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In the most significant judicial decision to date to address selenium pollution from coal mines in Appalachia, a federal judge has ordered Patriot Coal to prepare $45 million in secured credit to cover the costs of treating the pollutant at two of its coal mines in West Virginia. Judge Robert Chambers of the United Read More… Court Orders Patriot Coal to Pay $45 Million to Treat Toxic Selenium from West Virginia Coal Mines On august 18th, The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will begin creating clean water protections from nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), a highly toxic, gender-bending chemical widely used in industrial laundry detergents. Exposure to low levels of NPE has been shown to create “intersex” fish, male fish that produce female egg proteins. Cases of Read More… EPA Takes Action on Gender-Bending Chemical Sierra magazine has named the nation’s top 20 “coolest” schools for their efforts to stop climate change and educate students about sustainability. From Green Mountain College’s innovative biomass electricity generation to Georgia Tech’s sustainable engineering classes, the magazine’s September/October cover story spotlights the schools that are making a true difference for the planet, and Read More… Sierra Magazine Names America’s Top 20 “Coolest” Schools The House GOP Conference today issued a statement that shamelessly echoes the oil and coal lobbies’ endless efforts to avoid cleaning up their acts despite the known health problems their dirty industries cause and the new job opportunities offered by investment in clean energy. Hiding behind false claims and scare tactics, these industries are Following the oil pipeline disaster in Michigan last week that poured one million gallons of crude into the Kalamazoo River, a Canadian pipeline company’s proposal to build a massive new pipeline faces increased scrutiny. The Keystone XL pipeline would carry tar sands oil-the world’s most toxic oil-into the U.S., crossing one of the most Read More… Toxic Tar Sands Pipeline Under Scrutiny After Michigan Disaster In response to an announcement by Majority Leader Harry Reid that the Senate will not vote on the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act until they return from recess in September, the Sierra Club issues the following statement. Statement of Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director “It should be unthinkable that in Read More… Senate Fails to Pass BP Disaster Response in the Wake of the Worst Oil Spill in History The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has announced it’s decision on oil and gas drilling leases in a biologically-sensitive area of National Petroleum Reserve (NPR) in northern Alaska. It will not sell oil and gas drilling leases in that part of the reserve. The area covers 170,000 acres of critical habitat in buffer zones Read More… BLM Rules on 170,000 Acres of Sensitive Alaska Wilderness The Sierra Club filed suit against the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) for blocking participation in Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs by any of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s mortgage holders. The FHFA has oversight over the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”). PACE Read More… Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Must Stop Blocking Home Energy Program The Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act is a small but significant down payment to reduce America’s oil consumption. And in the wake of the largest environmental disaster in American history, it is essential that Congress make further progress this fall with a strong, clear plan to get off oil and scale Read More… What Is Reid’s Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act? |
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EPA Seeks Comment on Life-Saving Clean Air Protections
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is opening the door for citizens to comment on new clean air protections the agency has proposed. Known as the Good Neighbor rule, the protections are part of a series of recent moves by EPA to reduce premature deaths and serious health problems from air and water pollution.
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