Today the City of Los Angeles announced a bold plan to recycled 100 percent of the 260 million gallons of wastewater currently being discharged to the Pacific Ocean through the Hyperion Treatment Plant. The project will improve local climate resilience…
Recent announcements from Arizona and Oregon underscore continued progress in reducing renewable energy costs, along with those of storage technologies that help stretch out the availability of power from wind and solar generation.
New Jersey took an exciting step toward a cleaner, brighter future last May when it passed the Clean Energy Act, which outlined the pathway for the state to transition its economy to a carbon-free future.
Healthy, organic, culturally appropriate food should be available to everyone, and especially California’s public-school students. With the state’s help, California’s schools can lead the way toward a better food system for all, from farm to fork.
New US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) monitoring data shows dangerously high levels of the neurotoxin manganese being emitted in Chicago from a Southeast Side facility owned by Watco Companies.
Municipal zoning laws across the country have fueled segregation and deepened environmental injustices, but grassroots organizations are now reforming zoning laws to provide protections from industrial pollution, as detailed in a new analysis released today by the Tishman Environment and…
Toilet paper’s ubiquity and low sticker price belie a much, much higher cost: it is taking a dramatic and irreversible toll on the Canadian boreal forest, and our global climate.
California took another pioneering step in tackling carbon emissions from millions of homes and commercial buildings across the state today. The California Energy Commission's latest policy report puts reducing the climate and air pollution from buildings front and center for…
Many of us now realize that food waste is a big problem in the U.S. But did you know that a lot of that food is wasted in our homes—probably more than 40 percent in all. It may seem like…
