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EPA Plans to Allow Unlimited Dumping of Fracking Wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico
This article discusses EPA Plans to Allow Unlimited Dumping of Fracking Wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico. Unbelievable!!
Environmentalists are warning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that its draft plan to continue allowing oil and gas companies to dump unlimited amounts of fracking chemicals and wastewater directly into […]
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Three articles – Trump is ‘waging a war on children’ through EPA regulatory rollbacks
These three articles discuss how Donald Trump is ‘waging a war on children’ through EPA regulatory rollbacks.
The first discusses how the administration has introduced plans to rollback back key pollution rules, removed the head of the EPA’s children’s health office, and was shown to have scrubbed any mention of the impact of climate […]
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Study: Drilling into Critical Windows of Exposure: Trimester-Specific Associations between Gas Development and Preterm Birth
This article describes how fracking affects premature births. Several studies suggest that living near unconventional gas development during pregnancy may contribute to poor birth outcomes, including low birth weight,1,2 prematurity, 3,4 and some birth defects.5 The emissions and […]
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Sea level rise: Mesmerizing tool from NOAA lets you watch it happen in Delaware
This article discusses a tool from NOAA lets you watch sea level rise in Delaware.
If you’ve ever wondered just what sea level rise would mean for your area — and if you own land in a coastal state like Delaware, you probably have — there’s an engrossing […]
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Trump Administration Prepares a Major Weakening of Mercury Emissions Rules
This article discusses how the Trump Administration is setting out to poison our air.
The Trump administration has completed a detailed legal proposal to dramatically weaken a major environmental regulation covering mercury, a toxic chemical emitted from coal-burning power plants, according to a person who has seen the document but […]
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Mountain Valley Pipeline Revises Cost Estimate
This article discusses how the Mountain Valley Pipeline cost estimates have increased substantially.
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, today, announced that it has increased its overall project cost estimate to $4.6 billion. Approximately half of the cost increase is due to extended periods of work stoppage during August that triggered ongoing contractual […]
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The High Cost of Preserving Vulnerable Beaches – a never-ending commitment
This article discusses “The High Cost of Preserving Vulnerable Beaches – it is a never-ending commitment. In the wake of hurricanes like Florence, the U.S. government pays to dump truckloads of sand onto eroding beaches, in a cycle that is said to harm ecosystems and disproportionately benefit the rich.
As lawmakers consider […]
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Study: National parks are getting hotter and drier. What’s the outlook for 2100?
This article discusses how US National Parks are in danger.
America’s national parks are warming up and drying out faster than other U.S. landscapes, threatening iconic ecosystems from the Everglades in Florida to Joshua Tree in California to Denali in Alaska.
That’s the conclusion of a new climate change […]
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EPA to abandon restrictions against chemical linked to climate change
This article discusses how EPA is about to abandon restrictions against chemical linked to climate change.
The Trump administration is planning to do away with an Obama-era regulation that restricted a known greenhouse gas from being used as a refrigerant in household appliances.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) late Wednesday announced it’s […]
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Methane rule rollback burns the natural gas “bridge” theory
This article discusses how Trump’s rollback of Methane emissions regulations makes the ‘clean’ fossil fuel as dirty as coal.
This summer’s statistics on electricity use and generation included a significant gem: Over the last 12 months, power generation from coal has dropped to a three-decade low. That was party-worthy news for […]
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