California consumers saved roughly $4.3 billion on electricity costs and the earth’s atmosphere was spared of more than 2 million metric tons of carbon pollution in the past 12 years, thanks to energy efficiency measures taken by 38 of the…
The United Nations’ latest climate change report presents the most dire warnings yet. It’s not too late to avert catastrophe—but only if we act quickly and boldly.
While much of the bill focuses on traditional water projects to be carried out by the Army Corps of Engineers, it includes several provisions directly addressing drinking water infrastructure.
On October 8th, Congress passed the Disaster Recovery Reform Act, which makes several smart changes to the Stafford Act—the law that governs how the nation prepares for and responds to natural disasters. These changes will begin to remedy two big…
The massive natural gas pipelines being installed across our country are typically coated to make them safer. But coatings consist of dangerous chemicals, and they can degrade with too much exposure to sunlight or water, thereby potentially decreasing their effectiveness…
Cobalt mining and other interests lay claim to Grand Staircase–Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, rankling local communities tied to these lands.
The latest international report on climate change is sobering and scary. But it's still possible to deal with the present-day impacts of climate change and minimize future harm.
The proposed rule would increase dangerous air pollution from coal-fired power plants, harming public health and stymieing efforts at the state and local levels to move toward clean energy and combat climate change. Worst of all, low-income families will bear…
The Supreme Court today let stand a lower court ruling that allows the continued use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a powerful class of climate-damaging chemicals, in millions of consumer products ranging from air conditioners to aerosol sprays.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is scheduled to release its special report today underscoring the urgency to sharply reduce fossil fuel use and increase clean energy and efficiency worldwide to hold global warming to 1.5°C, or 2.7°Fahrenheit, and…
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The IPCC Special Report on 1.5C calls for immediate reductions in coal, oil and gas to avoid lockin-in high-carbon infrastructure, and calls for a rapid scaling up of renewable energy.
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