climate Wire. Though much of the California coastline is at risk, Silicon Valley is especially vulnerable…
Read MoreThe Poverty of Mountaintop Removal Mining
Associate Attorney Neil Gormley took a trip to West Virginia to visit partners and clients and to see the effects of mountaintop removal mining first-hand. As he explains, his visit prompted questions about the relationship between this destructive practice and regional poverty.
Read MoreLandmark Mercury Decision is Jackson’s Legacy
During her four-year tenure as administrator of the EPA, Lisa Jackson was a true champion for public health and environmental justice. One of her greatest legacies is the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, a rule that will help Americans breathe a little easier since it sharply limits the amount of mercury and other toxic metals…
Read MoreOne-Year Anniversary Of California's Lone Wolf
Wolf OR7 has successfully lived in northeast corner of state
Read MoreEarthjustice Thankful For EPA Chief Lisa Jackson
Earthjustice is saddened by today’s announcement that Lisa Jackson is stepping down as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. America owes Lisa Jackson a debt of gratitude for her work to protect the public’s health from polluters and their allies in Congress. For her efforts to clean up pollution and better protect the environment and…
Read MoreThe Top 10 unEarthed Stories of 2012
Blog posts about Earth’s magnificent places and creatures were the most popular themes for unEarthed readers in 2012. By far the most-read post concerned Arctic drilling, followed by reports of bison being restored and wolves losing protection. Not shown in our top 10 blog posts, below, are the delightful tales of curious critters painted in…
Read MoreEPA Grants Deathly Delay Of Cement Rule
“…My son’s school would be named in a USA Today report as being in the upper 1 percent of the most toxic schools in the nation—the same school I butted heads with cement plant executives about being under the toxic plumes while children were at recess.” – Alex Allred, 50 States United Clean Air Ambassador…
Read MoreStrong Start To Protecting Key Alaska Habitat
Interior announces a final plan for managing the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Read More"Chasing Ice" Shows Unsettling Effects of Climate Change
Last month, a movie premiered with a graphic visual of climate change—enough to disconcert viewers across the country. Jeff Orlowski’s "Chasing Ice" depicts a photographer’s brave and relentless journey through the vast Arctic in the face of treacherous weather, technological failure and a bad leg injury. The photographer was documenting rapidly vanishing glaciers over years…
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