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Environment
California Housing Policy Is Making Wildfires Worse
Housing is the megafire-sized climate issue that lawmakers in California keep failing to adequately address.
Louisiana Official Gets Industry Cash to Push Pipeline Through Local Communities
Black and Indigenous community members say that they have not been asked whether they want the toxic infrastructure.
If We Don’t Act Now, the Entire US Could Become a “Cancer Alley”
Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” is a warning for what could become the norm if Trump and the plastics industry get their way.
Agribusiness Is Trying to Greenwash Its Dirty Waste as “Renewable Energy”
The burgeoning biogas industry poses a direct threat to our fragile climate and vulnerable communities.
Fallout From Climate Disasters Are Being Exacerbated by a Housing Crisis
In Oregon, the wildfires are leaving families with nowhere to go.
1.8 Billion Tons More Greenhouse Gases Will Be Released, Thanks to Trump
A new report details the consequences of environmental policy rollbacks the Trump administration has pushed so far.
What Does Equitable Climate Policy Actually Look Like?
We must drastically and equitably reduce emissions and transform our economy before the window of opportunity closes.
Trump’s Forest Service Issues Plan to Open Largest US National Forest to Logging
Alaskan tribes said, “[F]ull exemption for development activities would forever harm our homelands.”
It’s Highly Unlikely That We Will Have a Safe Vaccine by Election Time
Even if Pfizer’s vaccine trial yields results by November 3, the FDA review would still take weeks to complete.
Farmers Are Plagued by Debt and Climate Crisis. Trump Has Made Things Worse.
Experts suggest that the U.S. must urgently look inward to address its own climate-related food security issues.