Environment

Amazon at the crossroads: deforestation and climate change fuel disease risks.

“The best thing for the climate and biodiversity is to leave forests standing—and biomass energy does the opposite.”

Three Republicans voted with House Democrats to approve the Climate Action Now bill – the first major climate change legislation in a decade.

The worst three are in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley," five of the top 20 are in Texas, and predominantly Black areas experience double the cancer risk of white areas.

The study adds weight to the idea that the most effective deforestation enforcement strategy is not to regulate the Amazon’s 400,000 ranchers and farmers, but for government to enter into effective deforestation enforcement partnerships with the slaughterhouses.

This landmark investment in rural America is the largest since the New Deal, creating jobs, cutting pollution, and transforming rural energy infrastructure.

This is another example of how unsafe pipeline are, and that spills are not a question of “if” but “when.”

The authors of the report hope it sheds light on the inefficiency and unsustainable nature of plastics and plastic recycling to inspire better, widespread policies moving forward.

Petroecuador, the state oil company, will be required to dismantle its operations at the park's eastern edge in the Amazon in the coming months.

Secretary of State Tillerson has maintained that he believes climate science is "not conclusive" so the changes aren't altogether surprising.