President Obama’s First 100 Days Show Environmental Progress and Promise
Wednesday April 29, 2009
President Barack Obama marked his 100th day in the White House, a traditional yardstick used to measure presidential performance and potential.
Looking back at the dream environmental agenda I recommended for ... Read More
Obama Administration Revokes Last-Minute Bush Assault on Endangered Species Act
Tuesday April 28, 2009
The Obama administration today revoked a controversial last-minute rule imposed by the Bush administration, which effectively gutted the Endangered Species Act and ended vital protections for threatened and endangered species.
The ... Read More
The Man Who Would Be Green: Prince Charles Pens Book and Film on Environment
Monday April 27, 2009
The Prince of Wales hopes to become the Prince of Sales with a new book and documentary film about the need for increased environmental stewardship and the threat that big ... Read More
Remembering Chernobyl
Sunday April 26, 2009
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident—the worst nuclear accident in history—which affected millions of people, contaminated huge tracts of farmland, cost hundreds of billions of dollars ... Read More
New Climate Change Series Premieres Sunday on MSNBC
Friday April 24, 2009
If you’re looking for something to stimulate both your intellect and your environmental passion this weekend, tune into MSNBC Sunday night (10 p.m. ET/PT) for the first installment of Future ... Read More
Obama Outlines His Energy Vision, New Plan to Lease US Waters for Power Projects
Wednesday April 22, 2009
Barack Obama spent his first Earth Day as president touring a wind tower production plant in Newton, Iowa, where he laid out his plan to create a new clean energy ... Read More
EPA Declares Greenhouse Gases a Threat to Public Health and Environment
Friday April 17, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today declared that six greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health and welfare and are subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act—a move ... Read More
Obama Calls for a National High-Speed Rail Network
Thursday April 16, 2009
Image credit: The White House
President Obama today [April 16, 2009] unveiled his plan to develop a national network of high-speed passenger rail lines in 10 key transportation corridors across the ... Read More
Clean Air Can Help You Live Longer
Tuesday April 14, 2009
Americans are living longer, and cleaner air is one of the reasons, according to researchers who have been studying air quality in 51 U.S. cities since the 1980s.
In the past ... Read More
Misplaced Sewer Line Raises a Stink at Washington State Ecology Department
Monday April 13, 2009
“We have met the enemy and he is us.”
Cartoonist Walt Kelly, creator of Pogo, penned that now-famous line for a pro-environment poster to commemorate the first Earth Day in 1970, ... Read More
FDA Faces Increased Public, Political Pressure as Food-Borne Illnesses Rise
Friday April 10, 2009
Efforts to reduce the number of food-borne illnesses in the United States have reached a plateau and, in a few cases, have started moving in the wrong direction with the ... Read More
National Cell Phone Recycling Week: Recycle Your Used Cell Phones
Monday April 6, 2009
If you’re ready to upgrade your old cell phone for that new model you’ve been eying, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the cell phone industry want you . . ... Read More
Rocket Fuel Chemical Found in Baby Formula
Friday April 3, 2009
Parents who combine powdered baby formula with tap water in some parts of the United States could end up feeding their babies a mixture contaminated with unsafe levels of perchlorate—a ... Read More
Supreme Court Ruling Allows EPA to Base Decisions on Cost-Benefit Analysis
Thursday April 2, 2009
On April 1, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency can weigh the benefits of protecting billions of fish against the cost of requiring aging power ... Read More