In addition to reducing emissions, settlement funds from Volkswagen's cheating scandal can be used to transform Illinois' transportation market by facilitating the transition from dirty gasoline to zero-emission electricity.
Canada turns its back on the global climate yet again, announces a move to buy a 60-year-old, leaky pipeline and take over as owner of the country's most contentious propose tar sands pipeline.
While the auction results show an uptick in market participation of renewable and demand-side resource participation, PJM’s market rules still impose unnecessary structural barriers to these fuel- and emissions-free resources.
In a major development, the United Kingdom has taken the first steps towards banning most of its legal elephant ivory trade. Last Wednesday, Michael Gove, secretary of the environment, introduced a bill to Parliament to ban the purchase, sale, possession…
Done right, infrastructure investments can fuel an economy-wide renaissance that generates well-paying jobs right away and strengthens our economy for the long haul—as well as making us resilient in the face of climate change.
The Trudeau government has announced a plan for the Canadian government to buy Kinder Morgan’s existing 300,000 bpd TransMountain tar sands pipeline and the 550,000 bpd expansion project this morning, even as the pipeline was shutdown after spilling over the…
Two proposed large gas pipelines could pollute valuable groundwater that supplies drinking water across Virginia, according to a report released today by the environmental consulting firm Downstream Strategies, which was prepared for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Lowe's announced its home improvement stores would remove deadly paint strippers made with methylene chloride. Paint strippers made with the toxic solvent NMP will also be banned from Lowe’s stores.
