Carbon Emissions Flat for Third Straight Year
Paris, France — According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat in 2016, at 32.1 gigatonnes, for the...
Washington State Sues Monsanto Over PCBs
Seattle, WA — According to a Washington Post article, Washington has become the first state to sue Monsanto for pervasive pollution from polychlorinated biphenyls...
The Value of Monitoring Indoor Air Quality
Bourne, MA — According to a white paper published by Onset, based here and authored by Greg Lowitz, founder and CEO of Buildera, based in...
U.S. and Mexico Collaborate on Joint Organic Committee
Washington, D.C.—On October 19, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced plans to start a Joint Organic Compliance Committee...
Sustainability Through Organic Agriculture
Baltimore, MD—At Expo East, The Organic Center hosted an education session titled, “Environmental Benefits of Organic Agriculture” in which Tracy Misiewicz, associate director of...
California Exempts Aquifers from Environmental Protection, Threatening Water Supply
An investigation by ProPublica reveals that the state of California is expanding exceptions to federal environmental laws, called aquifer exemptions, that allow mining, oil...
EPA Draft Report on Atrazine Open for Public Comment for 60 Days
In June, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a 500-page report highlighting the environmental impacts of atrazine, which is a widely used weed killer and...
North American Leaders Announce Climate Partnership Action Plan
Ottawa, Canada—On June 29, U.S. President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced The North American Climate,...
Survey Shows Date Labels Contribute to Food Waste
A recent national survey—a collaborative effort between the National Consumer League, Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic and Johns Hopkins University Center for Livable...
The Paris Agreement, An Uphill Battle
New York, NY—On April 22, diplomats from 167 countries met to sign the climate accord reached this past December in Paris. The goal of...
