Tag: united states
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National Parks Lead the Way in Eliminating Plastic Water Bottles
By Erin Diaz From Hawaii to Arizona, national parks are leading the way to protect our two most precious natural resources: our environment and our public water. With the grassroots support of tens of thousands of people across the country—from students to Corporate Accountability International members and people concerned about the environmental impact of bottled-water…
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America’s Fracking Boom Looks More Like a Blip According to European Study
By Sharon Kelly The fracking boom has progressed at breakneck speed across the U.S., with roughly one in 20 Americans now living within a mile of a well drilled since 2000. So, how much has the economy benefitted from this drilling surge? Not much, according to a report presented to the European Union Parliament last month, which…
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DOT Issues Emergency Order for Stricter Standards to Transport Crude Oil by Rail
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) yesterday issued an Emergency Order requiring all shippers to test product from the Bakken region to ensure the proper classification of crude oil before it is transported by rail, while also prohibiting the transportation of crude oil in the lowest-strength packing group. [caption id="attachment_323339" align="alignnone" width="500"] The fireball that followed…
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Long-Overdue EPA Pesticide Regulations Fail to Fully Protect Farmworkers
By Ronnie Greene Ushering in what it called “milestone” changes to better protect the nation’s farmworkers from pesticides, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lask week proposed a slate of updates to its agricultural Worker Protection Standard. The enhanced protections come 22 years after the EPA last revised the rules intended to safeguard the nation’s 2 million…
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Report Showing Americans Support the Endangered Species Act Delivered to Every Member of Congress
Americans from every corner of the country support the Endangered Species Act and the protection it provides for the nation’s most imperiled animals and plants, according to a new report delivered today to every member of Congress. The 282-page report, A Wild Success, includes more than 200 of the letters and op-eds written by Americans over the…