Eleanor LeCain talks with a former climate denier about his conversion to climate action – Jerry Taylor, president of the Niskanen Center – and about moving to 100% renewable energy with Rob Sargent, Energy Program Director at Environment America.
Why President Obama’s Pollinator Strategy Won’t Solve Bee Crisis – Tiffany Finck-Haynes
Yesterday, the Obama administration released its long awaited National Pollinator Health Strategy, a requirement of a presidential memorandum released last June, which directed federal agencies to establish a Pollinator Health Task Force, develop a strategy to protect pollinators and charged the EPA with assessing the effects of pesticides, including neonicotinoids, on bees and other pollinators within 180 days. While it’s promising that the …