The Political Voice for the Environment
LCV Applauds the Obama Administration’s Rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline
January 23, 2012 - League of Conservation Voters President Gene Karpinski issued the following statement in response to media reports indicating that the Obama administration intends to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline:
State lawmakers seek ban on toxins in kid products
January 16, 2012 - Washington state legislators announced plans Wednesday to ban a suspected carcinogen from being used as a flame retardant in children's products.
Pollution Free Prosperity: Is it Possible in an Economy that Looks Like This?
January 16, 2012 - Green Acre Radio is a weekly radio program focusing on important issues in the environmental and sustainability movement. This report examines the 2012 Environmental Priorities: "Pollution-Free Prosperity," "Fulfilling Our Clean Energy Future," and the "Toxic-Free Kids Act".
Toxic flame retardant ban environmental goal for session
January 16, 2012 - The environmental community has just one priority bill – a ban on toxic flame retardants in baby and children’s products – in a 2012 legislative session consumed by the state budget crisis.
A federal judge told polluters and regulators to follow the law
January 04, 2012 - ECHOING the impatience of an earlier U.S. Supreme Court decision, a federal judge told five Washington oil refineries to curb greenhouse-gas emissions and directed the state to enforce the law.
