According to credible media reports, another vaquita was found drowned after being trapped in illegal gillnets in the Gulf of California, potentially bringing the total population of the small porpoises to nine individuals. The death came just before a strong…
In Latin America, despite consistent threats of violence and widening gender inequality due to climate disasters, women have taken a leadership role. This International Women’s Day (March 8th), women will take to the streets in historically machista countries to fight…
The March 2000 defeat of Mitsubishi’s proposal to industrialize the last undisturbed breeding and calving lagoon of the Pacific gray whale remains one of the great environmental successes in history.
With the Escazú Agreement, Latin American and Caribbean countries could help keep their environmental and human rights activists from facing violent retribution.
Two bills being considered by the New York City Council would put the city on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and reach its goals of carbon neutrality.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is slated to soon sign the “Virginia Clean Economy Act,” a bill approved by the General Assembly that will significantly expand renewable energy and address climate change.
Proposed changes to federal regulations in community development and lending are an assault on decades of work in fighting the impacts of racial segregation, discriminatory and race-based investment practices, increased risks from pollution and climate change, and unchecked government power…
China is seizing upon this opportunity to re-examine and amend its wildlife and epidemic control policy, showing the country’s determination to ban the consumption of wildlife as food.
The idea behind the American Cities Climate Challenge is to give the 25 participating cities the resources they need to accelerate their efforts to tackle the climate crisis. With support from the Climate Challenge, San Antonio is now speeding toward…
Nineteen large buildings are now on the path to shrinking their carbon footprints under San Jose’s new Better Buildings program, which will advance both the goals of Climate Smart San Jose—the City’s climate action plan—and compliance with the city’s new…
Transit Forward Philadelphia, an unprecedented coalition of local organizations focused on making the regional transit network more equitable, accessible, safe and sustainable, celebrated its official launch today. Member groups representing labor, commerce, elderly rights, health and the environment have united…
New data offers the first official state-by-state look at 2019 – what was built, what was closed, and what it means for our nation’s power mix and emissions.
