dcecowomen
- Apr 6, 2019
- 2 min
How DC EcoWomen Started: Story by EcoWomen Co-Founder Leda Huta
By Leda Huta, EcoWomen Co-Founder and Endangered Species Coalition Executive Director We had heard that other efforts to do something...
dcecowomen
- May 6, 2017
- 4 min
“Clean Coal” Myths and Carbon Capture and Storage Opportunities
By Heidi Bishop As the new administration’s impact on energy policy unfolds, increased interest in pursuing “clean coal” technologies...
dcecowomen
- Mar 11, 2016
- 3 min
How the U.S. Can Meet Its Climate Pledge
By Manjyot Bhan I let out a cheer when Leonardo DiCaprio mentioned climate change during his Oscars acceptance speech. But concern about...
dcecowomen
- Nov 13, 2015
- 2 min
DC EcoWomen’s EcoHour with Talia Buford
By Sonia Abdulbaki DC EcoWomen is a group with a mission “to provide an educational forum for women that empowers women to become leaders...
dcecowomen
- Aug 28, 2015
- 2 min
Everyone Needs Clean Water
By Sarah Peters Water is essential to life, as Congress understood in 1972 when amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,...
dcecowomen
- Jun 27, 2015
- 3 min
Be Wary of Chemical Safety “Reform”
By Brianna Knoppow It’s a curious thing that only after Senator Frank Lautenberg died did his life’s work – to enact chemical reform...
dcecowomen
- Apr 30, 2015
- 2 min
Why Should You Care about the Social Cost of Carbon?
By Tamara Toles O’Laughlin I recently attended a briefing on the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) sponsored by the Ayres Law Group and it set...
dcecowomen
- Jul 15, 2013
- 2 min
Water in Washington: At Risk from Fracking?
This water has weathered miles of travel. It may have been recycled and treated hundreds of times over; from a sink in New York City,...
dcecowomen
- Jun 20, 2013
- 3 min
Abigail Daken – a DC EcoWomen Success Story
Getting Closer to the Heart of Life – An EcoWomen Success Story No matter how far down the path, you can always change course. You can...
dcecowomen
- Jan 9, 2013
- 3 min
New Players in Environmental Policy for 2013
Below is a post by Ecowomen Board Member Beth Porter. Beth serves on the Membership Committee for the DC EcoWomen’s Executive Board. She...