This is a press release from the office of Senator Rob Portman: Just a few short weeks after its introduction, the energy efficiency and job creation strategy proposed by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today passed the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, of which Portman is a member, with strong bipartisan …

Moms Clean Air Force has created  a series of ads with the Environmental Defense Fund to express gratitude for senators in Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Virginia. Their opposition to anti-Clean Air Act amendments during Senate budget debates in March that would have blocked the EPA’s historic Carbon Pollution Standard, the Mercury and Air Toxics …

This year National Park Week kicks off on April 20th and runs through April 28th. Throughout the week, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation invite you to discover (or re-discover) the natural beauty of our nation's national parks. An even better reason to visit? From Monday, April 22–Friday, April 26, the national …

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 …

This was written by Lindsey Carmichael for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families: Are any of you frustrated with the extent to which we are all exposed to industrial chemicals found in the everyday products we use in our homes, schools and offices? I am. As the mother of a child with asthma I am vigilant about minimizing the asthmagens …

This was written by Dr. Jeff Masters, co-founder of the Weather Underground. This post originally posted on Wunderblog, via Climate Progress: It was another year of incredible weather extremes unparalleled in American history during 2012. Eleven billion-dollar weather disasters hit the U.S., a figure exceeded only by the fourteen such disasters during the equally insane …

This post was written by Kiera Butler for Mother Jones and used with permission: It's no secret that fireplaces and woodstoves—wonderful and cozy though they may be—are not great for the environment. The smoke that they produce is full of harmful particles, including, according to the EPA, volatile organic compounds and the likely carcinogen benzo(a)pyrene. …

This post was written by Senator Jeanne Shaheen: The United States has very serious energy challenges. We remain overly dependent on foreign oil and reliant on an outdated energy infrastructure that harms American businesses and gives our overseas competitors an unfair advantage.

This post was written by Heather Stephenson, publisher of the Appalachian Mountain Club: Every year, American kids miss 10.5 million days of school because of asthma, according to the EPA. One in every 10 kids is affected. They’re not just missing school. They’re missing simple childhood pleasures, like running outside without wheezing and playing on …

This post was written by Maureen Reno, an environmental economist and mom from Derry, NH: The other day, my spouse and I decided to take our four-year-old daughter late-season blueberry picking. Upon our arrival, and to our surprise, we saw that the apple trees at this particular orchard were nearly picked over. Considering that it …