February 24, 2014
If you get your news from the major mainstream news outlets, you …
February 22, 2014
See the Work of Brandi Merolla on Grist
New York state-based photographer (and DCS’s own) Brandi Merolla was trying to figure out her next project when she looked around her house. Victorian prints, tiny charms, paintings, vintage postcards, and …
February 21, 2014
Letters assert that fracking should be stopped, given the overwhelming threats to public health
By Environment America, EcoWatch, February 20, 2014
By Environment America, EcoWatch, February 20, 2014
Today, Environment America Research & Policy Center and its state affiliates delivered letters from more than 1,000 doctors, nurses …
February 18, 2014
A majority of companies say taxes and cost of living are not a barrier to doing business in the state
By Stephen Lacey, greentechmedia, September 19, 2013
By Stephen Lacey, greentechmedia, September 19, 2013
Five years after signing one of the nation’s most progressive pieces of energy …
February 13, 2014
CTC Tells Senate Finance Committee: Carbon Tax Beats Clean-Energy Subsidies, Hands Down
By Charles Komanoff, Carbon Tax Center, 1/31/14
By Charles Komanoff, Carbon Tax Center, 1/31/14
The Carbon Tax Center told the U.S. Senate Finance Committee today that an economy-wide tax on the carbon content of coal, …
February 8, 2014
The Marcellus is known to have high uranium content
By Valerie J. Brown, Environmental Health Perspectives
By Valerie J. Brown, Environmental Health Perspectives
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Naturally occurring radionuclides are widely distributed in the earth’s crust, so it’s no surprise that mineral and hydrocarbon …
February 8, 2014
Pollution concentrations are nearly three times the amount allowed under federal health-based air quality standards
By The Clean Air Council
By The Clean Air Council
The Barto Compressor Station in Penn Township, Lycoming County is creating pollution concentrations nearly three times the amount allowed under …
February 8, 2014
From Texas to California, drilling for oil and gas is using billions of gallons of water in the country’s most drought-prone areas
By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, February 5, 2014
By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, February 5, 2014
America’s oil and gas rush is depleting water supplies in …
January 31, 2014
Natural gas is not a “bridge fuel” to less hazardous energy sources, but a grave danger to communal resources and the global climate
By Ruth Hardinger and Barbara Arrindell, Creative Time Reports, January 21, 2014
By Ruth Hardinger and Barbara Arrindell, Creative Time Reports, January 21, 2014
January 18, 2014
Small, poorly regulated sources can have large cumulative impacts
By Irina Zhorov, Wyoming Public Media, January 17, 2014
By Irina Zhorov, Wyoming Public Media, January 17, 2014
Some landowners with oil and gas wells on their property complain about emissions affecting their air quality and health. But though there …
January 14, 2014
Talk of an American energy renaissance is essentially baseless
By Kurt Cobb, The Christian Science Monitor, January 12, 2014
By Kurt Cobb, The Christian Science Monitor, January 12, 2014
Last week when I laid out seven misconceptions about energy shared by the public and policymakers, the pushback I received …
January 13, 2014
This wonderful video is about the initiatives for renewable energy that the NYC Council has developed and more
On November 1, 2013, Samara Swanston, Legislative Counsel to The Environmental Protection Committee of the New York City Council, gave a …
