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On Friday, August 27, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit brought by Attorney General Greg Abbott and the State of Texas against the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the EPA’s June 2010 disapproval of a portion of Texas’ air permitting program. The Read More… Two Environmental Groups Seek to Participate in Texas-EPA Air Pollution Lawsuit  Leave a comment  162, Animal Rights & Environment, Environmental Defense, Oct 2010  5th Circuit in New Orleans, Air Pollution, air quality protections, air toxics, Clean Air Act, EIP, enforce air pollution laws that protect citizens from harmful pollution, Environmental Integrity Project, Governor Perry, industry lawsuit, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Flexible Air Permitting program Plans to redesign fuel economy labels for cars will help Americans save both money and gas, and protect the planet at the same time, said Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). EDF praised an announcement today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that they plan to overhaul fuel Read More… Proposed New Fuel Economy Labels Will Help Americans Save Gas, Save Money, Cut Pollution Leave a comment 161, 2010, Animal Rights & Environment, Environmental Defense, Issues 160 - 169, Sep 2010 addiction to oil, cars, climate change, DOT, envionment, EPA, fuel economy, gas, greenhouse gas emissions, label, light trucks, Passenger cars, pollution, save both money and gas, U.S. oil consumption Strengthening federal clean air standards for smokestacks will save American lives and prevent costly hospitalizations for asthma and other respiratory ailments, according to Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). An EDF expert delivered that testimony on August 26th at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing on proposed clean air standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants across Read More… Stronger Clean Air Standards for Smokestacks Will Save Lives Twenty-six health, labor and environmental organizations filed detailed comments voicing resounding support for a long-overdue change in a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policy that denied public access to information EPA receives from the chemical industry. That policy and the resulting Agency practice had allowed chemical companies routinely to mask the identity of chemicals August 5, 2010 – California’s growing green economy reaches every major metropolitan area in the state, according to an updated online map released today by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Originally released last year with 2,200 businesses, the map has grown 60 percent to more than 3,500 entities and now includes: an additional industry sector Read More… Updated Map of California’s Green Economy Shows Innovation Hubs Statewide An environmental group that played a major role in developing last year’s water reform legislation is praising a state agency’s final determinations for necessary fresh water flow levels to protect the health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its public trust resources, such as fish and waterfowl. The State Water Resources Control Board—which is Read More… New Flow Criteria for Bay-Delta In Sync with Water Reform Law July 30, 2010- Five conservation groups praised the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a bill tonight that includes an amendment authored by Congressman Charlie Melancon (D-La.) that would provide up to $1.2 billion in funding for Gulf Coast restoration projects. The amendment provides funding for a “Gulf Coast Restoration Program” in Title V .2 Billion for Gulf Restoration">Leave a comment 160, 2010, Animal Rights & Environment, Aug 2010, Environmental Defense, Issue Number, Issues 160 - 169, Year A new report released today on the 100th day of the BP oil disaster details short- and long-term strategies for the Obama administration to make coastal Louisiana less vulnerable to future oil spills and hurricanes, including negotiating with BP for a $5 billion down payment on expected payments for natural resource damages. The report Read More… BP $5 Billion Down Payment Among Recommendations to Restore Coastal Louisiana July 29, 2010 - Today’s decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny petitions to reconsider its greenhouse gas endangerment finding reaffirms the strength of climate science. In response to a directive from the U.S. Supreme Court, EPA reached a December 2009 science-based finding that six greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous Read More… EPA Reaffirms that Greenhouse Gases Endanger Human Health and the Environment July 26, 2010 - An announcement today by New York Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council Speaker Quinn that they have agreed on legislation to cut allowable sulfur levels for No. 4 heating oil in half will improve the health of city residents, according to Environmental Defense Fund. The City Council is scheduled to vote Read More… Bloomberg, City Council Praised for Deal on Bill to Cut Heating Oil Pollution |
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