3 reasons to be hopeful about our planet in 2018
“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” -Martin Luther King Feeling down about our planet in 2018?[…]
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These 4 environmental wins just proved that fighting back works
It’s been almost a year of fighting President Donald Trump’s reckless environmental agenda. For those feeling exhausted by the[…]
Read moreRotten gets it wrong about New England and catch shares
When we sat down to speak with the producers of Rotten, a new documentary series by Zero Point Zero[…]
Read moreNational clean air protections are in jeopardy of going away, but Pennsylvania can be protected
Governor Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently announced plans to control harmful smog-forming emissions from[…]
Read moreConservation Groups Strongly Oppose Bill that Weakens Marine Mammal Protection Act
[1/10]On June 29, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana (R-La.) along with co-sponsors from Louisiana, South Carolina, and Georgia, introduced H.R.[…]
Read moreEDF to Pruitt: America Needs Stronger, Faster Climate Protections – Not Repeal and “Consider” Replace
As Americans face urgent and growing threats from climate change and as the solutions for achieving deep reductions from power[…]
Read moreA look into the diverse indigenous enterprises working in Colombia’s tropical forests
Amazon indigenous communities have made huge strides in the last two decades to secure legal recognition for their ancestral lands[…]
Read moreHow to make Thomas Friedman’s climate optimism a reality
Heroic imagination is required to protect health and ensure prosperity in a world of climate chaos, according to Thomas Friedman[…]
Read moreGood news and bad news for children: FDA’s 2014 to 2016 food testing for lead
Tom Neltner, J.D., is Chemicals Policy Director and Maricel Maffini, Consultant In Environmental Defense Fund’s June 2017 “Lead in food: A[…]
Read moreEDF Applauds China’s Launch of Market-Based System to Cut Climate Pollution
China announced that it would begin phasing in an ambitious new program to stabilize and eventually reduce carbon pollution, a[…]
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