New Jersey will require building permits to consider climate change
“This is a big deal. For New Jersey to step to the forefront and say, ‘We’re going to look at future climate impacts, and that it’s going to be a driver of our decision-making’ — that’s exactly what all 50 states need to be doing.”
From carpet to clean air: It’s time for California to stand up for environmental...
Our representatives should uplift our health and quality of life not in words, but with action.
Methane emissions from food waste alarmingly accelerate climate crisis
As EPA reports highlight the staggering methane emissions from food waste, the U.S. grapples with an overlooked environmental hazard.
Oceans have absorbed 60% more heat than scientists thought
It means that policy makers now have even less leeway when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions if they want to keep warming to 1.5 or even 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
Exposure to air pollution from traffic increases risk of low birth weight, study shows
Term low birth weight, defined in the study as a weight less than 5 pounds 8 ounces, can have lifelong implications for health, with increased risk for diabetes, heart disease and hypertension in later life.
The race to end fossil fuel production
Everyone talks about ending fossil fuel production, but almost no one is doing anything about it.
Massachusetts locals accuse town mayor of ‘colluding’ with Enbridge over controversial natural gas project
“We will continue to fight the operation of this compressor station. Our goal is to make this a stranded asset for Enbridge.”
The federal government’s cruel war against wildlife
USDA’s Wildlife Services will no longer use “cyanide bombs” to kill animals, but that’s just one of the inhumane weapons in their arsenal.
3 New Years Resolutions That Will End the World’s Dependency on Fossil Fuels
Renewable energy and alternative vehicles get cheaper the more of them we make and use. Oil and coal get more expensive the more of them we burn. So we can be confident that clean energy wins the affordability race.
Ensuring catastrophe: The price of climate denial
The price: the planet.