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New Draft Fracking Rules Give Industry a Free Pass
When I talk to people who live near fracking operations, they often ask me the same question: “What is this doing to my drinking water?” Homeowners have shown me jugs of water from their kitchen sinks that look like rusty mud. One man said he could...
Energy Risk: Arctic Strategy Clear on Drilling Goals Not Conservation Goals
As Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Arctic Council meetings in Kiruna, Sweden this week, he described the way melting ice is altering life in the Arctic. “Our warming planet means the Arctic's ecosystem is experiencing significant, rapid...
Energy Efficiency Will Help India Save Money and Breathe Easier
Rolling blackouts plagued India last summer. More than 700 million people were left without power for hours a day. The outages became routine but troublesome. Imagine if you were in the middle of a business meeting when the power cut out. Or...
Climate Change: New Report Offers Principles for Managing the Arctic
The Arctic is changing rapidly. Rising temperatures are heating the region twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and scientists predict the Arctic will be ice-free in our lifetime.Many Alaska residents are scrambling to adjust. Native Alaskan...
Just Say No to Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
Yesterday was Earth Day and, barring any last-minute change, it was also the final day the public could send the State Department our comments on the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. ...
3 Years Later: Act on the Lessons of BP Gulf Oil Spill
This Saturday marks the third anniversary of the BP blowout that killed 11 men aboard the Deepwater Horizon and sent some 170 million gallons of toxic crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, in what President Obama called the worst environmental...
5 Reasons to Support Gina McCarthy to Lead the EPA
If your child has asthma or if your parent suffers from heart disease or if you are one of the millions of Americans who value clean air, then the Senate confirmation hearing for Gina McCarthy on Thursday will be of interest to you. McCarthy has...
2 Budgets: One Presents Clean Energy Vision, Other Guts Environmental Protection
Do you have a favorite beach you like to visit every year? Perhaps you have a beloved national park where you take affordable vacations. Or maybe you like to cook and count on meat and vegetables being inspected for bacteria. Or you have a child...
Confronting Climate Change and Violence Against Women
International Women’s Day, a time for celebrating women’s achievements and calling for greater equality. The United Nations has focused this year’s events on ending violence against women—not with more pledges and promises but with real, concrete...
Obama Nominee for EPA Has Track Record of Safeguarding Health and the Environment
President Obama has announced he is nominating Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. McCarthy’s track record of standing up for clean air, climate action, and public health shows that we can count on her to protect our...
Keystone XL: State Department Downplays Climate Change Dangers
The State Department issued an recklessly insufficient environmental review of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline on Friday. Despite the President’s tough talk on confronting climate change, the State Department shrugged off the climate...
Bipartisan Report Calls for Clean Energy, Fails to Address Climate, Fossil Fuel Impacts
The Bipartisan Policy Center issued a report today called “America’s Energy Resurgence: Sustaining Success, Confronting Challenges.” The report offers a strong plan for increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy, acknowledging the enormous...
