The shipping industry is not only a major contributor to the air pollution choking many port cities, but also, as explained in a front page article in today's New York Times, one of the fastest growing sources of transport greenhouse…
PARIS (December 8, 2015)—Cities plagued by dangerous heat waves and soaring temperatures will be able to better protect their most vulnerable citizens with a new climate resilience toolkit released today at the Paris climate negotiations. The Natural Resources Defense Council…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 8, 2015) – The National Academy of Sciences today released a study on diluted bitumen (or “dilbit”), a raw form of tar sands oil making its way across North America in increasing volumes, that supports alarm bells…
CHICAGO (December 7, 2015) – Congressman Bob Dold (IL-10) voted against two Congressional Review Act resolutions that would have repealed the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan rule to cut dangerous carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants.
PARIS (December 7, 2015) – As countries work toward an international climate agreement in Paris, a group of six green banks and two leading non-profit groups today announced they are establishing a Green Bank Network to help meet the urgent…
PARIS (December 6, 2015) –Robert Redford and indigenous artists, activists and storytellers from across the globe took the stage today during the international climate talks in Paris at UNESCO to share captivating stories about precious places threatened by climate change…
