by Cristobella Durrette | Feb 3, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON–Lawmakers on Wednesday took steps that could close gaps in data on recycling facilities and programs in the United States and provide funding for pilot programs to improve recycling in underserved communities. “As part of the Infrastructure...
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by Isabel Miller | Jan 26, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Instead of sleeping in on Saturday morning, over a hundred volunteers turned to a day of action in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Volunteers donned red gloves and headed into Pope Branch Park to collect trash––from plastic bottles to...
by Cristobella Durrette | Jan 21, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Thursday grappled with balancing the energy consumption of cryptocurrency’s mining process alongside the opportunities for blockchain technology at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing. “Blockchain...
by Isabel Miller | Jan 20, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Democrat lawmakers said President Joe Biden is not doing enough to stop offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico during a House subcommittee meeting Thursday. The criticism came during a House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources session, which...
by Cristobella Durrette | Jan 19, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Data on global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions released this week shows the United States is not on a path toward meeting President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate change goals. The announcements come at the start of a year when the president’s...
by Cristobella Durrette | Jan 18, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON—Even though 2021 marked a minor cooldown from 2020’s record-high global temperatures, the year’s temperatures remain part of the planet-warming trend, experts say. Separate climate assessments from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
