Today, only 76 Southern Resident orcas swim the waters off the Pacific Northwest shoreline. If Secretary Ryan Zinke and the Trump Administration succeed in their threat to open most of the U.S. coastline to oil and gas drilling, we risk…
Over the last decade, miners have turned tens of thousands of hectares of once lush jungle into barren, sandy landscapes. Not visible but equally devastating is widespread contamination by mercury, a highly toxic chemical used by miners in the gold…
Balancing the development of abundant solar energy with the protection of some of the Mojave desert’s most iconic species is not easy—but it can be done.
DispatchVirginia, West Virginia, North CarolinaRobynne Boyd
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline—and the Mountain Valley Pipeline, with a similar path—could tear up land and negatively impact people throughout Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
At McDonalds, even incremental progress towards achieving sustainability goals can be significant. Today, the restaurant giant announced a new commitment to up its recycling game. Under the new goals, McDonalds says it will encourage and enable recycling in every one…
In the face of threatened rollbacks and inaction on national appliance energy efficiency standards by the Trump administration, the states are stepping up to protect their citizens and climate. Driven by their desire for climate leadership as part of the…
Wind and solar projects in the western U.S. have reached price levels that few would have predicted even a few years ago. These prices should have every policymaker, utility, and energy investor in the region reconsidering their thinking about how…
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