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Huge Step for Zero-Carbon Replacement of Diablo Canyon

August 11, 2016 Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh

Operating California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant past its 2025 license expiration would cost more than twice what many had anticipated, and significantly more than replacing it with energy efficiency and renewable resources, according to an analysis submitted today to…

Flood, Rebuild, Repeat: The Need for Flood Insurance Reforms

August 11, 2016 Expert BlogRob Moore

Cities Can Lead the Way to Clean Transportation Plans

August 11, 2016 Expert BlogDeron Lovaas

Climate-Healthy Menus

August 11, 2016 Fact SheetUnited StatesSasha Stashwick, Sujatha Bergen, Valerie Baron

More plants and less red meat for healthier people and planet.

Sometimes Art Has to Get Gritty—Especially When Big Oil Provides the Muse

August 10, 2016 PerspectivesChicagoSusan Cosier

A new exhibit displays the many forms of petcoke and the Chicagoans determined to rid it from their communities.

Uncovering the Full Potential of Electric Vehicles in China

August 10, 2016 Expert BlogBarbara Finamore

Across the world, electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly recognized as one of the greenest choices for personal transportation, and for good reason: avoiding the worst impacts of climate change requires us to phase out the use of oil in transportation…

Federal Government Urges State to end “Self-Bonding” for Coal Companies

August 10, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC - With no relief in sight for a coal industry reeling from multiple bankruptcies and a declining demand for coal, the federal bureau that supervises coal mine reclamation recommended states “should not accept new or additional self-bonds” under…

Women at the Forefront; Scaling up Solar in Rural Africa

August 9, 2016 Expert BlogKaitlin Brazill

Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: 3 Things to Know

August 9, 2016 Expert BlogMaria Martinez

Zika and Pesticides: How to Take Sensible Precautions

August 9, 2016 Expert BlogDr. Jennifer Sass

Will California's SWRCB Allow Delta Smelt To Go Extinct?

August 9, 2016 Expert BlogKate Poole

“Butterfly Highways” Coming to Illinois Monarch License Plate Will Fund Habitat Restoration for the State Insect

August 9, 2016 Press ReleaseChicago

CHICAGO – Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed a law that gives the green light for a new monarch butterfly license plate that will generate funds to support butterfly habitat. The “Roadside Monarch Habitat Fund,” will be used for monarch and…

Five Climate-Smart Actions to Reform Flood Insurance

August 9, 2016 Expert BlogRob Moore

Pioneering Carbon-Cutting Program Turns 10: What Now, RGGI?

August 8, 2016 Expert BlogJackson Morris

The Penn Cove Captures—Why Southern Resident Orcas Need Us

August 8, 2016 Expert BlogGiulia C.S. Good Stefani

In the 1960s and 70s these whales were hunted and captured for marine parks. Today, the last wild Southern Resident orcas struggle for their survival because of a shortage of prey.