With fewer than 30 remaining and an annual decline rate of about 50 percent, the vaquita porpoise is the world’s most endangered marine mammal. It may be the most endangered animal on the planet.
We cannot have a two-tiered system where the wealthy get water that is clean and safe for their families, and the less well-to-do get second-class water, wastewater, and stormwater systems that pose risks to their health and environment. Rather, we…
A vast majority of India's salt comes from Gujarat's Little Rann of Kutch desert. Here, about 43,000 salt farmers, mostly women, work in brutal heat to produce salt from briny tidal water. It is hard work for little pay. Most…
WASHINGTON –– The Senate begins markup today on legislation that would cripple the government’s ability to protect people from dirty air, contaminated food, polluted waters, predatory financial practices and other serious threats. The House passed a version of the bill…
The energy industry trend of slashing carbon continues with the DTE Energy announcement to reduce its carbon emissions by more than 80 percent by 2050.
The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) has released a first-of-its-kind handbook that shows lenders how to identify and fund energy and water efficiency upgrades as part of their standard mortgage lending process.
ALEXANDRIA – Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe unveiled a bold state strategy to cap carbon pollution from power plants—one of the biggest drivers of climate change—and to expand the state’s clean energy capacity with renewable power.
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