Brazil announces 60-Day ban on clearing land with fire
"What we are experiencing is a genuine crisis which could become a tragedy foretold with much larger fires than the ones we are now seeing if they are not immediately halted."
Costa Rica’s progressive policies aim to make the country carbon-free by 2021
“We have the titanic and beautiful task of abolishing the use of fossil fuels in our economy to make way for the use of clean and renewable energies."
Climate deniers argue carbon pollution is beneficial, again take aim at EPA’s endangerment finding
Opponents of climate action are publishing flawed studies in scientific journals to support false claims that align with the fossil fuel industry’s deregulatory agenda.
‘We are facing an existential crisis:’ Gov. Inslee slams DNC for refusing to hold...
“This is our last chance to defeat climate change. We will not have another chance after the next administration. We will either act now, or it will be cataclysm.”
From Europe to China to India, uncertainty and fear over Trump’s climate rollback
The E.U., China and other leading economies must share the brunt of the responsibility to tackle climate change.
US solar energy production at a high, new report
This past quarter solar energy accounted for 64 percent of all new electricity capacity added to the U.S. grid.
Criminal charges for water executives as Britain introduces landmark legislation to crack down on...
The new law represents the most significant increase in enforcement powers in over a decade, giving regulators unprecedented authority to crack down on water companies polluting the nation’s lakes, rivers, and seas.
EPA disbands panel that reviewed clean air standards, appoints new members to Clean Air...
"We're seeing EPA trying to cut science out of the process."
Trump administration drills down on Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
The deeply unpopular plan would benefit a few rich oil companies while threatening people, wildlife and the climate.
What happens to wildlife swimming in a sea of our drug residues?
Our rivers and streams have become a soup of hundreds of drugs—mostly pharmaceuticals—that come from the treated water released from wastewater facilities.