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Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages
Harms include severe weather, crop failures and economic hits from lack of ice and snow.
Read MoreMichigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages
Harms include severe weather, crop failures, and economic hits from lack of ice and snow.
Read MoreThe world is obsessed with forests’ climate benefits. Here’s the problem.
People depend on forests for food and income. Offset projects can kick them out.
Read MoreThe world’s garment workers are on the front lines of climate impacts
Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price.
Read MoreThese Are the Climate Grannies. They’ll Do Whatever It Takes to Protect Their Grandchildren
Hazel Chandler was at home taking care of her son when she began flipping through a document that detailed how burning fossil fuels would soon jeopardize the planet. She can’t quite remember who gave her the report — this was in 1969 — but the moment stands out to her vividly: After reading a list […]
Read MoreUtah Legislature Takes Aim at Rights of Nature Movement
Lawmakers in Utah are advancing legislation aimed at stopping a growing “rights of nature” movement that has coalesced around efforts in the state to save the Great Salt Lake, which is drying up as a combination of climate change, development and agriculture drain on its freshwater sources. With activists promoting legislation recognizing that the Great […]
Read MoreEnvironmentalists See Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Bringing State’s Water Management ‘Into the 21st Century’
The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that the state can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife, a decision that strikes a blow to the plan of a developer that at one time hoped to build a new city of 250,000 people in the Mojave Desert and could […]
Read MoreGreen Energy Justice Cooperative Selected to Develop Solar Projects for Low Income, BIPOC Communities in Illinois
The Green Energy Justice Cooperative recently placed first, second and fourth in the Illinois Power Agency’s second round of community-driven community solar project selection. Being selected for this solar development program, made possible through the Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, represents an important step in developing and building clean energy projects in Illinois communities. […]
Read MoreAdvocates Celebrate a Legal Win Against US Navy’s Staggering Pollution in the Potomac River. A Lack of Effective Regulation Could Dampen the Spirit
Dean Naujoks was relieved when, earlier this month, the U.S. Naval Support Facility in Dahlgren, Virginia, agreed to get a pollution discharge permit for its weapons testing on the Maryland side of the Potomac River. The Navy has been testing weapons there since World War I. It took almost seven years of legwork and a […]
Read MorePope Francis: ‘Irresponsible’ Western Lifestyles Push the World to ‘the Breaking Point’ on Climate
Taking aim at the United States and an “irresponsible lifestyle” with some of the world’s highest carbon emissions per capita, Pope Francis on Wednesday doubled down on his earlier call for urgent action to tackle climate change, while also criticizing a failing global response to the crisis. Eight years after the Vatican published Francis’ landmark […]
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