environmental

  • Environmental advocates cheer new EPA clean-car rules

    Clean-air groups are calling the Biden administration’s new rules on vehicle pollution the single biggest action the Environmental Protection Agency has ever taken to fight climate change. The EPA’s new policy requires auto companies to reduce the pollution from cars starting in model year 2027. Laura Deehan, state director of Environment...
  • Unions, Environmental Advocates Press to Reform CA Referendum Process

    Unions, environmental groups and other progressive organizations are leading the charge to reform California’s referendum process, which allows voters to repeal laws passed by the legislature. Assembly Bill 421 came about after the oil industry gathered signatures to repeal a law blocking new drilling in neighborhoods. Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Los Angeles, who...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Documentales Ambientalistas

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk El poder del cine reside en su capacidad para transportar a los espectadores a lugares a los que antes no habríamos podido ir. Los documentales sobre la naturaleza, en particular, nos acercan a ecosistemas y especies que están fuera del alcance de la...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Environmental Documentaries

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The power of film is in its capacity to transport viewers to places we might not have been able to go before. Nature documentaries in particular bring us close to ecosystems and species that are beyond most people’s reach. They can reinvigorate the...
  • Earthtalk Q&A: Ukraine war Environmental toll

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Russia’s war on Ukraine is one of the worst humanitarian crises facing Europe since World War II. As Russian military forces continue their violent, murderous invasion, environmental organizations worldwide are raising additional concerns of the war’s far-reaching devastation to the environment. Russia’s military...
  • President Barack Obama’s Environmental Legacy

    Now that his second term is winding down, what will his environmental actions say about his tenure as the 44th President of the United States? EarthTalk Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss The environment may not have been one of candidate Barack Obama’s signature issues in the run-up to the...
  • Are we really heading for a coal-free power future ?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Far from just an environmental pipedream, the coal industry in the U.S. and around the world is in the midst of a major downswing. In 2011, coal dropped below 40 percent of total U.S. energy generation for the first time since the late...
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