Why we can’t ignore U.S. military emissions
The U.S. military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks,...
Lawmakers in U.S. Virgin Islands ban sunscreens that harm coral reefs
“Oxybenzone, octinoxate and octocrylene devastate coral and marine life and are also known carcinogenic and hormone disruptors in humans.”
Trump reverses water bottle ban in national parks
The 2011 “Water Bottle Ban” gave national parks the allowance to prohibit the sale of plastic water bottles, which helped reduce park...
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders introduce resolution declaring the climate crisis a national emergency
“Today we stand in solidarity with tens of millions of people from around the world in calling for a mass mobilization of our social and economic resources."
Let rivers flood: Communities adopt new strategies for resilience
New kinds of flood plans put nature back in charge, help populations adapt to a changing climate, reduce risk — and more.
USDA indefinitely suspends honey bee tracking survey as states get approval to use bee-killing...
"Yet another example of the Trump administration systematically undermining federal research on food safety, farm productivity, and the public interest writ large."
Here are some of the climate-linked disasters and rollbacks Trump’s ‘environmental leadership’ speech didn’t...
“It's fitting that President Trump is promoting his awful environmental record on the same day that the White House is flooding after a historic storm.”
High-value opportunities exist to restore tropical rainforests around the world – here’s how we...
Our study helps to highlight how restoring tropical forests can provide multiple benefits for people and nature.
“This is about today”: One climate crisis happens every week
“We need to look at the risks of not investing in resilience.”
How USDA climate change denial threatens the South
Simply put, the South cannot afford for the USDA to ignore climate change.