The historic Joint Proposal to retire and replace the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant goes before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) at 1 pm on November 28, at a formal hearing featuring no less than 21 presentations on behalf…
California recently established an ambitious blueprint for how the state will meet its target of doubling statewide energy efficiency savings by 2030, which would be equivalent to avoiding the annual electricity use of 12 million households and the natural gas…
It is time for California to implement its zero-net energy policy in a way that better aligns with the climate goals of the state, the nation (minus the current federal administration and its fossil fuel industry vested interests) and the…
As Governor McAuliffe approaches the end of his governorship, he has shown important vision as a resounding repudiation of Donald Trump’s “giant-step-backward” era, where mindless giveaways to fossil fuel’s beltway lobbyists hasten the costly climate change we all already pay…
Conservation groups filed a legal notice today pressing the U.S. government to ban seafood caught from Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California in an effort to save the last remaining vaquita porpoises.
The creation of the first-ever Environmental Justice Advisory Council in Virginia comes at just the right time, as the state has big problems facing its citizens
The Interior Department is the caretaker of America’s public lands, wildlife and natural resources. Unfortunately, Interior Secretary Zinke is proving to be a steward for just a few of us—the oil, gas and coal companies who seek to dig and…
Somewhat overlooked in the Trump administration's $44 billion disaster funding request was a proposed $12 billion nationwide competition to increase community’s resilience to future flood and hurricane disasters. According to the White House request for funding, $12 billion would be…
A federal judge recently halted construction on the Valley Lateral Pipeline—a temporary reprieve for New Yorkers in the fight against fossil fuel development. Valley Lateral Pipeline, a 7.8-mile natural gas pipeline, would have connected the larger Millennium Pipeline to the…
North Atlantic right whales—the most iconic marine mammal of the U.S. East Coast—are struggling to survive. This year alone has seen the devastating loss of at least 16 whales, leading the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to declare that the…
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