| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.05.2025 | The Tug of War Over Environmental Safeguards: Infrastructure vs. Nature | In the heart of America, a battle brews. It’s a clash between progress and preservation. On one side, the promise of infrastructure development; on the other, the call to protect our fragile ecosystems. Recent events have spotlighted this t... |
| 30.05.2025 | Army Corps analysis finds Great Lakes pipeline tunnel would have sweeping environmental impacts | Construction could have major short-term, long-term impacts
The analysis notes that the tunnel would eliminate the risk of a boat anchor rupturing the pipeline and causing a spill in the straits, a key concern for environmentalists. But the... |
| 29.05.2025 | Supreme Court scales back a key environmental law in a ruling that could speed development projects | The justices reversed a lower court decision that required a more thorough environmental review and restored an important approval from federal regulators on the Surface Transportation Board.
The board’s chair, Patrick Fuchs, said the rulin... |
| 19.05.2025 | As Colorado wildfires worsen, Sen. John Hickenlooper’s bill aims to reduce risks. But it worries some environmentalists. | “Anything that puts power back in the hands of the government and away from the people is a negative,” said Will Roush, the executive director of Wilderness Workshop, a public lands advocacy group based in Carbondale.
The U.S. Senate Commit... |
| 24.04.2025 | Green energy supporters pushed for faster permitting. Trump is doing it, but not for solar or wind | President Donald Trump declared a national energy emergency on his first day in office to speed up fossil fuel development.
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said the department is cutting through unnecessary delays to fast-track resour... |
| 16.04.2025 | Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalists | The proposed rule was expected to be published in the Federal Register on Thursday, kicking off a 30-day public comment period.
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokeswoman referred The Associated Press to the Department of Interior, which ... |
| 09.03.2025 | The Quiet Storm: Federal Cuts and Their Impact on Tribal Communities | In the heart of America, a storm brews. It’s not a tempest of wind and rain, but a quiet upheaval threatening the very fabric of tribal communities. Federal funding cuts are not just numbers on a budget sheet; they are lifelines severed, ec... |
| 06.03.2025 | National Politics | For tribal communities, federal cuts decimate core programs | “This is going to destroy whole regional economies in rural areas around the country,” said Matthew Fletcher, an Indian law professor at the University of Michigan and a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
The ... |
| 09.02.2025 | What will Trump’s “Unleashing American Energy” mean for Colorado, nation? | “We’re very happy that the regulatory thicket is going to be cleared out by the Trump administration and we will work with them closely to do so,” said Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, which represents independent ... |
| 09.01.2025 | Advocates Demand Stronger Carbon Monoxide Alarm Standards from U.S. Safety Commission | NCOAA Logo
Standards fail to protect against harmful carbon monoxide exposure until levels reach a critical danger point
Carbon monoxide is a deadly gas that you can’t see or smell, and the alarms people use today aren’t doing enough to kee... |
| 09.01.2025 | Health | Trash incinerators disproportionately harm Black and Hispanic people | It’s “environmental injustice and racial injustice,” she said.
Miami-Dade leaders see a different challenge: the need to effectively manage trash. The county produces nearly double the national average per person of garbage, in part due to ... |
| 10.11.2024 | The Unseen Guardians: The Crucial Role of Fire Watch Guards in Emergency Preparedness | In the world of fire safety, we often think of alarms, sprinklers, and fire exits. Yet, lurking in the shadows is a vital player: the fire watch guard. These trained professionals are the unsung heroes of emergency preparedness. They stand ... |
| 09.11.2024 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 4 November, 2024 | Back to Publications Russia Launches New Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker in Gulf of Finland
On November 6, The Barents Observer reported that Russia launched its fifth and newest nuclear-powered icebreaker of the Arktika-class, the Chukotka, as ... |
| 08.11.2024 | Health | Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress | But Brown called them “lucky,” with enough health insurance or money to see a doctor. The clinic serves patients along the infamous “Corridor of Shame,” a rural stretch of South Carolina with some of the worst health outcomes in the nation.... |
| 27.09.2024 | Tyson Foods Under Fire: The Greenwashing Controversy | Tyson Foods, a titan in the American meat industry, is facing a storm. An environmental group has launched a lawsuit, accusing the company of greenwashing. The term refers to misleading claims about environmental practices. In this case, Ty... |
| 26.09.2024 | Tyson Foods Faces Greenwashing Lawsuit Over ‘Climate-Smart’ Brazen Beef | 5 Mins Read US meat giant Tyson Foods has been sued by an environmental group for misleading consumers about the sustainability credentials of its “climate-smart” Brazen Beef.
Tyson Foods, America’s largest beef producer, is being accused o... |
| 09.08.2024 | Environmentalists decry softening of proposed regulation of drilling’s impact on Colorado’s poorest communities | Environmentalists say those exemptions provide numerous loopholes that allow the industry to drill wherever it wants, and this latest provision was needed to protect the communities that suffer the most from air pollution, noise, traffic an... |
| 03.08.2024 | In long-sought change, states must consider tribal rights when crafting water rules | This May, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a revision to the Clean Water Act that requires states to consider tribal treaty rights when crafting water quality regulations. The rule could protect resources such as wild rice, s... |
| 29.04.2024 | Politics | Colorado legislature updates: Democrats announce climate and energy deal, state budget signed, House passes gun-reform bills | Colorado lawmakers are racing against the calendar — or, depending on one’s outlook — wielding time like a weapon against disfavored policies — to finish their business for the 2024 regular session of the General Assembly.
The legislature m... |
| 28.04.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Johnathan Williams: Large retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution | By Johnathan Williams
Did you receive a mail-order package this week? Carriers in the U.S. shipped 64 packages for every American in 2022, so it’s quite possible.
That commerce reflects the expansion of large-scale retail in recent decades,... |
| 25.04.2024 | EPA issues toughest rule yet on power plant emissions, but it's likely to face court challenges | Washington — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric pl... |
| 15.02.2024 | ICYMI: Sen. Cramer Op-Ed: Team Obama Appeased Climate Extremists in North Dakota, and Now They’re Going on Trial for It | States are always the underdog going against the federal behemoth
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, penned an op-ed in Fox News as North Dakota faces the federal gove... |
| 25.10.2023 | 5 Biggest Blockchain Companies | Blockchain did not appear out of thin air, bringing new technologies and aspects to all niches. This results from long work and many ideas, of which only a few were successfully implemented initially.
Today, there are a lot of blockchain co... |
| 23.06.2023 | Puget Sound Energy to reach 63% clean energy by 2025 | Seattle-area utility Puget Sound Energy (PSE) will add 300 MW of utility-scale solar, 500 MW of wind, and 50 MW of battery capacity by 2025 to reach 63% clean generation.
PSE relies heavily on hydroelectric generation and now has 770 MW of ... |
| 14.06.2023 | Speakers and Sessions Announced, Registration Open for "TSCA Reform -- Seven Years Later" Virtual Conference, 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. EDT June 29, 2023 | This timely and essential day-long virtual conference will provide updates on risk evaluation, risk management, new chemical review, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and more.
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) June 14, 2023
The full program, in... |
| 26.04.2023 | California poised to ban new diesel trucks | In summary
Trucking companies say the deadlines for converting big rigs, delivery trucks and other heavy vehicles are unachievable and will cause “chaos and dysfunction” of California’s economy. The move is designed to clean communities’ ai... |
| 11.04.2023 | Yukon-Kuskokwim tribes go to court over Bering Sea groundfish | Alaska tribal leaders from the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers regions filed a federal lawsuit Monday, 10 April against the National Marine Fisheries Service, seeking a new review of groundfish catch limits in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands... |
| 11.04.2023 | EPA proposes limits on carcinogenic gas used to sterilize medical devices | On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new limits on the use of a carcinogenic gas called ethylene oxide. The hope is to reduce ethylene oxide emissions by 80%, which the agency said is part of the Biden administration’s C... |
| 06.04.2023 | Positive long-term outlook for Bristol Bay salmon, but Yukon, Kuskokwim struggling | Global warming has swollen salmon runs in Bristol Bay, Alaska, U.S.A., with record-breaking harvests in recent years.
Bristol Bay’s salmon runs will likely remain robust as Alaskan waters get hotter, according to University of Washington Sc... |
| 29.03.2023 | U.S. auctions off Arizona-sized stretch of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas drilling | The Biden administration auctioned off a massive stretch of the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling on Wednesday, marking the second time in as many weeks the federal government has facilitated major fossil-fuel development on public lan... |
| 19.11.2022 | Registration Is Open For B&C's “Articles under TSCA” Webinar | This change in policy affects all commercial entities that deal with a physical product, as they must now become familiar with the law, its requirements, and the chemical makeup of their finished goods.
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) November 19, 2022
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| 18.10.2022 | Outdoors
Outdoors | Pioneering ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson honored at Telluride memorial | Hundreds of family members, friends and fans of Hilaree Nelson turned up to Telluride Town Park Saturday to celebrate the life and legacy of the local ski mountaineer.
Nelson, 49, died on Sept. 26 while skiing Nepal’s Mount Manaslu, the eig... |
| 23.06.2022 | California Risks Missing Its Climate Targets. Here’s How It Can Get On Track And Add Billions In Economic Growth. | California has been a global climate leader, inspiring other countries and states to adopt even stronger policies, but the Golden State has fallen off track for its own emissions reduction targets. For a state already experiencing extreme c... |
| 11.04.2022 | Start your day with a panic attack, courtesy of the Doomsday Alarm Clock | There are two types of people in the world. There are the people who like waking up softly, perhaps with some gentle music and some stretching to slowly shake off the gentle slumber as they transition from a night’s rest. Maybe journal your... |
| 18.10.2021 | A New York power plant that mines bitcoin faces big test in governor's office | Greenidge Generation has drawn the ire of several environmental organizations for its massive energy consumption.
The groups called on NY Gov. Kathy Hochul to block its permit to operate.
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The signatories highlighted how this w... |
| 09.10.2021 | Biden administration cancels remaining Laredo, Rio Grande Valley contracts for Trump’s border wall, angering Republican lawmakers | A Border Patrol vehicle near the Rio Grande in Laredo, Texas. Veronica G. Cardenas/Reuters
The Biden administration on Friday canceled contracts for border wall construction in Texas.
The cancelled contracts were in the Rio Grande Valley an... |
| 24.09.2021 | We need to protect communities hit ‘first and worst’ by climate change, state lawmakers say | ‘The challenge is that we’ve got a limited timeframe to get this right,’ US Rep. A. Donald McEachin, a Democrat from Virginia, said during Climate Week NYC Thursday. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
We need holistic environmental-justice solutions, st... |
| 24.09.2021 | We need to protect communities hit 'first and worst' by climate change, state lawmakers say | "The challenge is that we've got a limited timeframe to get this right," US Rep. A. Donald McEachin, a Democrat from Virginia, said during Climate Week NYC Thursday. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
We need holistic environmental-justice sol... |
| 01.09.2021 | Is Hydrogen A Climate Silver Bullet, Or Fossil Fuel Industry Spin? | New research claims the gas industry is using the promise of so-called "blue'' hydrogen to delay a ... [+] shift away from fossil fuels. Getty Images |
| 26.06.2021 | Board of Land and Natural Resources splits vote on aquarium fishing in West Hawaii | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2014
Commercial aquarium fishing in the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area has been a contentious issue for years, but a November Circuit Co... |
| 19.02.2021 | Why all the hoopla about hydrogen? | Go back to chemistry class. Remember hydrogen? It’s the simplest element on earth, consisting of one proton and one electron.
Well, humble hydrogen has suddenly become the hottest topic in energy circles around the globe.
That’s because hyd... |
| 13.01.2021 | DLNR rules all aquarium fishing banned in Hawaii without environmental review | CRAIG T. KOJIMA / 2010
An aquarium installation at Bishop Museum Science Center featuring yellow tangs swim in a 225-gallon tank.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources on Tuesday declared all aquarium collections banned in Hawa... |
| 03.12.2020 | ‘America’s Serengeti,’ Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Sold For Drilling Before Biden Inaugural? | Coastal Plain from Hulahula Delta, ANWR, Alaska. (Photo by: Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Universal Images Group via Getty Images |
| 01.12.2020 | Aquarium fishing: Environmental review required, court rules | The state Monday said it will no longer renew or issue new commercial marine licenses for aquarium fishing without a required environmental review, effective immediately, following a recent state Circuit Court ruling.
On Friday, Judge Jeffr... |
| 17.11.2020 | Trump Is Trying to Lease Arctic Land for Drilling Before Biden Takes Over | The Trump administration moved forward with plans to authorize oil and gas drilling at a national wildlife refuge in Alaska, publishing a request for lease tract nominations on Tuesday. This step would make it possible for companies to purc... |
| 29.10.2020 | Lawsuit claims Gulf of Mexico drilling permits violate Endangered Species Act | Environmental groups went to federal court on 21 October with a lawsuit claiming the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is violating the Endangered Species Act by an inadequate interagency consultation on oil and gas operations i... |
| 16.09.2020 | Environmentalists pan Facebook's new climate change hub | Facebook this week announced it would replicate its widely used COVID-19 information center in combating another global crisis: climate change.
Many Facebook users opened the platform on Tuesday to find a banner prompting them to "see ... |
| 06.09.2020 | 2020 presidential election will have major impact on oil and gas policy | The outcome of the presidential election will have a big impact on the energy front in Colorado and other oil- and gas-producing states.
If U.S. voters decide to stay the course, the current push for energy dominance through increased drill... |
| 26.08.2020 | Morning Brief: Longroad’s $320 million Texas PV project, Montana utility cannot discriminate against solar | Longroad Energy Holdings, a renewable energy developer, owner and operator, reached the financial close and start of construction of the Prospero 2 Solar Project, a 331-MWdc project in Andrews County, Texas. Longroad will continue to own th... |
| 15.08.2020 | Moratorium on aquarium trade continues | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2019
A juvenile Achilles tang (pakuikui) is kept at an aquarium fish house in Milolii on the Big Island.
A decision by the state Environmental Coun... |
| 22.07.2020 | The Tale Of The Shark That Swam The Whole World- Well, Sort Of | The sun glinted off the Bahamian sun as the shark’s dorsal fin slipped under the waves. Beneath the Waves (BTW) had just attached a pop-off satellite on a 10-foot male tiger shark (3 meter; Galeocerdo cuvier) off Nassau in hopes it would re... |
| 04.06.2020 | Morning Brief: Environmental groups confront racist past, speak out against institutional prejudice | Prominent groups in the environmental movement — which has struggled with a racist past — are speaking out against institutional prejudice and calling for the movement to better prioritize social justice. The League of Conservation Voters, ... |
| 28.01.2020 | State agency has not protected reef fish, lawsuit says | COURTESY PAUL COX
Aquarium collectors are observed taking fish from a reef in Hawaii. Photo courtesy Paul Cox.
Earthjustice filed suit Monday against a state agency it says is sidestepping the law when it comes to the regulation of tropical... |
| 13.01.2020 | Restriction on aquarium fishing being sidestepped, conservation group says | CRAIG T. KOJIMA / 2010
An aquarium installation at Bishop Museum shows yellow tangs, among the most sought-after fish for commercial use in aquariums and one of the most heavily traded in the world.
A coalition of conservation groups led by... |
| 05.09.2019 | Terramera raises $45m Series B on mission to reduce chemical use in ag by 80% | Terramera has closed a $45m Series B round, led by new investor Ospraie Ag Science and returning investor S2G Ventures. The Vancouver-based startup said the funding will go towards advancing Actigate, its targeted crop protection technology... |
| 19.02.2019 | Toxic Black Snow Is Covering Towns in Siberia | A thick dusting of toxic, black snow has coated several towns in Siberia, transforming them into “post-apocalyptic” landscapes, according to Russian media.
The inky snowfall is the result of open coal pits in the Kuzbass Basin, which is hom... |
| 14.02.2019 | Group sues Maui County over LED streetlights | Attorneys have filed a lawsuit to stop Maui County from replacing 4,800 streetlights with LED bulbs that they say would harm seabirds and turtles.
Earthjustice filed the suit Tuesday in state Circuit Court. It alleges Maui’s Department of P... |
| 17.12.2018 | Scientists think Alabama's sewage problem has caused a tropical parasite. The state has done little about it. | LOWNDES COUNTY, Alabama — On one of the first cool days in October, Catherine Flowers parked her SUV in front of a beige-paneled mobile home with aqua window shutters. She got out and hugged its owner, 63-year-old Alabama native Walter McMe... |
| 31.05.2018 | Michigan integrated resource plans pivotal to hold utilities accountable after clean energy compromise | By Matt Kasper, Energy and Policy Institute
Over the past several months, customers of DTE Energy and Consumers Energy have heard their investor-owned utilities make big promises to close coal plants and invest in more renewable energy. DTE... |
| 30.03.2018 | Maui County loses bid to rehear environmental ruling | Maui community groups scored another win after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit rejected the County of Maui’s petition for the full court to rehear an appeals panel’s ruling earlier this year.
In February, the county lost its a... |
| 02.04.2017 | Earthjustice | We are doing a $40k match offer this weekend for Earthjustice. It was $30k as of yesterday morning, but this tweet changed that number yesterday afternoon:
@fredwilson @Earthjustice @susandanziger @albertwenger @abatchelor @bfeld @thegotham... |
| 01.04.2017 | EarthMatch | It’s time again for our monthly match, our once a month team match offer for a cause that is helping to protect the country and the world from the current administration.
It was hard to pick a cause this month because the administration has... |
| - | U.S. Postal Service to transform delivery fleet with 66,000 electric vehicles by 2028 | The U.S. Postal Service plans to spend $9.6 billion to modernize its fleet of delivery trucks with 66,000 electric vehicles by 2028.
The pledge comes after public pressure from environmental groups challenging the USPS to abandon gas-powere... |
| - | Senate calls USPS bluff with $3 billion for electric trucks – will it go 100% BEV? | The US Senate has allocated $3 billion in additional funding to the US Postal Service for electrification of the nation’s delivery fleet, as part of yesterday’s massive climate bill. It’s the latest move in the long saga for postal service ... |
| - | Biden opens the possibility of more offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico | The Biden administration released a five-year plan on Friday that would block all new offshore oil drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, while allowing some drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and the south coast of Alaska.
The proposed p... |
| - | Several lawsuits filed against US Post office for rushed gas guzzler purchase | Several states and environmental and labor groups have filed lawsuits against the USPS today. The lawsuits charge that the agency failed to do required environmental assessments before going through with their deal to spend billions on gas ... |
| - | Climate Crisis Weekly: The crucial issues Trump ignored in his SOTU speech | What Donald Trump said (and didn’t) say about climate change, energy, and EVs in his State of the Union speech.
Nine leading environmental organizations released a statement about Trump’s environmental track record (spoiler: they’re not imp... |
| - | EGEB: Kansas utilities overcharging green energy users is ruled illegal | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The Kansas Supreme Court rules that state utilities cannot price gouge solar and wind users.
Savannah becomes the fifth Georgia city to commit to 100% clean energy by 2050.
Reminder: Science an... |
| - | Isles’ false killer whales get protected habitat | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
COURTESY NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE / 2012
A new rule gives Hawaii’s endangered false killer whales a protected space of 17,500 square miles around the main Hawai... |
| - | Hawaii agrees to better pesticide practices | The Hawaii Department of Agriculture has agreed to take specific steps to better enforce the use of pesticides in response to a civil rights complaint filed three years ago with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Under the agreement,... |
| - | Hawaii’s Board of Land and Natural Resources hit with aquarium fishing lawsuit | STAR-ADVERTISER / 2013
Hundreds of yellow tang, triggerfish and surgeonfish in an area referred to as Menpachi Rock near Hawaii island.
A hui of cultural practitioners and conservation groups has filed a lawsuit against the state’s Board of... |
| - | California judge restores federal protection for gray wolves in 44 states | A judge in California ruled on Thursday that gray wolves should be protected by the Endangered Species Act. Two years ago, the Trump administration removed them from the list — and from the protection of federal law.
Senior District Judge J... |
| - | Why did a Gulf of Mexico oil drilling lease sale just happen under Biden? | The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday for oil and gas drilling rights. Why did the Biden administration hold an auction for fossil fuel drilling, on the heels of COP26, where count... |
| - | USPS is trying to greenwash its plan to spend billions on gas guzzlers | The USPS issued a “record of decision” today stating that it has finished its environmental review and responded to the EPA’s concerns and will go through with its plan to spend up to $11.3 billion on gas-guzzling, 8.6 mile-per-gallon vehic... |
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| - | EGEB: Trump administration to expand drilling on largest US public land plot | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The BLM wants to extend drilling to two-thirds of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
The current US administration has approved around half the wind and solar as the previous one.
Here are ... |
| - | EGEB: Joe Biden’s climate task force wants emissions-free power by 2035 | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Joe Biden’s unity task force has proposed broad environmental recommendations to aid his presidential bid.
Energy Transfer LP says it’s not going to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline, defyin... |
| - | Group to sue over Kailua-Kona sewage discharges | A group of citizens intends to file a civil suit against Hawaii County over the discharge of sewage into a popular local harbor in Kailua-Kona.
Earthjustice, which is representing Hui Malama Honokohau — made up of Native Hawaiian cultural p... |
| - | Earthjustice files suit seeking protection of whitetip sharks | GETTY IMAGES
A federal lawsuit was filed last week against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration claiming the agency has failed to protect whitetip sharks. Oceanic whitetip sharks were historically one of the most abundant sha... |
| - | EGEB: Trump ends protection of 55% of US’ largest national forest | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The Trump administration finalizes a plan to open vast portions of the Tongass in Alaska to logging.
A hydrogen-powered terminal tractor is being tested in the Port of Rotterdam.
The Environmen... |
| - | Biden restores protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest after Trump rollback | The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it’s reinstating restrictions on logging and road-building on about nine million acres of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest.
The rule, which was... |
