Environment

If Trump wins in November, will his climate and energy team wipe out any U.S. progress on the ever-worsening global climate crisis?

"I hope the striking improvements in air quality we've seen remind us what things could be like if we shifted to green power and electric vehicles."

The Trump administration has imposed a freeze on grants and contracts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The days of unfettered fossil fuel extraction are over.

"America made a commitment, and as an American, if the government's not going to do it we all have responsibility."

Over the last few years, ExxonMobil has come under fire numerous times for lobbying in the UK against electric vehicles, funding Congress and corporate lobby groups to deny climate change, and knowingly misleading the public about the reality of the issue.

The oil and automotive industries, as well as the Koch network, undercut efforts to make today’s fleet of vehicles more efficient and less reliant on fossil fuels.

"You have an administration that virtually does not even recognize the reality of climate change and their policies, working with the fossil fuel industry, are making a bad situation worse."

“We need to understand this growth and counter it with everyone involved: national authorities, enforcement agencies, Producer Responsibility Organizations, original equipment manufacturers, recyclers, researchers and consumers themselves.”

When we talk about the Green New Deal, let’s forget the labels and talk about how to mount an effort up to the existential challenges of our time.