Late last year, the Trump administration released the latest national climate assessment on Black Friday in what many assumed was an attempt to bury the document. If that was the plan, it backfired, and the assessment wound up earning more coverage than it probably would have otherwise. But much of that coverage perpetuated a decades-old practice, one […]

A Purdue University alumnus is using clean, solar energy to drastically reduce the electric bill for his northern Indiana hog farm with the help of a company based in the Purdue Research Park. Kraig Resler, an alumnus of Purdue’s College of Agriculture, partnered with Emergent Solar Energy to find ways to reduce energy costs, protect the […]

Most of us know there are many health benefits to eating organic food. But is the farming practice all that healthy for the environment? A new study suggests organic food might have some serious consequences for the environment when compared to conventionally produced food. Here’s what it found. STUDY: ORGANIC FARMING COMES WITH A ‘CARBON OPPORTUNITY COST’ Researchers […]

Latest commitment part of broader ambition to reach 50 percent recycled content by 2025 Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) announced in December that it will achieve 25 percent recycled plastic across its U.S. domestic portfolio by 2021. The company plans to continue expanding its use of recycled materials in the coming years, further setting an ambition to […]

Maui on Dec. 31 became the first Hawaiian county—and one of the latest cities and counties across the United States—to ban polystyrene plastic (more commonly known as Styrofoam) food containers. The purpose of the ban is to reduce pollution and encourage recycling across the island. Yet, a recent report on the impact of a proposed Styrofoam ban in Oahu, […]

HONOLULU  – U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard appears to have “called out” U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono over her questioning of a judicial nominee, accusing her and others of religious bigotry. Conservative media groups have been covering Sen. Hirono’s questioning of judicial nominee Brian Buescher for several weeks. In a stunning op-ed published on Tuesday, Congresswoman Gabbard […]

HONOLULU – An annual effort to monitor humpback whale migration numbers in Hawaii will proceed as scheduled despite the shutdown of the federal government, a spokesperson for the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation said Tuesday. Each year, the group and its volunteers — along with federally-funded agencies like NOAA — conduct an ocean count at the […]

It is frustrating: you buy a new appliance then just after the warranty runs out, it gives up the ghost. You can’t repair it and can’t find anyone else to at a decent price, so it joins the global mountain of junk. You’re forced to buy a replacement, which fuels climate change from the greenhouse […]

EDF Legal Fellow Lance Bowman co-authored this post Looking for some good news to start the year? Right now, there are new state Attorneys General taking office across the country who have committed to protecting public health, the environment, and the rule of law. Many of them are replacing Attorneys General who lost their elections […]

The scourge of plastic waste has now reached the island furthest removed from human activity. With the expansion of the pollution dire, and information yet to be clarified, experts are calling for urgent international inspections and countermeasures on par with climate change to battle plastic waste. In the South Pacific Ocean 5,000 kilometers west off […]