As the country grows more urban, many communities are facing the impact of major investment—ranging from businesses and residences to transit and parks. Officials must acknowledge and address the displacement crisis and advance ambitious solutions that address the root cause…
New Jersey's proposal to require development sites to use green infrastructure is generally a positive step, but it falls short of the reforms needed to protect New Jersey’s communities from water pollution and flooding.
For most of 2018, the City of Newark’s website promised its residents that “NEWARK’S WATER IS ABSOLUTELY SAFE TO DRINK,” while levels of lead in the City’s tap water skyrocketed.
As the Trump administration ratchets up its rhetoric demanding billions for a wall, American communities along the Mexico border are in need of basic services, like reliable sewage treatment.
President Trump distanced the United States further from the global consensus on fighting climate change Saturday, becoming the only world leader at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires to not commit to implementing the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
It’s easy to despair about the state of our fight against dangerous climate change. This season of devastating wildfires and hurricanes has been followed by a serious of ominous reports that drive home the “new abnormal” the world faces. But…
Green banks are financial institutions that can leverage public funding to attract private capital for clean energy projects (including energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other distributed energy resources), as well as other “green” investments. They can help both states and…
Seismic surveys constitute not only the main precursor to offshore drilling, but a serious assault on the ocean in themselves. They repeatedly pound the water with industrial airguns, producing noise as loud as explosions, about every ten seconds, day and…
Sanderson Farms, Inc.—the third-largest chicken producer in the nation—today announced it will stop using two medically important antibiotics unnecessarily in its chickens by March 1, 2019, instead reserving them only to treat sick animals or to control a disease in…
