Expert Blogs

People in Michigan and across the Midwest will be stuck paying the cost of a nonexistent “emergency” with their health and their electric bills. 

Workers across the United States are fired up for heat justice. State decision-makers should be too.

This year marks a turning point in the fight to protect communities from climate and health harms.

UNOC delivers big wins for the ocean, including the launch of the High Ambition Coalition for a Quiet Ocean and new high seas treaty ratification announcements.

A massive project falters under the weight of high-cost, low-demand LNG and growing condemnation of the risks to the region’s biodiversity.

The New York Healthy Homes Right to Know Act would require signage and labels that detail the health risks of using a gas stove.

As we head into National Ocean Month, this is a key moment to take stock of policies to combat the global illegal fishing crisis and the terrible costs it exacts.

This bill will create a rebate program for residents and companies changing from gasoline-driven mowers and leaf blowers to electric-battery driven ones.

NIOSH recently lost around 90 percent of its staff, practically ending 50 years of its work aimed at protecting workers from getting sick, maimed, or killed on the job

Electric and hybrid vehicles have helped grow America’s manufacturing sector and protect U.S. consumers from volatile gasoline prices. And yet, Congress is taking unprecedented action to stop clean vehicles in their tracks. 

Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of construction materials is critical to achieving full building decarbonization—and states can lead the way.

As the Trump administration targets the Federal Emergency Management Agency for “reforms,” states and communities lose the support they depend on to make it through climate-influenced disasters.

A summary of emission reduction benchmarks as G20 countries begin to set their national 2035 climate targets under the Paris Agreement.

After years of advocacy, Albuquerque communities secured a long-overdue rule to protect against the cumulative impacts of air pollution. Now, it’s time to protect that rule.

President Trump wants to block state climate and clean energy policies, but the Constitution and federal laws stand in his way. 

The legislature has a crucial opportunity to pass bills to protect people and pollinators from needless pesticide use.

New utility programs are proving that smart planning can reduce new gas lines, lower costs, create jobs, and cut emissions.

A dive into the five-year planning process for offshore oil and gas leasing in the United States.

Together, electric vehicles and cleaner, more affordable ways to get around can deliver the necessary pollution and emissions reductions. We need the holistic and healthy transportation system solutions that only states can provide.