Legacy Topic: Sustainability
EPA decision could make it harder to impose environmental rules
by
Scott Tong
Dec 31, 2018
Coal mining companies and power plants that burn coal are trying to sort out the implications of a deregulatory move by the Trump administration late Friday. The EPA is proposing to re-think rules cutting the air pollutant mercury – it’s a toxin which can impact the brain development of babies. For now, the agency says […]
In Houston, a growing debate about flooding and sand mining
Dec 31, 2018
In business-friendly Texas, lawmakers could crack down on sand mines amid flooding concerns.
EPA moves raise questions about future of methane reduction market
Dec 26, 2018
Texas is of course a big oil state, but it’s also home to a growing industry focused on reducing emissions of oil field methane, a climate change causing gas. But the Trump administration is loosening the rules on methane, which could leave these methane-reduction companies with a smaller market for their products and services. The […]
American wind power draws big investments
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Scott Tong
Dec 17, 2018
The wind power industry is still catching its breath after a remarkable auction. Last Thursday, and into Friday, wind energy companies outbid each other for the right to build wind farms off the coast of Massachusetts. In the end, the winning bids before the Interior Department were higher than the latest auction price to drill […]
EPA poised to roll back what waterways are protected
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Ben Bradford
Dec 11, 2018
The Trump administration is set to release a plan that would redefine which bodies of water are protected by the 1972 Clean Water Act.
With California requiring solar panels on new homes, higher building costs and lower energy bills
Dec 10, 2018
California has become the first state in the nation to require solar panels on most new homes starting in 2020.
U.S. still wants to negotiate global climate change issues
by
Jed Kim
Dec 4, 2018
But does it have the leverage now that it's pulling out of the Paris Agreement?
For public good, not for profit.
Keeping the family recycling business afloat
by
Sean McHenry
Nov 29, 2018
There have been rough years before, but this year may be the toughest.
The outdoor economy is shifting the way we think about spending time outside
Nov 23, 2018
This sector of the U.S. economy is using its financial power to address the threat to public lands and to increase participation outdoors.
Study links air pollution to early death
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Scott Tong
Nov 19, 2018
A new report ranks air pollution as the greatest threat to human life, above war and disease.