National Parks Set Visitation and Economic Impact Record: Biden...
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the American public appears to be divided on political issues these days and sometimes disagree on the role of government, there is one federal program most...
View ArticlePEPCO to Pay More than $57 Million for Polluting the Anacostia River
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In one of the largest and most significant corporate pollution settlements in the history of electric power and the law, Potomac Electric Power has agreed to pay...
View ArticleBiden Administration Accelerates Removal of Lead Pipes With $15 Billion in...
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Are you better off than you were three years ago? That’s a perennial question that pops up like a weed every four years in Washington politics, or at least the media...
View ArticleNew National Climate Assessment Documents Far-Reaching Perils of Global Warming
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Massive changes in the climate due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels for energy and transportation is deadly and expensive, but some of the most...
View ArticleReturn of the Wild Turkey, a Conservation Success Story
By Alonso Abugattas – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The wild turkey has made an incredible comeback. Not that long ago, wild turkeys were all but wiped out by a combination of overhunting and habitat loss. By the...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Giant Sequoias Could Face Extinction Due to Climate Change
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine – Dear EarthTalk: What is the status of California’s giant sequoias trees and what’s being done to save them from extinction? — M.L., Sacramento, CA...
View ArticleNorth American Wolverine to be Protected as a Threatened Species under the...
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A distinct population of the North American wolverine is set to be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, according to the U.S. Fish and...
View ArticleBiden Administration to Require Replacing All Water Pipes Containing Lead in...
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the nations of the world gather in Dubai for the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Biden administration announced a comprehensive plan to...
View ArticleNational Park Service Announces Free Days for 2024
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Park Service announced Saturday that there will be six holidays in 2024 when entry fees will be waved. On these dates, the public is invited to experience...
View ArticleClimate Talks End With Call for Moving Away from Fossil Fuel Use
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the final weeks of the hottest year in recorded history, the United Nations climate conference in Dubai known as COP28 ended Wednesday with an agreement for the...
View ArticleBiden Administration Proposes Historic Ban on Cutting Old Growth Trees in...
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the heels of a historic agreement in Dubai calling for the first time for countries to transition away from fossil fuel use for powering energy and...
View ArticleNASA Analysis Confirms 2023 was Warmest Year on Record
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earth’s average surface temperature for 2023 was the hottest ever recorded, according to an analysis by NASA, and the data shows no letting up in the trend toward a...
View ArticleBiden Administration Seeks Public Comments on Large Offshore Wind Project on...
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration is seeking public comments on a large offshore wind farm project along the coast of Virginia in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. Environmental...
View ArticleBiden Administration Releases $1 Billion for Work at 100 Superfund Sites
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In sharp contrast to the policies of the previous administration, the Biden administration is going all out to combat pollution of the natural environment. As part of...
View ArticleVoyager 1 Goes Dark: First Craft in Interstellar Space Loses Contact
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Space exploration occupies some of my thoughts of late. Wonder what’s become of Voyager 1? The first of its kind space probe launched in 1977...
View ArticleInterior Department Announces $195 Million in Spending on America’s National...
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration this week announced the allocation of $195 million in climate restoration and resilience projects over the next decade in America’s national...
View ArticleBiden Administration Announces Tough Auto-Emissions Standards to Combat...
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The stakes could not be higher for the future of the United States and humanity. There is a consensus based on an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence that...
View ArticleBiden Administration Releases Stronger Clean Air Rules for Chemical Plants...
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — For 25 years since I was first hired by newspapers to cover the environment as a news beat activists have begged, pleaded and prodded the federal government to...
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