Environment

The incoming president has picked climate change deniers and pro-fossil fuel bigwigs for cabinet positions.

Climate change and the border-industrial complex in the Trump era.

Nearly 80% of poll respondents stated that "yes, human activity is causing the climate to change."

“At the end of the day, the best type of policy is to proactively prevent these big fires in the first place.”

A report by a private research company found that U.S. emissions, which amount to one-sixth of the planet's, didn't fall in 2018 but instead skyrocketed. The 3.4 percent jump for 2018, projected by the firm, would be second-largest surge in greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. since Bill Clinton was president.

"Our goal is to enact this into law."

Amazon signed an agreement with Plug Power to "supply 10,950 tons per year of green hydrogen," which will replace grey hydrogen, diesel and other fossil fuels.

"We've choked this planet with plastic, from the highest mountains to the deepest oceans—and we've no idea at all about costs for public health," said a British lawmaker.

A new documentary film has been released that shines a spotlight on the illegal trade in the Asian small-clawed otter, a species listed as vulnerable and in decline by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Blue states can take the lead on protecting water where it counts most: at the source. They can articulate an urgently needed national water vision.