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City Health Inspectors: Food Donation’s Best Friend?

Expert BlogJoAnne Berkenkamp
If businesses perceive that city regulations discourage food donation, it can have a chilling effect that deters even the most ardent food donor. That dynamic is particularly important as more foodservice providers consider donating prepared food. By contrast, if health…

California intenta prohibir común pesticida tóxico

Expert BlogLinda Escalante
Médicos, investigadores, científicos de agencias e incluso los tribunales están en acuerdo que el uso de este pesticida pone en riesgo el desarrollo de los niños, particularmente en California donde se usa más clorpirifós que cualquier otro estado de la…

Transforming Local Policies to Achieve Environmental Justice

Fact SheetUnited StatesMeleah Geertsma
Across the country, low income communities and communities of color experience disproportionate burdens from environmental hazards, unhealthy land uses, historical traumas, and other sociodemographic stressors. However, community advocates and their allies are fighting back by transforming zoning and local land-use…

New Clean Energy Milestones from Arizona and Oregon

Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh
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 Is Ready to Realize Its Energy Efficiency Goals

Expert BlogAda Statler
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.

City of Los Angeles Announces Bold Recycled Water Plan

Expert BlogTracy Quinn
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…

The Fight to Save Plum Island

DispatchNew YorkNicole Greenfield
The federal government wants to sell off a wildlife-rich island in Long Island Sound to the highest bidder. No way, say advocates.

New Report: Land Use Reforms Can Break Cycle of American Environmental Racism

Press ReleaseChicago
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…