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Watch: Trump’s pick for EPA leader testified at Senate hearing

Watch: Trump’s pick for EPA leader testified at Senate hearing

by Victoria Ryan | Jan 16, 2025 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, appeared before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Thursday where he was grilled for his previous positions on climate...
Climate change activist groups demand action from Biden before term ends

Climate change activist groups demand action from Biden before term ends

by Emma Richman | Nov 19, 2024 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – Around 300 people gathered to demand climate action from the Biden administration outside the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on Sunday, according to estimates from organizers. Protesters called on President Joe Biden to protect public lands,...
Congress presses Coast Guard on Arctic icebreaker shortfalls amid growing international competition

Congress presses Coast Guard on Arctic icebreaker shortfalls amid growing international competition

by Jonas Blum | Nov 14, 2024 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Transportation committee ranking member Richard Larsen (D-Wash.), questioned Coast Guard leadership on the U.S. ability to ice break in the Arctic Circle compared to competitors Russia and China after the Government Accountability Office released a...
Warnings over climate finance, Paris Agreement take center stage at COP29

Warnings over climate finance, Paris Agreement take center stage at COP29

by Emma Richman | Nov 13, 2024 | Energy, Environment, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON – World leaders discussed climate change solutions at the United Nations’ climate change conference in Azerbaijan this week, amid the increasing threat of global warming during the hottest year on record. The conference, known as COP29, brought together...
IMF: Carbon Emissions Exceed Global Warming Goals

IMF: Carbon Emissions Exceed Global Warming Goals

by Hannah Webster | Oct 24, 2024 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – Only nine years after the signing of the Paris Agreement — a landmark treaty promoting international cooperation to combat climate change  — global carbon emissions are out of line with Paris’ global warming targets, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Florida’s immigrant communities sidelined in hurricane preparations and recovery efforts

Florida’s immigrant communities sidelined in hurricane preparations and recovery efforts

by Audrey Pachuta | Oct 17, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – In a span of two weeks, Florida endured two hurricanes, forcing immigrant communities to overcome storm preparations and recovery hurdles amidst language barriers, infrastructure challenges and a pervasive distrust of law enforcement. Many of...
High court appears supportive of EPA despite climate advocates’ concerns over its anti-environmentalist track record

High court appears supportive of EPA despite climate advocates’ concerns over its anti-environmentalist track record

by Sonya Dymova | Oct 16, 2024 | Environment, Featured

Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared receptive to upholding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s right to place generic limits on ocean sewage discharge as San Francisco took its contentious battle to the high court Wednesday, despite resistance from...
How TikTok catapulted Louisiana climate activists into the political spotlight

How TikTok catapulted Louisiana climate activists into the political spotlight

by Clare Zhang | Apr 10, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics

Modern video platforms like TikTok are aiding activists in southwest Louisiana in a yearslong fight against the long-established liquefied natural gas industry. President Joe Biden’s decision to pause approvals for LNG export projects, announced in January, may...
Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change

Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change

by Lindsey Byman | Apr 2, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics

Since David Laird was young, the “lush, green forests” of the western United States meant an annual summer trip to hike, camp and fish. But the last time Laird was in Wyoming’s Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, a bark beetle had ravaged an estimated two-thirds of...
Parents concerned over poor health impact on children caused by climate change

Parents concerned over poor health impact on children caused by climate change

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...
Growing wildfire problem requires new response strategies, lawmakers told

Growing wildfire problem requires new response strategies, lawmakers told

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...
Senators hear ways to have companies curb plastic pollution, other waste

Senators hear ways to have companies curb plastic pollution, other waste

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...
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