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Parents and teachers call on EPA to ‘get the lead out’ at school
Groups representing millions of parents and teachers joined environmental and public health advocates to urge the EPA to get the lead out of drinking water at schools and child care centers.
Industrial facilities dumped 2 million pounds of pollution into Texas air during winter storm
NEW REPORT: Analysis finds bag bans effective at reducing plastic waste, litter
Plastic Bag Bans Work, a new report released Thursday by U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group, estimates that, on average, plastic bag bans similar to those studied can eliminate almost 300 single-use plastic bags per person, per year.
Environmental advocates petition FedEx to ‘go solar’
Shipping leader should install clean energy infrastructure on warehouses
EPA awards millions to Texas school districts to purchase electric school buses
18 school districts to protect children’s health with emissions-free buses
Refrigerator standards set to cut energy waste
New efficiency rules will take effect 2029
Biden administration announces plan to protect old-growth forests
Most U.S. old-growth forests have been logged, many of oldest remaining trees open to logging
Statement: Biden admin. announces critical rule to limit methane, a potent climate pollutant
New policy will reduce dangerous climate and air pollution from oil, gas drilling in Texas, nationwide
Statement: Fed govt. approves nation’s largest wind farm off Virginia’s coast
The U.S. Department of the Interior approved Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The 176 turbines are expected to produce enough electricity to power 660,000 homes.
Clean energy continues meteoric rise in Texas
Texas solar grew 47%, battery storage 165% in 2022; state retains #1 spot for wind and total renewable energy generation