Photo credit: iStock.com/Lightspruch The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new tailpipe vehicle emission limits on vehicles to reduce pollution. The plan would require automakers to ensure that two of every three cars and [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Petmal By 2060 concrete and other construction materials are expected to account for nearly 12% of global warming potential. State legislatures are increasingly interested in promoting environmentally sustainable construction materials by enacting laws [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/mirceax In recent years, many state legislatures have pursued a variety of policy decisions to protect coastal ecosystems. Many states have enacted laws and regulations to manage coastal development and protect natural habitats. [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/manuel_adorf According to NCSL, at least 19 states have laws to reduce light pollution, including so-called “dark skies” laws. As DMGS noted in 2021, light pollution is unwanted or excessive artificial light, which can [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Scharfsinn86 On February 15, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) signed numerous executive orders (EOs) to advance clean energy and zero-emission vehicles, as well as beginning the stakeholder process that sets the [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Mohamad Faizal Bin Ramli The Gulf Coast has experienced increasingly frequent and costly weather events. Coastal states have endured rough hurricane seasons in 2020, 2021, and 2022 with Hurricanes like Delta, Laura, Zeta, [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/syahrir maulana Flood events totaled over $3 billion in damages in 2021. That same year, flooding caused 146 deaths, the second-highest flood-related deaths since 1995. In response, several states have introduced legislation to [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/sarawuth702 Electric vehicles (EVs) have grown in popularity as the United States attempts to reduce carbon emissions. From 2017 to 2021, the United States grew from 3,000 EV charging stations to 22,000 EV [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Mirko_Rosenau Every weekend in the United States, about 54 million Americans mow their lawns, using 800 million gallons of gas annually and producing air pollutants, including carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides. Lawn equipment [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/egdigital Over 18 million mattresses are thrown away in the United States each year, and over 50,000 mattresses entering landfills daily. Additionally, almost 17 million mattresses are sold each year in the U.S. [...]