Fighting poverty can also fight deforestation, new study finds
A government program to help poor, rural Indonesians through direct cash payments had the unexpected effect of reducing deforestation by 30 percent in participating villages.
DNC’s climate council urges party to go beyond Biden plan, calling for fracking ban...
“The climate emergency is here. Democrats need to take the lead on confronting it.”
Trans Mountain Pipeline spills up to 50,000 gallons of oil on indigenous land in...
“The ongoing demonstrations across Turtle Island right now show that people are ready to stand up and defend their beliefs including upholding Indigenous Title and Rights.”
From Hurricane Maria to Covid, gas lobbyist-turned-Trump energy lawyer uses crises as ‘opportunity’
“This rule change would be a massive giveaway to polluters, so it's no surprise to see it being pushed by a fossil fuel lobbyist who's now part of the Trump administration.”
Trump EPA’s refusal to strengthen air quality standards most likely to harm communities of...
“There is evidence that Black people have three times the hazard from long-term exposure to fine particles [soot] than the general population."
The next crisis? Losing the Amazon
If too much of the forest were to be degraded or lost, scientists worry that the whole area could be transformed into a savannah.
‘Plastic rain’ is pouring down in national parks
The plastic is trapped in fundamental atmospheric processes and falling all over the world, making plastic rain the new acid rain.
Trump administration eliminates protections for vast ocean monument — experts react
Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t help struggling fishing communities.
Investors want companies to disclose environmental risk
“Consistent and comparable data is key in our company analysis and in particular in the climate risk and opportunity analysis.”
Big oil and gas benefit from small business bailout funding
“The PPP was supposed to help small businesses keep their doors open and their employees on payroll through the pandemic.”