Landmark New National Program to Collect Mercury Switches from Automobiles
A landmark agreement was announced on August 11th that will greatly reduce a major source of mercury from the environment[…]
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Schwarzenegger Administration Says Restoration Feasible
The Schwarzenegger Administration released its findings that confirm what restoration advocates have been saying for years—it is feasible to restore[…]
Read morePHH Arval, Environmental Defense Launch PHH GreenFleet Pilot Program
PHH Arval, a leading fleet management company and subsidiary of PHH Corporation [NYSE: PHH] and Environmental Defense, one of the[…]
Read moreEPA Establishes 1st National Standards Limiting Emissions Of Cancer-Causing Exhaust From Stationary Diesel Engines
Under a court-supervised settlement agreement with Environmental Defense, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the first national standards[…]
Read moreEnvironmentalists Praise Bush's Action to Create the World's Largest Marine Protected Area: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Sanctuary
President George W. Bush announced his intention to establish the world's largest marine protected area Enviroshop is maintained by dedicated[…]
Read moreEnvironmental Defense Launches Million Light Bulb Campaign
With a goal of preventing more than a billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions from entering the Earth's atmosphere, Environmental[…]
Read moreSupreme Court Wetlands Decision Should Leave Most Protection Of The Nation's Water Bodies Intact
"The ultimate effect of the Supreme Court's decision on the Clean Water Act is to leave the Act's protection of[…]
Read moreStatement by Environmental Defense President Fred Krupp On New BP-DuPont Biofuels Partnership
"To transform biofuels from a niche additive into a fuel that replaces large quantities of oil, we need major companies[…]
Read moreEPA Ignores Global Warming Pollution From Power Plants
On May 1st, a coalition of ten states and three environmental organizations took legal action to remedy the U.S. Environmental[…]
Read moreMassive Water Projects Legislation Ignores Lessons Of Hurricane Katrina, Will Increase Flooding
Even as hurricane season begins, the Senate is poised to pass a massive new bill to authorize $12 billion in[…]
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