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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
In the latest departure from the proposed Pebble Mine project near Bristol Bay, Alaska, First Quantum Minerals announced today it will terminate its agreement to invest in the dangerous mining project.