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Poison Pills in Spending Bills Threaten Our Air, Water and Wildlife
The terms of last week’s budget agreement between the Obama administration and Congress were an achievement, but the fate of environmental “ideological riders” is yet to be determined.
Read MoreVictory in New Mexico Stops Latest Case of Solar Discrimination
Faced with declining sales and increasing renewable energy usage, many utilities are taking aim at rooftop solar.
Read MoreStronger Protections in Store for Farmworkers and Families
The EPA signals stronger safeguards against pesticide exposure.
Read MoreThe Fracking Trade-Off: Dirty Energy for Explosive Accidents
In the middle of a beautiful Ohio summer, explosions, fires and a massive fish die-off at a fracking well emphasized the dangers inherent in working in the fracking industry.
Read MoreBuilding on Keystone, Obama Should Shed More Fossil Fuel Baggage
Allowing coal mining in a roadless Colorado forest—and denying the climate impacts of that mining—are just a couple of ways the administration is undermining its climate credibility.
Read More5 Things to Know About the EPA’s New Rule for Oil Refineries
The EPA’s updated standard for oil refineries requires fenceline monitoring in nearby communities, reducing cancer risks from toxic emissions like benzene for more than 1.4 million people.
Read MoreNew Navy Agreement Means Dolphins Won’t Die in Vain
A recent settlement agreement with the Navy ensures that marine mammal deaths will now be investigated to help avoid additional military sonar-related deaths.
Read MoreFracking by the Numbers
Fracking just doesn’t add up; it causes more social, economic and environmental problems than it solves. Renewable energy sources provide a welcome alternative.
Read MoreFlorida Power and Light Wants Expensive Boondoggle
Florida Power and Light is trying to get its customers to foot the bill for an expensive and unnecessary power plant near Lake Okeechobee.
Read MoreSmoggy California District Lobbies Congress to Weaken the Clean Air Act
The head of one California air district went to Washington, D.C., to try to weaken the “impossible to meet” standards of the Clean Air Act, on the same day the California Air Resources Board presented its plan to meet those standards.
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