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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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States Keep Rolling on HFC Phase-Down

Expert BlogDavid Doniger
States are stepping in to keep the phase-down of the super climate pollutants known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) on track. The latest big step comes from Washington State.

House Leads on Climate Crisis as Political Heat Builds

Expert BlogDavid Doniger, Jake Schmidt
The House of Representatives is set this week to pass its first major climate legislation in 10 years—the first step to address the climate crisis and the rapidly rising public demand for climate action.

We Saved the Ozone Layer. We Can Save the Climate

Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger

Climate change is not the first planetary pollution crisis we have faced. That distinction belongs to the depletion of the earth’s protective ozone layer. And how we solved the ozone crisis teaches lessons for climate change.

Cooling California with Less Warming

Expert BlogDavid Doniger
California and other state climate leaders are picking up the slack to curb the HFC super climate pollutants.

Trump EPA’s “Dirty Power Plan” Coming Soon

Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger

As the nation and the world suffer another summer of record heat waves, devastating wildfires, and alarming weather extremes, EPA’s Acting Administrator Andy Wheeler is preparing to issue the Trump Administration’s “do-nothing” replacement proposal for the Clean Power Plan this…

Chilling News: Spotlight on Illegal CFC Production and Use

Expert BlogDavid Doniger
Reports of illegal production and use of CFC-11, a powerful ozone depleter and greenhouse gas, raises great concern for recovery of the ozone layer and protection of the climate. Countries will meet this week in Vienna to consider the data…