by Geordan Tilley | Feb 9, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Mothers from Michigan and Missouri decried what they see as a lack of empathy from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in response to environmental crises in their communities. Citizens in Flint, Michigan have experienced serious health consequences...
by Jasper Scherer | Feb 8, 2016 | Environment, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The U.S. could lose its position as a global leader in nuclear energy if it continues to close plants and fails to open new ones, leaders of a nuclear advisory committee said on Monday. The United States operates 99 reactors at 61 commercial nuclear...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 4, 2016 | Environment, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the midst of a deepening investigation of the ongoing public health crisis in Flint, Michigan, U.S. House Republicans Wednesday looked past local and state failures and focused on indicting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. While members of the...
by Jasper Scherer | Feb 3, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Republicans and Democrats on the Senate environment committee clashed with each other and an Interior Department official who testified on Wednesday for the need to fill regulation gaps in coal mining near streams. Joseph Pizarchik, director of the Office...
by Allyson Chiu | Feb 1, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON—Innovative scientific techniques that alter Earth’s natural systems to mitigate climate change pose potential risks to the planet that should be evaluated before being put to use, environmental experts said Monday. Geoengineering—also known as climate...
by Alex Duner | Feb 1, 2016 | Energy, Environment
WASHINGTON — The rapper Akon was on a different kind of stage Monday at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce promoting a renewable energy project called Akon Lighting Africa. The five-time Grammy-nominated performer started the project in 2014 to increase access to solar...
by Alex Duner | Jan 20, 2016 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices Wednesday found themselves stuck on who has control over vast swaths of Alaskan parkland in a case that started with a moose hunter who wanted to use his hovercraft in a national preserve. John Sturgeon said he has the right to use...
by Jasper Scherer | Jan 19, 2016 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON — Solving the global poaching and wildlife trafficking crisis requires international cooperation to shut down black markets and educate people about the extent of the problem, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Tuesday morning. Illegal poaching has...
by Allyson Chiu | Jan 13, 2016 | Energy, Environment
WASHINGTON– Under the Paris climate agreement, wealthy nations are expected to take responsibility for helping less well-off countries that are most vulnerable to climate change, environmental and economic experts said Wednesday. The agreement, involving 195...
by Nicolas Rivero | Jan 11, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON — In the wake of the landmark Paris climate accord, energy experts said Monday that the drive to create a cleaner electric grid in the United States must come from consumers, not regulators. A panel convened at the National Press Club focused on how...
by Allyson Chiu | Jan 11, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON—Power plants have to cut carbon dioxide and other emissions under a new federal environmental plan, but states have to decide how they will allocate emission allowances to local energy companies — and their decisions will have long-range...
by Tanner Howard | Mar 19, 2015 | Environment
By Tanner Howard WASHINGTON – Spring may begin Friday, but you wouldn’t know that if you looked at the cherry blossoms that line the capital’s Tidal Basin. An unusually cold February has delayed the peak bloom days of the cherry blossoms. Typically, the blossoms reach...
