News & Commentary

In what would be a win for climate, equity, and all Coloradans, the Colorado Department of Transportation has proposed canceling two highway widening projects in the Denver region and reallocating resources to transit.

Mireya Arana, a rising senior at UC Merced, reflects on what can be done to address the food inaccessibility she sees in her hometown of Winterhaven, California.

Personal statement of Amory B. Lovins to the public record of the California’s Energy Commission’s workshop on the future of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

Legislators should reject a last minute legislative proposal to extend the lifetime of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

Reprinted statement by Peter Bradford before the California Energy Commission on August 12, 2022 public workshop on the future of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

Linking together the electricity grids of 11 western states into one Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) could create hundreds of thousands of jobs, spur economic growth, and save customers $2 billion a year on their electric bills, a new analysis shows.

The vast majority of Californians support phasing out PFAS in clothing and textiles

Federal action on this little-known public health and environmental justice crisis is long overdue.

Legislators can protect California from these dangerous pesticides by passing AB 2146, a bill authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan.

One of my friends recently suggested that the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant was on the verge of becoming “another Lazarus.” The analogy is misplaced.

In a month that has seen Texas sizzle under record-breaking heat, solar, and wind power have been key to helping keeping the lights on—and air conditioners humming.

AB 1931 would direct hundreds of millions of federal dollars to removing lead sources from our drinking water system. But the state and water utilities need to recognize they have a problem first.

Blaming any one power source is a mistake. We can’t make any one source of power foolproof, but we can make a grid that’s nimble, resilient, and reliable.

A judge has decided that the port put the profits of its tenant, China Shipping, above of the health of harbor workers and local residents.

Honolulu’s City Council passes a benchmarking and transparency ordinance to help building owners cut costs by tracking their energy and water use, enabling them to save money and resources while reducing emissions.

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has approved Xcel’s plan to accelerate the end of coal in the state.