THE PACKAGE OF environmental initiatives and regulations known as the “Green New Deal" being debated in Washington may not be the best way for the United States to take a firm hold of its future by addressing climate change.
The Pentagon owes those who serve our country a safe place to raise their families and rest their head at night. And it cannot shrug off this responsibility by outsourcing it.
Unseasonably balmy February days can be pleasant, but scientists are increasingly linking extremes of heat, storms and other meteorological events to global warming.
The approval of a gas plant for which Entergy hired actors to fake support is just the latest demonstration of the failure of government bodies to meaningfully regulate utilities, a failure which is playing out across the nation.
Drinking water standards would help protect residents and provide leverage to those whose water supplies exceed the limit and are seeking compensation.
What's troubling about the U.S. EPA's handling of the Sterigenics case is that the agency's only action up until now — apart from testing — has been to put off deciding what to do.
The U.S. EPA says it needs to conduct more testing before settling on an action plan for Sterigenics, the DuPage County plant that emits cancer-causing ethylene oxide.
As individuals we must consume less in every way, which helps with climate change. We must also change our food habits. To eat less meat and more organic is not just piety. A little self-restraint in this generation will make all the difference to our grandchildren.
A proposed New Jersey law recognizes that pollution and contamination play a disproportionate role in certain communities – the legacy of policies too long left unchecked.
Fifty years after the Santa Barbara oil spill, we can trace how that crisis shaped California institutions, attitudes and relationships with the environment.
