Tropical Storm Debby Drenches Florida

Monday, June 25, 2012 Tropical Storm Debby Drenches Florida TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby drenched Florida with heavy rains, flooded low-lying neighborhoods and knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses as it lingered off the state's coast Monday. Sea Level Rise Poses Specific Threat To East Coast Cities Japan Sells First Fish Caught Since Nuclear Crisis Duchess, Oldest Orangutan In Captivity, Dies At 52 Gulf Drilling Resumes After Tropical Storm Debby Passes Lead Poisoning 'Epidemic' Keeps Condors From Bouncing Back BLOG POSTS Heather Taylor-Miesle: Why This Election Matters: Romney and GOP Lawmakers Choose Polluters, Not Kids That's right. Romney and Inhofe would rather let big polluters off the hook than protect our kids from a toxin that causes developmental delays and other serious conditions. So do the 46 Senators who voted on Wednesday to block the mercury and air toxin standards. Michael Trainer: Dear Rio 20: A Call for Inspired Leadership and Imaginative Action As the Rio+20 summit came to a close there was a mixture of sentiment in the air, none of which is excitement. David A. Dana: After the Fracking Is Done At least one thing is indisputable: fracking is going to continue to expand in the United States. There is simply too much money to be made -- and too strong a desire for a new domestic energy source -- for the federal or state governments to stop fracking. Claire Tomkins: China Crud It's in the context of changing attitudes in China that we can examine what we in the U.S. perhaps now take for granted: clean air and its importance for our health. Lindsay Clinton: Alternative Commitments at Rio 20 Make Big Impact Many have decried the final Rio+20 outcome document as weak and watered down, but the news is not all bad. Amidst the negative sentiments, there are new areas of commitment that foster hope that we are making meaningful progress in moving the needle on the sustainability agenda.

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