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World Wetlands Day: Happy Underrated Water Body Day!
In addition to being Groundhog Day, Feb. 2 is World Wetlands Day. Say what? An international day to celebrate swamps? If you’re scratching your head wondering why in the world we’d throw a party for swamps (and bogs and marshes and fens and floodplains and other wet, buggy places), here’s why: Wetlands protect us. They’re…
Read MoreUnplugged: DOE Drops The Ball On Energy Standard
You probably pass by them all the time on the street without giving them a second glance: those gray cylinders on telephone poles. They are called distribution transformers — and they are a crucial component of the electric grid. They serve to reduce the high voltage used in distribution lines to the lower voltages we…
Read MoreWhere’s the Outrage Over Coal Boondogles?
Deadbeat coal plants can be costly for taxpayers.
Read MoreGasland Director Arrested At Congressional Hearing
It’s no surprise that oil and gas industry friendly politicians have fought to allow industry to keep secret the list of chemicals they pump underground during the fracking. But today, they apparently decided to extend that secrecy to congressional committee activities, when members of a House Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment refused to allow…
Read MoreGroups Demand That Navy Change Sonar Testing
Environmental groups and some Indian tribes, represented by Earthjustice, have to get the U.S. Navy to change the way it trains off the West Coast to avoid harming whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Read MoreTr-Ash Talk: The Proof is in the Water
Last week we announced our intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency to force the release of long-awaited public health safeguards against toxic coal ash. Here is just another example of why states aren’t doing an adequate job keeping this toxic muck out of our drinking water. This Charlotte Observer article reports on elevated levels of coal…
Read MoreBig News for Our National Forests
Today, the Obama administration’s Forest Service revealed final rules for managing of our national forests. These rules typically last 15-30 years, and they serve as the blueprint for how 193 million acres of our most important watersheds are managed. Their impact is sweeping. My own memories from time spent in national forests remind me of…
Read MoreFriday Finds: All the Climate Scientists’ Men
Conspiracy theorists descend on Florida climate change plan Plans to prepare for rising sea levels and other climate change affects in south Florida are being attacked by conspiracy theorists who believe climate change is a hoax perpetuated by a group of “progressive elites” who want to raise taxes, reports the Sun Sentinel. Though the majority…
Read MoreThe End of America’s Coal Era?
Could the end be near for coal?
Read MoreAmazing Yosemite Time-Lapse Video
Everyone knows that Yosemite National Park is one of America’s most beautiful places. Half Dome, El Capitan, Yosemite Falls, and a host of other natural wonders make Yosemite an iconic symbol of the American West. And while many of us have hiked in Yosemite or camped in the picturesque valley, a new video reveals a…
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