Environment

“Investments to confront the climate crisis will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, drive down clean energy prices, make our Nation more resilient, present new opportunities for American innovation and well-paying jobs, provide benefits to historically underserved communities, and work to protect against the long-term fiscal risks identified in the new Budget analyses released today.”

"How many more oil spills and fossil fuel accidents do we need until the city and the state begins to prioritize public health and the environment?"

"Plastic is one of the biggest threats in the ocean at the moment, I would say, apart from climate change,"

"We don't have time to play games of climate denial or greenwashing of dirty energy."

The team also found that there was potential for state efforts to impact pollution in neighboring states.

Each renewable investment and green energy company initiative represents a milestone in the journey to a cleaner environment.

Scientists have linked increased flooding and rainfall to climate change.

Conservationists say increased drilling could threaten already endangered marine species with extinction.

The recent evolution of the oil industry’s political stance on a carbon tax has raised a few eyebrows, but it represents more greenwashing, according to Holly Burke of Evergreen Action.

A landslide caused a natural gas pipeline 35 miles west of Pittsburgh to explode on Monday. It wasn't an isolated incident.