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GOP Rejects Green Infrastructure Funding in Face of Historic Drought and Heat
Many western states are seeing record temperatures, drought and water shortages.
Sunrise Movement’s 400-Mile Climate March Ends With Arrests at Ted Cruz’s House
Sunrise campaigners on Monday held signs that said, “Our Homes Flood, Our People Freeze, Cruz Abandons Us.”
Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Pipeline Developers Can Seize Public Land
The PennEast pipeline project would cut through the last contiguous forested areas in central New Jersey.
Biden Has a Chance to Oversee Biggest River Restoration Project in US History
Removing four dams in the Pacific Northwest will help salmon recovery, clean energy, agriculture and Indigenous rights.
33 Wildfires Are Already Burning Across 10 States — and Summer Hasn’t Even Begun
As the warmest spring on record ends, the West is bracing for the possibility of another devastating wildfire season.
Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Biden From Pausing New Oil Drilling Leases
The Interior Department said it will comply with the order amid warnings of its potentially destructive climate impact.
Climate and Vaccine Equity Advocates Condemn G7 as “Colossal Failure”
Critics said the international summit ended without serious commitments to address inequality or the climate crisis.
Keystone XL’s Death Is a Huge Climate Win — and a Sign of Oil’s Decline
“Terminate your fossil fuel projects now -- or a relentless mass movement will stop them,” a 350.org activist warned.
Labor Unions Rally Behind California’s Zero-Emissions Climate Plan
Green transitions need union support to gain ground. That’s afoot in California, where a new plan promises good jobs.
Line 3 Water Protectors Launch Occupation at Mississippi River Pipeline Easement
Indigenous leaders and allies have launched a treaty encampment at a pipeline easement site on Mississippi River.