Wall Street Journal attack on EPA’s proposed protections for Bristol Bay is high on rhetoric, wrong on the facts, and ignores comprehensive scientific record showing unacceptable adverse effects from widely condemned gold and copper mine proposed for Bristol Bay headwaters.
The Department of Energy (DOE) released updated efficiency standards for household furnaces that are fossil-fuel-fired today that will result in billions of dollars in energy bill savings and prevention of millions of tons of carbon pollution.
In a disappointing move amid an otherwise positive legislative session for transportation, air quality, and climate, Governor Polis vetoed a bill that would have expanded EV charging for Coloradans.
As farmers grapple with everything from extreme weather events to heat stress to wildfires, and agriculture becomes less predictable in the face of a changing climate, it is essential for governments to help farmers transition to practices that increase resilience…
Expert BlogUnited StatesRoger Baneman, Sarah Dougherty
The Federal Reserve and its 12 regional District Banks—tasked with safeguarding the overall financial system and individual financial institutions—must incorporate climate change economic risk into their oversight duties.
The Federal Reserve and its 12 regional district banks—chartered to oversee private banks and promote economic stability in the U.S.—must consider climate risks to safeguard the financial system and economy from the rising economic impact of climate change and the…
The hard truth is that we need to move quickly if we are to stop the worst effects of climate change. At the same time, we need to make sure that the clean energy transition is done in an equitable…
By considering the risks— both to the economy generally and to individual financial institutions—posed by more extreme weather events and a transition to a low-carbon economy, the Fed can potentially avert or cushion shocks to impacted industries, geographical areas, and…
The Kern County Superior Court issued a significant ruling that declared Kern County’s environmental review of its 2021 oil and gas ordinance violated the state’s bedrock environmental protection law by failing to address serious environmental harms.
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