An interview with Chancee Martorell, Executive Director of Thai Community Development Center, on her work with Thai Town Marketplace. Funded in part by SPARCC, it is a model for cultural place-keeping and inclusive development. Driven by her own experience, Chancee…
The New York State Assembly, Senate, and Governor Cuomo have reached agreement on historic, nation-leading climate legislation. The newly updated Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA) will set the state on a path to net zero emissions while helping to…
With the Trump administration continuing its assault of climate action and clean energy progress in the U.S., it is more important than ever for the highest-polluting sectors of the economy, including the electric power sector, to redouble efforts to curb…
This week, the administration is expected to replace the climate-saving Clean Power Plan with a rule that would do nothing to protect our planet—and our children’s future.
New Jersey will soon breathe easier thanks to Governor Phil Murphy’s fulfillment of a promise to rejoin the groundbreaking pollution-cutting program known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, after an eight-year hiatus.
The U.S. power sector continues transitioning away from coal and toward zero-carbon energy resources, as the largest electricity producers continue to reduce air pollutant emissions and their corresponding contributions to climate change, according to a new analysis released today.
Vermont today joined a growing number of states keeping the U.S. on track to phase down climate-polluting hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, as Gov. Phil Scott enacted a law curbing their use in home and business refrigeration systems, building chillers, insulating foams…
After millennia of migrating to and from the sea, Chinook salmon disappeared from California’s San Joaquin River 65 years ago. Now they’re trickling back.
Midwestern farmers have had a tough go of it this year. A deluge of precipitation across the region has made it impossible for many farmers to get in the field and plant their crops, leading to historically low percentages of…
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