Videos

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on energy sources for new transportation technologies with a focus on decreasing emissions, spurring manufacturing and reduci…

The Regulators: Our Invisible Government is a 1982 PBS documentary that focuses on regulation of air pollution in the national parks. The film details the process of turning general language…

Patrick Ambrosio talked by video from Capitol Hill about H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act, being debated on the House floor that day. The White House had issued a veto threa…

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, Bob Perciasepe, and others talked about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, which sets emissions …

The House debated S.J.Res. 24, a resolution to disapprove a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule on carbon emissions caused by existing energy plants burning coal.

Members from the European Parliament discussed the recent Volkswagen cheating emissions investigation. Members spoke out against the discovery of cheating and called for a full investigation…

State officials from Texas, Oregon, and Ohio testified at a hearing on the impact of carbon emissions regulations on power plants in states around the country.

The Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing its Washington, D.C., headquarters to hear from environmental groups, aircraft industry representatives, private citizens and others…

President Obama talked about ways his administration had reduced energy consumption in the U.S. and the role of new energy generation initiatives in the nation’s economic future. He was intr…

Janet McCabe testified at a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to revise national air quality standards for ground-level ozone. A final decision by the EPA was e…

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy talked about the reality of global climate change and the associated health risks, particularly the increase in asthma. He spoke before a presidential address an…

The World Resources Institute released Delivering on the U.S. Climate Commitment: A 10-Point Plan Toward a Low-Carbon Future at the National Press Club. Panelists talked about the possibilit…

Josh Earnest responded to questions from reporters on a variety of issues, including the terrorist attack in Tunisia and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s comments on a Palestinian state. B…

Environmental regulation officials from five states testified about their problems and successes dealing with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed carbon dioxide emissions ru…

Energy Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal Julio Friedmann talked about carbon capture and storage technologies for reducing carbon emissions. He illustrated his talk with s…

Witnesses testified at a Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed regulations to cut smog and ozone pollution. Oppo…

Gina McCarthy held a conference call to announce new proposed Clean Air Act ozone level standards.

Thomas Lorenzen talked about the carbon emission reduction deal struck by U.S. and Chinese leaders earlier in the week and the reaction the deal had received. He discussed President Obama’s …

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a news conference in the Great Hall of the People at the end of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing. T…

Brian Charlton of the Donora Smog Museum talked about the origin of the 1948 Donora air quality crisis and how it led to changing perceptions of air pollution and industrialization. Over a t…