President Biden visits Prince William park to talk solar, youth involvement on Earth Day
Virginia set to receive $156 million from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program
By Charlie Paullin, Virginia Mercury - April 23, 2024Environment
Most scientists agree that climate change is being driven by pollution primarily produced by humans.
By Associated Press - April 18, 2021Deb Haaland called the orders by her predecessors ‘inconsistent with the department’s commitment to protect public health; conserve land, water, and wildlife; and elevate science.’
By Associated Press - April 16, 2021John Barrasso is apparently very worried that Biden’s infrastructure plan might help protect the planet.
By Josh Israel - April 14, 2021The new target would nearly double the nation’s previous commitment and require dramatic changes in the power, transportation, and other sectors.
By Associated Press - April 13, 2021‘Used correctly PPE saves lives; disposed of incorrectly it kills marine life,’ said Cindy Zipf, the head of New Jersey’s Clean Ocean Action.
By Associated Press - April 10, 2021The agency’s bargaining power will be restored as anti-union, Trump-era regulations are replaced with more worker-friendly, pre-Trump contract terms.
By Donna Provencher - April 09, 2021GOP lawmakers are upset that it helps older Americans, contains too many things, and doesn’t build Donald Trump’s border wall.
By Josh Israel - April 09, 2021Louis Anthony ‘Tony’ Cox allowed the oil and gas industry to edit a study playing down the link between pollution and asthma.
By Oliver Willis - April 08, 2021Experts note that a backlog of cases and an unstaffed board are disastrous for whistleblowers and wrongfully fired federal employees.
By Donna Provencher - April 07, 2021Up to 10 million Americans are still getting their water through lead pipes — and Republicans have refused to do anything about it.
By Donna Provencher - April 06, 2021Republicans suddenly have a very narrow definition of infrastructure.
By Josh Israel - April 06, 2021Many of the old wells and mines are located in rural communities that have been hard-hit by the pandemic.
By Associated Press - April 03, 2021Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is rated one of the most anti-environmental lawmakers in the country.
By Oliver Willis - April 01, 2021Restoring public confidence in the EPA is a top goal, the agency’s administrator, Michael Regan, said.
By Associated Press - March 31, 2021Joe Biden’s plan to give all parents free child care may be met with resistance, but experts say it’s necessary to help families in the long run.
By Donna Provencher - March 24, 2021‘When I blow my nose, blood comes out,’ one immigrant reported.
By Amy Lieu - March 24, 2021State officials, who’ve received millions from fossil fuel companies, are intent on preempting natural gas bans with legislation of their own.
By Donna Provencher - March 23, 2021Most Senate Republicans are demanding special rights for firearms businesses.
By Josh Israel - March 08, 2021‘Black lives matter don’t just matter when we get lynched by police. They matter when we are in our homes and our children are outside playing on our land.’
By Associated Press - March 08, 2021The Interior Department oversees the nation’s public lands and waters and leads relations with nearly 600 federally recognized tribes.
By Associated Press - March 03, 2021Some Texans are seeing electrical bills in the thousands of dollars following the recent winter storm.
By Josh Israel - February 23, 2021One of CPAC’s panels on ‘protecting elections’ is titled ‘The Left Pulled the Strings, Covered It Up, and Even Admits It.’
By Emily Singer - February 22, 2021‘For too long, we have been waging a senseless and suicidal war on nature.’
By Associated Press - February 21, 2021The embattled senator begged President Joe Biden to help Texas with its latest disaster this week.
By Josh Israel - February 19, 2021President Joe Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office reversing the pullout ordered by Donald Trump.
By Associated Press - February 19, 2021The Texas Republican admitted that he went to Mexico to escape his cold home after texts surfaced outing the true intent of his trip.
By Emily Singer - February 19, 2021While Sen. Ted Cruz was traveling to Mexico, some in his state were freezing in the dark after winter storms paralyzed Texas.
By Emily Singer - February 18, 2021Residents of Texas are demanding answers over how the state failed such a massive test of a major point of its pride: energy independence.
By Associated Press - February 17, 2021GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is searching for scapegoats as millions of his constituents suffer.
By Emily Singer - February 17, 2021Gov. Greg Abbott thanked President Joe Biden for declaring a federal emergency in Texas.
By Donna Provencher - February 16, 2021