2012 Farm Bill Gains Momentum in House and Senate
The Senate agricultural committee marked up the 900-page farm bill on Wednesday May 2nd, the same day that Sara Hopper,[…]
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Report: Reengineer Mississippi River Delta to protect nation’s economic, ecological assets
Building a series of engineered structures called diversions along the lower Mississippi River will yield tens of billions of dollars[…]
Read moreNew Paper Quantifies What it Will Take to Get Sustained Benefits From Natural Gas
A new scientific paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS) offers an enhanced method for assessing[…]
Read moreEDF Applauds Historic Clean Air Standards For Power Plants
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is giving a “standing ovation” to the announcement of clean air standards for fossil fuel power plants,[…]
Read moreU.S. Airlines Give Up Legal Fight Against EU Anti-Pollution Law
United, American Airlines, and their trade association, Airlines for America, gave up on a lost cause, a late and ill-conceived[…]
Read moreCuban Scientist Wins Unprecedented Marine Prize
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)announced that it will serve as the grant host for the first Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation[…]
Read moreElectronics Industry, Green Group Team Up With Crowd-Sourcing Pioneer to Address Important E-Waste Recycling Challenge
The Consumer Electronics Association ® (CEA), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and InnoCentive, the pioneer in crowdsourcing and open innovation, today[…]
Read moreMoscow Effort to Coordinate Resistance to European Climate Law Fizzles
Airlines, represented by their trade association, and aviation officials from more than two dozen countries widely dubbed the “Coalition of[…]
Read moreRevolution in Creative Logistics Drives Leaner, Greener, More Cost-Effective Supply Chain
New technology and thinking are unlocking a raft of previously unattainable economic and environmental efficiencies in the vast commercial shipping[…]
Read moreFirstEnergy Blames its Business Decisions on Clean Air Rules
Environmental Defense Fund(EDF) criticized FirstEnergy, for blaming its decision to close old coal-fired power plants on the Clean Air Act[…]
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