SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco moved to restrict the sale of plastic water bottles on city property on Tuesday, the first such action by a major U.S. municipality and the latest in a string of waste-reduction measures that included a ban on plastic grocery bags. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to begin phasing…

By Mandy Warner A set of national clean car standards that have long been debated are, finally, a reality. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced those standards, commonly known as Tier 3, today. The terrific news is that these rigorous tailpipe and cleaner fuel standards will deliver vital and swift health benefits for our…

By Peter Sopher The Obama Administration recently released a plan to cope with a warming Arctic. Climate change has increased warming in that region at a striking rate, and it has extended the ice melting season by about two weeks per decade. As a result, the Arctic–which was inaccessible to commercial shipping as recently as…

By Gernot Wagner This open letter, co-authored by Jeremy Proville and first published on EDF Voices, was written in response to a New York Times article citing Dr. Roger Bezdek’s report on “The Social Costs of Carbon? No, The Social Benefits of Carbon.” Dear Dr. Bezdek, After seeing so many peer-reviewed studies documenting the costs of carbon pollution, it’s refreshing to encounter some…

By Claire Stewart-Kanigan / The Dominion “Eco-consciousness” and “green living” are centrepieces of product branding for the Toyota Prius. But that feel-good packaging has rapidly worn thin for members of the Algonquin Nation and residents of Kipawa, Quebec, who are now fighting to protect traditional Algonquin territory from devastation in the name of hybrid car battery production. In 2011,…

By Megan Ceronsky Yesterday EPA published its revised proposed Carbon Pollution Standards for new power plants. When finalized, these standards will be the first national limits on the amount of carbon pollution emitted by new power plants in the United States. The standards will finally require new coal-fired power plants — the largest source of carbon pollution…

By Kimberly Paxton Daily Sheeple Watch out, kiddies! Due to your horrible personal emissions of greenhouse gases, CHRISTMAS ITSELF may have to be cancelled. Santa Claus himself has presented the terrible news. A rather alarming-looking, dirty Santa Claus is filmed in a dark room, uttered the words in such a grim, funereal tone that you almost…