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Lawmakers: Brownfields in rural, low-income areas need more help

by Samantha Aguilar | Feb 15, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON —Four years after Congress reauthorized the EPA’s brownfields program, House lawmakers met with city and county officials from across the country to discuss what can be changed before the next reauthorization deadline in 2023. ”How can we sustain this level...
Hydrogen fuel bridges bipartisan divide during Senate hearing

Hydrogen fuel bridges bipartisan divide during Senate hearing

by Jorja Siemons | Feb 15, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – Clean hydrogen fuel’s versatility and flexibility makes it foundational to a clean energy transition, experts told lawmakers, including clean hydrogen enthusiast Joe Manchin, at a Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources hearing Thursday.  “It...

GOP senators press Biden Interior nominee on new oil and gas leases

by Samantha Aguilar | Feb 9, 2022 | Environment

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday used an Interior Department nomination hearing to criticize the Biden administration’s role in validating new oil and gas leases. “We have higher energy prices here because this administration has kind of led an effort to...
Lawmakers: speeding up land valuation, acquisition vital to conservation

Lawmakers: speeding up land valuation, acquisition vital to conservation

by Samantha Aguilar | Feb 9, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — The valuation process needed to acquire land under the Land and Water Conservation Fund has become increasingly and unreasonably time consuming, both Republican and Democratic senators said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday.  “Appraisals that literally...
Advocates Call For Renewed Congressional Waterway Funding

Advocates Call For Renewed Congressional Waterway Funding

by Charlotte Varnes | Feb 8, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON –– Advocates called for renewed funding for American waterways, ports and ecosystems and continued work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during a House hearing on Tuesday. “Water infrastructure is central to prosperity in California and the West, and...
Native American repatriation act still faces compliance issues after 31 years

Native American repatriation act still faces compliance issues after 31 years

by Samantha Aguilar | Feb 3, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Inadequate funding and unclear responsibilities have slowed the return of Native American remains and cultural objects to traditional caretakers, experts and lawmakers agreed during a hearing on Wednesday. “After more than three decades of [the Native...
Experts: Increasing U.S. Recycling and Composting Accessibility Vital to Climate Progress

Experts: Increasing U.S. Recycling and Composting Accessibility Vital to Climate Progress

by Jorja Siemons | Feb 2, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON –– Increasing availability of composting and recycling programs benefits both the climate and economy, experts said Wednesday at a Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works hearing.  “The U.S. spends $218 billion a year, growing, processing, and...
House Coalition Launches Climate Task Forces On Agriculture, Security and Energy

House Coalition Launches Climate Task Forces On Agriculture, Security and Energy

by Jorja Siemons | Jan 27, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) launched three task forces confronting the climate crisis Wednesday.  “There isn’t one silver bullet to solve the current climate crisis, but through innovation and bold action we may yet be...
Offshore Drilling Harms Communities in Gulf of Mexico, Warn Climate Scientists

Offshore Drilling Harms Communities in Gulf of Mexico, Warn Climate Scientists

by Samantha Aguilar | Jan 20, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Climate experts urged skeptical lawmakers Thursday to consider the environmental impact of new oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. “I want you all to remember that economic gain does not outweigh the devastation we are feeling right now,”...

Davos: private sector cooperation propels global climate efforts

by Jorja Siemons | Jan 19, 2022 | Environment, Featured

Rallying ambition within the private sector to fund zero-emission technologies is key to climate change mitigation, leaders said at a World Economic Forum meeting held virtually on Wednesday. “I think most of us feel very strongly that no government in the world has...
Global Temperatures In 2021 Among Hottest On Record, Agencies Say

Global Temperatures In 2021 Among Hottest On Record, Agencies Say

by Charlotte Varnes | Jan 13, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON –– Global average temperatures reached their sixth highest of all-time in 2021, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Thursday. “We’ve reached a point where this global warming data that we’re talking about is no longer...
FEMA’s flood insurance program is at risk of insolvency, making communities more vulnerable to flood damage

FEMA’s flood insurance program is at risk of insolvency, making communities more vulnerable to flood damage

by Delaney Nelson | Dec 19, 2021 | Environment

WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood insurance program is at risk of financial insolvency due to outdated flood risk mapping and an unsustainable business model, putting communities around the country that experience flooding at risk of damages...
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