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Radical Optimism on Climate: The IPCC Report on 1.5 degrees

October 24, 2018 Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein

Climate change creates the risk of grave and frightening impacts on our well-being, according to a new report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But the report offers reasons for hope—indeed, reasons for radical optimism—if you read…

Efficiency Could Ensure Total Emissions Decline After 2020

October 24, 2018 Expert BlogSheryl Carter

A new report offers a powerful argument for stepping up investment in energy efficiency to combat dangerous climate change, reduce other harmful pollution, and save consumers money while promoting strong economic growth. The Energy Efficiency 2018 report, produced by the…

America Made Strong Gains With Clean Energy, Efficiency, and Carbon Cuts but Faces Climate "Crossroads"

October 24, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The United States is light years ahead of 10-year government projections for renewable energy, energy efficiency, and carbon pollution cuts but must greatly accelerate clean energy progress to help avert climate disaster, according to a major new report today from…

In Long Beach, Touring a Toxic Neighborhood on Bike

October 24, 2018 DispatchLong Beach, CaliforniaCorey Binns

Residents who live near the country’s busiest ports are getting a new lens on the pollution in their backyards, and new tactics to help fight it.

New Scientific Paper: Broad Class of Pesticides Puts Children at Risk for Reduced IQ, Learning Disabilities

October 24, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Leading Scientists Call for EPA to Ban All Organophosphate Pesticides and Urge Comprehensive Steps to Protect Children

California Can #Resist Trump's Attacks on Rivers & Bay-Delta

October 23, 2018 Expert BlogDoug Obegi

Kicking Clean Energy Into High Gear to Avert Climate Chaos

October 23, 2018 Expert BlogAmanda Levin

You Can’t Be a Climate Leader and Burn Trees for Electricity

October 23, 2018 Expert BlogSasha Stashwick

The UK needs to reverse course and end its massive subsidies for wood-fired electricity generation now if the country is going to help the world avoid warming of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Proposed Storm Surge Barriers Do Not Address Sea Level Rise

October 23, 2018 Expert BlogRob Friedman

The Trump Administration Is Failing Our Children

October 23, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesRhea Suh

On the surface, it may seem like the Trump administration cares about our kids and their health, but its actions—and inactions—reveal the opposite.

Ongoing Gulf Spill Refutes Claim U.S. Could Expand Drilling Safely

October 23, 2018 Press ReleaseLouisiana

A damaged Taylor Energy oil site 12 miles off the Louisiana coast has been leaking as much as 29,400 gallons of toxic crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico every single day since 2004, according to a shocking new Washington…

Hurricane-Flooded Hog Farms Could Bring Superbugs to North Carolina Communities

October 23, 2018 DispatchNorth CarolinaJodi Helmer

Add antibiotic-resistant bacteria from pig waste to the long list of post-Florence worries.

The IPCC Report Isn’t a Death Knell. It’s a Wake-Up Call.

October 22, 2018 Expert BlogWyomingRoland Hwang

We have the ideas—and the means—for reducing emissions and lowering temperatures at our disposal. We just need to act on them.

PJM Plan Jeopardizes Clean Energy and States’ Rights

October 22, 2018 Expert BlogJohn Moore, Ada Statler

Question 6 in Nevada Would Create Thousands of Jobs

October 22, 2018 Expert BlogDylan Sullivan

New analysis finds that Question 6, which would require Nevada’s utilities to gradually increase the amount of electricity that comes from renewable sources to 50 percent by 2030, could support an additional 11,170 full-time jobs in 2030. This job growth…