by Courtney Subramanian | Apr 19, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Before George Clooney’s mission in Darfur and Bono’s Red campaign for AIDS, before Madonna’s Raising Malawi nonprofit and Alec Baldwin’s support of National Endowment for the Arts, there was Robert Redford, who pioneered celebrity-driven causes with his...
by Jacob Peklo | Apr 13, 2011 | Environment
The Virgin Islands experienced widespread coral bleaching last summer, and it wiped out even more of a coral population that was decimated in 2005. With another warm summer on the way, what can the Virgin Islands expect this time around? Which industries are the most...
by Eric Skalac | Apr 12, 2011 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON—Miniscule amounts of radiation from Japan’s nuclear emergency have reached the U.S., but Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson assured U.S. lawmakers Tuesday that those amounts were well-monitored and far below dangerous levels. Jackson...
by Matt Mansfield | Apr 7, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON, April 7 — New containment technology unveiled by U.S. oil industry executives has led to eight new permits to drill in the Gulf of Mexico, despite uncertainty over whether the new control systems are actually capable of cleaning up a disaster such as...
by Eric Skalac | Apr 5, 2011 | Environment
johntrathome/FLICKR Coal ships in the Three Gorges. WASHINGTON–China’s lead in clean energies may be attractive to U.S. lawmakers, but both American and Chinese reliance on coal looks unlikely to change any time soon. In a U.S. House of Representatives committee...
by Amina Ismail & Jenny Leonard | Dec 7, 2010 | Environment
Ruth Van Mark is the minority staff director for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee At a Glance Career History: 1982-1988, legislative staff for Rep. Daniel Lungren, R-CA. 1989-1991, legislative director, Rep. James M. Inhofe, R-OK. 1991-1994 staff...
