by Beth Holmes | Jun 5, 2023 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
The death toll of air pollution is around nine million lives per year, according to two new reports published this week by medical journals. On Tuesday, the Lancet Planetary Health journal published a report by Richard Fuller. This report compiled analyses of health...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 11, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Gutting the EPA, the latest Supreme Court ruling dictates that only Congress can regulate emissions coming from existing power plants. In 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a directive to all standing coal power plants in the U.S. to either reduce...
by Admin | Jun 30, 2016 | Articles, Green Energy
The United States, Mexico, and Canada have signed a continent-spanning agreement to increase production of emissions-free electricity, improving the number to 50% across the three nations. Currently, about 37% of the continent’s electricity is generated with...
by Admin | Oct 26, 2015 | Articles, Climate Change
According to President Barack Obama, his pledge to reduce U.S. emissions is good for business, despite the claims of a variety of Republican politicians, who think that working towards reduced emissions must mean losing jobs and tanking the economy. But, as usual,...
by Admin | Mar 25, 2015 | Articles, Conservation
On March 19, 2015, President Obama issued an executive order mandating that the federal government will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% over the next decade. The same order also requires the federal government to increase the share of renewable energy in its...
