The temperature of basalt lava at Kilauea reaches 1,160 degrees Celsius (2,120 degrees Fahrenheit). -- USGS/VHP Website, 1998 The tube system (lava tubes) of episode 53 (Pu'u O'o eruption, Hawaii) carried lava for 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the vent to the sea. So efficient were the tubes…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $218 million to New York State to help finance improvements to water projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment. The funds will primarily be used to upgrade sewage plants and drinking water systems…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $78 million to New Jersey to help finance improvements to water projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment. The funds will primarily be used to upgrade sewage plants and drinking water systems…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $46 million to Puerto Rico to help finance improvements to water projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment. The funds will primarily be used to upgrade sewage plants and drinking water systems…
By Erica Morehouse This January, California’s cap and trade system is set to go into full effect, marking an enormous step towards creating California’s clean economy. While California is used to being the first in many things, the fact that our cap and trade program is following in the…
By Tom Murray Four years ago, as EDF was building up our Green Returns project, I landed a meeting with a leading private equity firm to discuss sustainability and possibly participating in our new initiatives. On the train into Manhattan, I looked up the firm's website on my smart phone to find…
RESTORE Act trust fund is a grand idea Editorial, The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.). October 16, 2012. "Gov. Phil Bryant's GoCoast 2020 Commission is considering ways to use money Mississippi will receive under the RESTORE Act. We urge the commission to pay particular attention to a…
Catch shares, a fishery management system that gives fishermen a secure share of the catch in exchange for increased monitoring and greater accountability, represent a substantial change from the way U.S. fisheries have been managed in the past.Well-designed catch shares – particularly when they…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Nearly 50% of Retail Firewood Infested With Insects, Study Finds (Oct 8, 2012) A new study published in the Journal of Economic Entomology reports that live insects were found in 47% of firewood bundles purchased from big box…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- NIFA Releases Requests for Applications for AFRI Foundational Program (Oct 15, 2012) In Fiscal Year 2013, NIFA plans to award $136 million to support the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational Program. Under…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- New Issue -- Invasive Plant Science and Management - Jul-Sep (Vol 5, Issue 3) is available online: Note : Article abstracts are available to everyone. Full-text articles may require a subscription (USDA access through DigiTop ).…
Detailed policy, economic analysis finds world’s largest emissions trading program substantially reduces pollution even as the economy grows Results from the EU ETS's first two trading periods offer lessons for other jurisdictions on the…
By Lorna Rosenberg It’s what I do with friends and family when I come back from shopping at my favorite consignment stores with bags of fashion potential. The things I love most about consignment shopping are that it fits my style, my budget and my environmental ethic — keeping great clothes out…
By Steve Schwartzman This week, some U.S. NGOs are bringing a group of indigenous people from South America to talk with California policy makers about their opposition to REDD+ , the idea that countries, states and communities that reduce carbon emissions from tropical deforestation should be…
By Jamie Fine GridWeek 2012 convened earlier this month in Washington D.C., and as a first time attendee, I left breathless and hopeful – yet confused – by inexplicable lingering complacency. Unbeknownst to me, by agreeing to be a panelist in two sessions, I was setting up a comparative…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Stop Brown Mamorated Stink Bug This initiative includes more than 50 researchers from 10 institutions across the U.S. working together on this project team. The team of researchers has mobilized to form a defense against the…
(10/16/12) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it will award $32,339 to the University of Tulsa to assist the Clark County, Nev. School District develop an indoor air quality management program for their schools. With this funding, the University will help…
(10/16/12) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it will award $31,482 to the American Lung Association of the Southwest (ALA SW) to work in Apache, Coconino and Navajo Counties, Ariz. to educate children with asthma and their caregivers on the importance of…
By Sitar Mody EDF founded Climate Corps in 2008 armed with a hunch and seven smart, young people. Five years later, we have placed nearly 300 elite graduate students in about 200 leading companies, cities and universities to uncover valuable energy savings. Today, EDF announces Climate Corps'…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated ground water at the Shenandoah Road Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in East Fishkill, New York. Past industrial activities contaminated the ground water with tetrachloroethene,…