Graduate Students Improve Energy Efficiency, Save Money Across US
A program launched in North Carolina in 2009 to help universities increase energy efficiency and save money is expanding into[…]
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Environmental Leaders to AEP: What’s Your Number?
National environmental groups Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club launched a new campaign that challenges American Electric[…]
Read moreTop MBA Students Catalyze Energy Efficiency Investments in Corporate America
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) kicks off another season of EDF Climate Corps, placing 57 specially-trained MBA students in 49 leading[…]
Read moreCourt of Appeals Backs Improved Pollution Standards for Cars
The federal court decision rejecting a legal attack on new clean car standards will help protect American air as well[…]
Read moreSenate Bill 1125 Passed By Texas House And Senate
The Texas Senate concurred with the House amendments to Senate Bill 1125 by Sen. John Carona. The bill updates state[…]
Read moreIndigenous Groups to Plan Projects to Reduce Deforestation in Amazon, Curb Climate Change
Indigenous groups in the Amazon Rainforest will develop plans to execute pilot projects to reduce emissions from deforestation to combat[…]
Read moreEDF Praises FWS Work Plan to Partner with Landowners to Preserve Endangered Wildlife
Environmental Defense Fund praised a federal work plan unveiled in May by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that will[…]
Read moreEnvironmental Groups Highlight “Greenwashing” by American, United, Continental Airlines
Major environmental groups sharply criticized American Airlines (NYSE:AMR), United (NYSE:UAL) and Continental Airlines (NYSE:UAL) for the airlines’ efforts to gut[…]
Read moreVoters Say Clean Environment Key to Jobs in North Carolina
A strong majority of North Carolina voters says deep cuts in environmental protections proposed in a legislative budget would handicap[…]
Read moreBrazil’s Forest Code Vote Would Cripple Environmental Regulation, Call Into Question Country’s Environmental Leadership
The Brazilian House of Representatives’ passage of new forestry legislation could legalize deforestation in hundreds of thousands of acres of[…]
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