To rapidly transition to a clean energy economy, we need to take back trillions in government subsidies and other giveaways that boost the oil, gas, and coal industries.
Enough with playing politics with the heart of California’s freshwater system. It is well past time for both the state and federal governments to update standards for salmon management in the Bay-Delta.
A new resource from the City Energy Project—Incorporating Equity into Energy Benchmarking Requirements: Guidance for Policy and Program Practitioners—helps cities understand the opportunity to leverage benchmarking and transparency policies to address racial and social equity.
This week’s Leader’s Summit on Climate is a good time for India to signal to a strong commitment to climate action by announcing its plan to ratify the Kigali Amendment, a global pact struck in 2016 which aims to phasedown…
Expert BlogLos Angeles, Chicago, New York City, San AntonioEloisa Portillo-Morales
Cities are leading the charge on climate action—reimagining how streets can be used, passing bold climate legislation, and creating green, equitable jobs. At the core of many of these efforts are Latinx leaders, whose activism has been instrumental in paving…
Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Anna Reade, Dr. Katie Pelch
Did you think there were few health or toxicology studies of PFAS other than PFOA and PFAS? Think again! The PFAS-Tox Database, released today, was created by a collaborative group of scientists to provide you with easy access to the…
More than 60 conservation and environmental groups are calling on top Biden officials to suspend permits and approvals by the previous Trump administration for the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, contending it poses a grave threat to clean water, local communities…
The effort to stop a massive mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska, has been a decades-long fight for the region’s Indigenous People. Five tribal leaders share their experiences.
While this year is shaping up to be a catastrophe for salmon in California, it is not a surprise—it was anticipated and, shockingly, authorized under the Trump Administration’s final permits (known as biological opinions, or "BiOps" for short).
Expert BlogCaliforniaJulia de Lamare, Mohit Chhabra
A new report released by California’s energy agencies says we could reach zero-carbon electricity by 2045, which is great news for the state’s climate goals. But bold action will be needed to achieve that milestone.
Expert BlogCanada, United States, InternationalJennifer Skene
Over the last 30 years, while the international community has rightly mobilized to combat the rapacious pillaging of tropical forests, Northern countries have successfully deflected attention from themselves, decrying forest loss in the Global South while obfuscating their own destructive…
The Biden administration today announced the creation of a senior post in the Treasury Department to help advance economic policies that address climate change.
A peer-reviewed study published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that 85 people have been killed by the dangerous solvent methylene chloride in the last 4 decades.
Carbon and water storage? Nutrient transportation and communication pathways? Homes for biodiversity? All these services make soil health critical to an economically resilient food system, and we need to invest in rebuilding this precious natural resource.
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