The Trump EPA withdrew a request (initiated by the Obama EPA) for data on methane emissions from the US oil and gas industry. What happened: The Trump EPA withdrew a request (initiated by the Obama ...

WASHINGTON (February 22, 2013) – An administrative law judge for the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a preliminary decision. The decision may result in energy companies ...

WASHINGTON (June 30, 2015)—More than 300 leading scientists have issued a statement calling on Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prioritize agroecology—the science of managing ...

PARIS (December 12, 2015)—Today a comprehensive climate agreement, aimed at accelerating efforts to address threats posed by global climate change, has been forwarded for adoption at the United ...

WASHINGTON—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release its annual Arctic Report Card tomorrow. The report release is much anticipated given what data has already revealed ...

WASHINGTON (November 19, 2014) – Recently, on the Pennsylvania Cable Network, state Rep. Jeff Pyle described as “incorrect” the fact that power plants are the largest source of global warming ...

WASHINGTON (August 13, 2020)—In a Fox Business appearance this morning, President Donald Trump threatened to block additional funding to shore up the U.S. Postal Service while simultaneously insisting ...

A recent Zogby Analytics poll found that 82 percent of Iowa residents want presidential candidates, who are already passing through the Hawkeye State, to lay out their positions on nuclear weapons.

WASHINGTON (January 11, 2017)—Today, the U.S. House votes on H.R. 5, the so-called “Regulatory Accountability Act.” This bill would effectively end the enforcement of science-based policies that ...

WASHINGTON (October 20, 2020)—The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent federal agency, has announced an investigation to learn whether political appointees have interfered with ...

WASHINGTON (February 6, 2019)—NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) announced today that 2018 was the fourth hottest year worldwide on record. Below is a statement by ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (August 16, 2017)—New data was quietly released earlier this summer by Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment showing nearly 9,500 square kilometers were deforested in the Cerrado in ...