by Ruby Grisin | Mar 18, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – When Dr. Lisa Patel was working on a project for the Environmental Protection Agency in 2005, she visited a children’s hospital for asthma in Mumbai, India. After seeing the main parts of the center, she was surprised when the coordinators took her to a...
by Ruby Grisin | Mar 14, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – With approximately 70,000 wildfires per year since 1983, federal agencies’ told senators on Thursday that emergency responses must be reformed to better aid impacted communities. The threat of wildfires is immense. From injuries and deaths to property...
by Ruby Grisin | Mar 6, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Senators on Wednesday heard from companies and nonprofit groups on effective ways to have producers take responsibility for packaging waste and other sustainability goals as they weigh legislation to curb pollution from plastics and disposable items. The...
by Ruby Grisin | Feb 29, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – When Justin Charles Evans began suffering from kidney failure, he said his career as an actor and stunt double came to a halt. He and others rallied outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday morning to advocate for the improved care of dialysis patients. Evans...
by Ruby Grisin | Feb 28, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Bipartisan concern about microplastics in the Senate brought about a rich discussion on Tuesday regarding future research and policy. In a hearing focused on the presence of plastic particles in drinking water and wastewater, senators grappled with how...
by Ruby Grisin | Jan 25, 2024 | Featured, Politics
Published Jan. 24; Updated Jan. 25 HAMPTON, N.H. – Pro-Palestinian activists organized an initiative to urge voters in the Democratic primary to write-in “ceasefire” on Tuesday in hopes of sending a message to President Joe Biden. But after the election, it’s not...
by Ruby Grisin | Jan 22, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Environment, Featured
SEABROOK, N.H. – Presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s climate policy is viewed as a middle ground between the “extreme” positions of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump according to some of her supporters, but her approach could prove to be...
by Ruby Grisin | Jan 17, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Conservative justices on The Supreme Court seem poised to overturn a doctrine that allows federal agencies to interpret ambiguous legislation, after oral arguments Wednesday. The doctrine came under threat from two separate cases involving small fishing...
by Ruby Grisin | Jan 11, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency’s new methane emission regulations drew rebuke from House Republicans on Wednesday when they said small and midsize oil and gas companies would struggle to survive, while Democrats and environmental advocates...
