This was written by Elena Craft and originally posted on EDF Voices: People on the Planet: Biking is a great way to get to work if, like me, you don’t live far from your office. My normal route takes me along Lady Bird Lake and then through downtown Austin, TX. I love riding by the …

The Third National Climate Assessment, written by 240 contributing scientists, and the result of a collaboration among 13 federal agencies, is a must-read, accessible document. Even though climate scientists are learning more every day about how quickly our world is changing because of global warming, the assessment is an important

This was written by Lindsay Dahl for Safer Chemicals Healthy Families: Who knew that toxic flame retardants would be making headlines the way they are these days? There’s been so much new scientific research breaking on this class of chemicals and regulatory steps in the works, we thought it would be nice to summarize all …

This was written by Diane MacEachern for Moms Clean Air Force: At the U.S. – China Greener Consumption Forum on March 22nd, Lisa Jackson, the just retired Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), re-affirmed her strong support for laws and regulations that significantly reduce air pollution and reverse climate change. Speaking as a …

That was the title of my toddler sons’ favorite book, and there were days when I cursed Richard Scarry for having to spend hours reading about cars and trucks, and days when I blessed him for having figured out exactly how to distract and soothe at least two little boys–and millions of other children. Our …

My couch contains a toxic flame retardant linked to cancer. Your couch probably does too. So, most likely, do your infant car seats, nursing pillows, and computers. If you want to know why these chemicals are in our products, you need look no further than an outdated California state rule called TB 117. The decades-old …

I’m a skier and I speak for the snow. Like the Lorax who speaks for the trees, my internal snow globe is worried. Skiers, snowboarders — and families, depend on powdery frozen water to feed their winter souls. Flakes shook up the skies a few times this winter here in the Northeast, but the ski …

This was written by MCAF's Social Media Director, Shaun Dakin: I have a particular fondness for photography exhibits. So when I read the National Archives was opening up their DOCUMERICA archive to the public here in Washington, DC, I jumped at a chance to go. As I quietly danced (the sounds of the 70’s echoed …

This was written by Heather Stephenson for the Appalachian Mountain Club's, Great Kids, Great Outdoors blog: I want kids to get out in nature so they can enjoy all its benefits. Not so they will suffer extra lung damage. But the truth is, in our polluted world, even the air we breathe can contain invisible dangers. And …

The sequester is here. I outlined in a previous post exactly what we had to look forward to, and now indiscriminate cuts are being unleashed upon the public straight across the board, delivered with a hatchet as opposed to a scalpel. I reached out to Sen. Tom Carper, who serves on the Environment and Public …