September 06, 2016, 05:59 am
By Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.)
When I am in Washington, D.C., I am sometimes asked by well-meaning people, “Is the Flint water crisis still going on?” But in my hometown of Flint, Mich., the water filters and blood tests are constant...
September 02, 2016, 01:45 pm
By Eric Holst
The Obama Administration has made major strides this week to protect our nation’s at-risk wildlife. It comes at a critical time, as the Endangered Species Act is faced with what seems like a constant onslaught of lawsuits, legislative threats and...
September 02, 2016, 11:20 am
By Jamie Williams
September 02, 2016, 09:35 am
By Karen Feridun
The largest methane leak in the nation’s history began last October in an underground natural gas storage facility in California’s Aliso Canyon. When it was all said and done, experts said that 110,000 tons of methane had leaked into the...
August 31, 2016, 12:00 pm
By Fred H. Hutchison
Congress is currently on an extended summer break, which lasts through Labor Day, Sept. 5. This hiatus provides an opportune opportunity to reflect upon where the LNG exports legislation stands before the 114th Congress enters the legislative “...
August 30, 2016, 12:20 pm
By Dr. J. Winston Porter
U.S. carbon emissions from power plants have fallen to 25-year lows. No country is reducing its emissions faster. Remarkably, we are doing this while still growing our economy. In fact, wholesale electricity prices have...
August 29, 2016, 11:18 am
By Noah Greenwald
The Endangered Species Act has been tremendously successful at recovering species under its protection. Indeed, a recent study from the Center for Biological Diversity where I work, found that more than 85 percent of continental birds protected...
August 26, 2016, 11:18 am
By Erlan Idrissov
It may seem strange that the closing of a nuclear test site 25 years ago should play such a prominent role in defining a country’s history and global purpose. But these doubts – and the reasons for the solemn celebration of this...
August 26, 2016, 09:30 am
By Michael Goggin
Wind energy is an increasingly important, reliable and affordable part of America’s electricity mix, despite the misleading claims in Ryan Yonk and Arthur Wardle’s...
August 24, 2016, 02:51 pm
By Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) and ASPCA President & CEO Matt Bershadker
During these times of political conflict and division, one issue that draws bipartisan and nearly universal support is animal welfare. For decades, the efforts of animal welfare advocates to fight animal cruelty and suffering have been supported...
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