Alex Padilla was appointed to fill California’s open Senate seat today by Governor Newsom. Padilla is well-versed in the pressing voter access, public health and climate issues that will be tackled in the nation's capital, having served as Secretary of…
The Lead and Copper Rule finalized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will leave millions of people exposed to toxic lead in drinking water for decades.
Expert BlogMichiganSamantha Williams, Derrell E. Slaughter
We are building a foundation now in Michigan for the clean energy transition, not only reaping the health and economic benefits for residents but also ensuring that the state is doing its part to tackle the climate crisis.
2020 was a turbulent year in Latin America—and a mixed bag on climate action. It will be important for the incoming Biden-Harris administration to put climate change front and center in its engagement with the region.
Trees are important. The UK’s Tree Strategy wholeheartedly acknowledges that. So why is the UK so intent on continuing (and subsidizing) an industry that depends on cutting them down and burning them?
Climate-fueled extreme weather disasters have not stopped during this pandemic. At the forefront are professional responders and volunteers who bear the brunt of these two converging crises.
Expert BlogUnited StatesAlejandra Mejia Cunningham, Merrian Borgeson, Pierre Delforge
2020 was the year many truly understood the need to make racial and economic justice central to how we fight against the climate crisis with community partners, including reducing the carbon emissions from our buildings.
In Part One of our “Pandemic at Work” series, a hotel housekeeper, a fast-food worker/drugstore manager, and an elementary school janitor share their journeys through 2020—and anxieties for 2021.
A bipartisan coalition of Eastern jurisdictions that are part of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) today announced a final Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been reached, which details the program’s design.
Congress is poised to pass an omnibus spending and pandemic relief package today that will have broad impact on people and the economy. The bill includes an agreement to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons and provide new government support…
