by Elizabeth Wang | Jul 1, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Fun in the sun is taking on a new meaning. These days, summer means hotter weather, more mosquitoes and increased smog, an environmental group said Tuesday. Climate change is exacerbating the annoyances of summer, the Natural Resources Defense Council...
by Anna Bisaro | Jun 2, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – With a few quick strokes of her pen, Environmental Protection Administration chief Gina McCarthy signed a draft regulation Monday morning to cut carbon emissions from coal plants 30 percent by 2030. Power plants produce the most carbon emissions of any...
by Anna Bisaro | May 19, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – For the second time since it was created in 2001, a rule banning timber harvesting on millions of acres in national forests has been modified to exclude the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. But, harvesting projects there likely will be slow to...
by Anna Bisaro | May 19, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – The expense of alternative fuels has kept airlines from making the switch from traditional petroleum fuels. “The cost of biofuels is such that airlines cannot afford them and because they cannot afford them there is no move to develop them,” said...
by Anna Bisaro | May 19, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – The largest continuous watershed in the United States still faces pollution problems despite decades-old efforts to restore the region. Kim Coble of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, told a Senate panel that more action is needed to protect the Chesapeake...
by Anna Bisaro | May 8, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON –Residents of the Southwest fear the continuing droughts there will spark even more wildfires this summer, but residents of the Southeast fear a different culprit as they prepare for fire season: people. Humans were the number one cause of wildfires in the...
