Defending BLM Standards that Reduce Waste, Protect Air Quality #WastePreventionStandards
EDF, along with a coalition of health and environmental groups, just filed a motion to intervene in defense of vital[…]
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New Management Measures Needed in Essential Tuna Fisheries #Sustainability
Tuna are one of the most iconic fish species, recognized all over the world for their importance ecologically, economically and[…]
Read moreScott Pruitt Is a “Deeply Troubling” Choice for EPA Administrator – EDF #TrumpPicks #EPA
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a decision[…]
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28 years after Chico Mendes’s death, four environmental challenges still facing the Amazon #Environment
I was at home on the evening of December 22nd, 1988 when I got the call from Brazil telling me[…]
Read moreThree Ways Trump’s EPA Pick is Bad for Business #TrumpPicks #EPA
President-Elect Trump’s selection of Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt as the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency has drawn[…]
Read moreNew chemicals under the new TSCA: Growing pains now, but a stronger system going forward #TSCA #LautenbergAct
In the many conversations I have had over these last many years about the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the[…]
Read morePublic Health and Environmental Groups Move to Defend Standards to Reduce Waste of Natural Gas on Public Lands #Methane
Fifteen national, regional, tribal and local public health and environmental groups representing millions of Americans took legal steps today to[…]
Read moreMaking federally-assisted housing lead-safe for children #LeadSafeHousing
Housing supported by the Federal Government should not be poisoning children. That was the simple message Congress delivered to the[…]
Read moreAmerica’s Clean Cars Standards Will Stay Strong under New Proposal #EPA #CleanCars
America’s Clean Car Standards will remain strong, and continue to protect families from dangerous air pollution while helping them save[…]
Read moreBipartisan group of Senators urges new Administration to ensure strong implementation of new #TSCA
A bipartisan group of nine Senators who were deeply involved in passage of the Lautenberg Act wrote to President-Elect Trump’s[…]
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