WASHINGTON (November 2, 2016) – The Natural Resources Defense Council is urging more than 100 major companies in the United States to demand that Resolute Forest Products drop its litigation against public interest organizations and adopt sustainable forest management in…
GGGI launched an Insight Brief titled ‘Mind the Gap: Bridging the Climate Financing Gap with Innovative Financial Mechanisms’. This report aims to advance the public sector’s understanding of innovative financial mechanisms by examining their function, characteristics, and use. Compared with…
Over 70% of private investors surveyed see both risk and investment opportunity from the impact of climate change, according to this study released in November 2016 by the Global Adaptation & Resilience Investment Working Group (GARI). According to GARI, 78% of…
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Petroleum coke, typically stored outdoors in big open piles, can blow right into nearby homes and cause serious health problems. Unsurprisingly, communities are fighting Big Oil to keep this noxious material out of their backyards.
In California and all across America, fracking for oil and gas has left a toxic legacy that is contaminating lands, polluting groundwater and harming the health of people who live in nearby communities. Measure Z, which is on the ballot…
The New York Department of Public Service has proposed to change the way distributed energy resources (like community solar and small wind projects) are rewarded for the benefits that they provide to the electricity system. The Department released a landmark…
Want to save a lot of money as you prepare to move your clock back one hour for the end of Daylight Savings Time (on Sunday, Nov. 6)? Head over to your hardware store and buy some energy-saving LED light…
WASHINGTON – An international Antarctic commission has agreed to declare 1.1 million square kilometers of the Ross Sea in the Southern Ocean as a fully protected marine reserve. The move to conserve the area comes after extensive international negotiation. It…
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