Environment

Circular economy: More recycling of household waste, less landfilling

Improving waste management will not only benefit the environment, climate, and human health. The four pieces of legislation are also part of a shift in EU policy towards a circular economy, i.e. a system where the value of products, materials and...

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Latest Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks Shows Continued Progress

The 2018 edition of EPA’s comprehensive annual report on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) highlights continued reductions in emissions – about two percent below 2015 levels and 11 percent below 2005 levels. Between 2005 and 2016, GHG emissions in the U....

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Earthjustice Condemns Partisan Fram Bill

On April 18, Earthjustice’s Vice President of Policy and Legislation, Martin Hayden, released the following statement after the U.S. House Agriculture Committee marked up Representative Conaway’s controversial 2018 Farm Bill

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EPA Grant Helps University of Texas and Girl Scouts Protect the Gulf of Mexico

A grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will help Girl Scouts in Texas learn about and protect the Gulf of Mexico, in partnership with the University of Texas at Austin. The award of $150,000 to UT-Austin will facilitate the...

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