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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.
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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.

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How to Do High Road Infrastructure: 10 Lessons from L.A.

Expert BlogLos AngelesDouglass Sims

In honor Infrastructure Week, guest blogger Dena Belzer, CEO of Strategic Economics reports out on her conversation with Cris Liban of LA Metro, on lessons learned for planning, designing, building and operating High Road infrastructure.

No Compromise Without Energy Efficiency

Expert BlogDaniel Sawmiller
Eliminating Ohio’s energy efficiency standards would be a drastic mistake. Energy bills would increase for Ohio’s families and businesses, carbon emissions and other air pollutants would increase, and thousands of jobs would be at risk.

Solar for All Opens for Project Submissions

Expert BlogSamuel Garcia
The Illinois Solar for All Program—one of the most innovate elements of the state’s 2016 Future Energy Jobs Act—is now open for project submissions. The program’s Approved Vendors can now apply for funding—in the form of long-term renewable energy credit…

Protect CA from Trump-Supported Desert Water Mining Project

Expert BlogDamon Nagami
Like many other southern Californians, I know we’re extremely lucky to have the Mojave Desert right here in our own backyard. Just a short drive can take you to see brilliant spring wildflowers, windswept Joshua tree landscapes, an endless star-filled…

Time for New York State to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Expert BlogMark Izeman, Rich Schrader
Divestment underscores the point that we can’t achieve our ambitious climate goals if we continue to gain profits from the companies and activities that are harming our planet the most.

L.A. Takes a Fresh Look at Recycled Water

DispatchLos AngelesLauren Evans
Facing dwindling freshwater supplies, the city is ready to stop dumping millions of gallons into the Pacific—and to follow Orange County’s lead.

Pennsylvania's Gas Power Problem, Part 1: The Build-Out

Expert BlogUnited States, PennsylvaniaMark Szybist
For most of the last decade, the biggest energy story in Pennsylvania has been fracking—the use of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling to extract shale gas—and the dramatic increase in gas production that fracking has driven.

When Your Planet Calls 911

Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
The systems that allow life on earth to exist are breaking down. We’re responsible. But we also have the power to turn things around.

NGOs Call for NOAA to Strengthen Seafood Import Standards

Expert BlogSandy Aylesworth
We know that some seafood is fraudulent or not what it claims to be. But did you know that up to one third of wild-caught U.S. seafood imports are harvested using illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing practices?

The Biodiversity Report: Not All Gloom and Doom

Expert BlogKatie Umekubo
Nature is in dire decline. We have read about it all week now. However, let’s not let this important take-away get lost in the shuffle: there’s still time to reverse course.

Cautious Optimism Over Canada's Big Orca Announcement

Expert BlogMichael Jasny
Today, Canada announced new measures to protect the Southern Resident orcas, one of the most endangered, and beloved, populations of whales on either side of the border. Together with the orca bills signed on Wednesday by Washington Governor Jay Inslee…