In A Rising Tide Lifts All Damage Costs: The Need for a Federal Flood Protection Standard, a new article in the Spring edition of American Bar Association’s environmental law magazine, the threat to America’s public infrastructure from more frequent and…
The Interior Department should reject calls to grant royalty relief and other favors to the oil and gas industry in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such a bailout would put corporate profits above the emergency response required to mitigate…
For weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sounded the alarm telling us that handwashing is the number one thing we can do to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But as thousands of Michiganders know, you can’t wash your…
Chile formally submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) yesterday, making it one of the first countries in the world and, to date, the only one in Latin America to submit an updated climate action commitment as required by the…
As the country focuses on fighting a pandemic and mourning its victims, the Trump administration sees a perfect time for showering the fossil fuel industry with gifts.
Air pollution aggravates lung disease and impairs our ability to fight off respiratory infections. It has been linked to higher mortality rates during the Spanish flu and the SARS outbreak, and more recently to the Coronavirus. So, while many of…
With the economic downturn in India, and around the world, perpetuated by the COVID 19 pandemic, renewable energy markets are facing a challenging time. Reclaiming and growing the momentum on clean energy expansion would need a lot of work. However…
The final results of the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) were released this week, and it’s official: we have a new building energy code that is the most efficient one yet. This could lead to significant energy savings for…
Congress missed a huge opportunity to help the most vulnerable families and lift the economy at the same time: increasing SNAP benefits so more families can buy groceries.
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