West Coast Wildfires Now Causing Dangerous New Seasonal Air Pollution Catastrophe Across America: CA’s Rep. Jared Huffman Weighs in; Lawmakers Introduce Bills

(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Breathing the air during just one pollution spike for just one day can cause catastrophic health issues — even death, according to top medical experts on the topic. And seasonal air pollution, often driven by West Coast wildfires,…

Complete Reversal (Almost): Biden’s USFWS Rolling back Trump’s N. Spotted Owl Rule That Stripped 3.4M Acres of Habitat from the Bird

(EnviroNews Nature) — Washington, D.C. — In the last few months of Donald Trump’s term as president, his Interior Department (DOI) unfurled an unprecedented barrage of rule-changes and rollbacks targeting environmental regulations and wildlife protections; it took EnviroNews two in-depth reports spanning 7,000 words to catalog most of…

Brace for Impact: CA’s N. Coast Congressman Says There’s No ‘Moonshot’ Plan to Stop This Year’s Unfurling Wildfire Hell

(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — California is burning yet again. Wildfires have been a persistent, growing and fast-moving threat in the state and scientists predict climate change will only cause the number of blazes to steadily increase. To make matters worse there’s currently…

Rep. Jared Huffman is out to Turn Biden’s Freeze on Fed-Land Fracking into a ‘Permanent Moratorium’

(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Taking a bold stand against new fossil fuel development on federal lands, Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) said he wants to ban it for good. Those comments came during an exclusive on-camera sit-down interview with EnviroNews this spring. Weeks…

Rep. Jared Huffman, Green New Deal Co-Sponsor: ‘If you don’t like this big, ambitious, equitable answer to the climate crisis, what’s your answer?’

(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Rising temperatures, devastating droughts, terrifying wildfires, warming oceans and melting polar ice caps: scientists warn it’s hard to ignore the signs the planet is changing, and climate disruption caused by humans is the culprit. It’s a topic EnviroNews…

Reps. Huffman, Grijalva, Try to Glue Endangered Species Act Back Together After Trump Ripped it to Shreds

(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Restoring all the protections for wildlife under the Endangered Species Act (ESA/the Act) that the Trump Administration dismantled might be like trying to glue a broken mirror back together. The looming question: can it be done? It’s a…

Did You Know There is a ‘God Squad’ That Can Overrule the ESA and Allow Any Species to Go Extinct? Rep. Jared Huffman Explains

(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — What do snail darters, whooping cranes, and the iconic northern spotted owl have in common? They all had close calls with the so-called “God Squad.” The God Squad? The group’s existence and power even surprised EnviroNews Editor-in-Chief Emerson Urry when Representative Jared Huffman…