80% plastic pollution reduction could be achieved by 2040: UNEP report
The UNEP noted that while an 80% reduction in plastic pollution would be helpful, there would still be a need to manage 100 million metric tons of plastics each year by 2040.
ALEC, corporate-funded bill mill, considers model state bill cracking down on pipeline protesters
“We are concerned this Bill would target peaceful protests in certain contexts, such as protests which focus on environmental rights, imposing disproportionate penalties on protesters.”
The US Constitution may hold the key to solving the climate crisis
Drawing from U.S. case law and legislation, an argument for climate action centered on birthright equity is building momentum.
It’s time to stop calling natural gas a ‘bridge fuel’ to a safe climate,...
“We simply have no more time to debate what’s already been settled. We must move swiftly to a fully renewable energy economy and leave all fossil fuels, including gas, behind."
Oil industry ‘net-zero’ pledges are an attempt to delay climate action, new paper warns
Fossil fuel companies, experts say, “cannot be relied upon to decarbonize at the speed and scale needed” to tackle rising global emissions.
Grassroots fighters for the Arctic Refuge take the case to DC
We must stand for the protection of the Arctic Refuge and ask our representatives to do the same.
Déjà vu all over again
Such consequences that you have never encountered in your history.
The most effective conservation is indigenous land management
American conservationists have said and done terribly racist things over the years. Now is the opportunity to center justice.
After the Keystone XL approval, here’s what’s next for the climate movement
The battle is far from over—and has already transformed the way environmental campaigns are waged.
California becomes first state to regulate plastic straws
The law, which will enter into force Jan. 1, prohibits restaurants from providing straws unless a customer requests one. It covers only sit-down eateries, not fast food restaurants, delis or coffee shops.