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...
by Anna Bisaro | May 6, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Sea levels are already rising, prolonged droughts have hit the Southwest and it’s raining more in the Northeast due to climate change, a new White House report warned Tuesday. President Barack Obama, in releasing the third U.S. National Climate...
