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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.

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We Must Prevent Future Viruses by Ending Wildlife Trade

Expert BlogInternationalElly Pepper

The bottom line is that the wildlife trade is a threat to our public health that only stands to become greater, meaning that we could have greatly reduced the risk of all of this—maybe even prevented it altogether—by stopping wildlife…

Pebble Mine: Going for Broke

Expert BlogJoel Reynolds
Northern Dynasty Minerals (aka Pebble Partnership) ignores plea for help from coronavirus-stressed Bristol Bay communities, choosing instead to spend millions on top-dollar DC lobbyists urging rushed, flawed permit decision.

Columbia Basin EIS Missed Orca in the Room

Expert BlogGiulia C.S. Good Stefani
Yesterday the public comment period ended on a nearly 8,000 page draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Columbia River System Operations, which includes fourteen federal dams and reservoirs in the Columbia River Basin.

Giving Away Our Lands as Americans Shelter in Place

Expert BlogJosh Axelrod
While the public is terrified, grieving, and distracted by a worldwide health emergency and economic collapse, the U.S. government is taking the opportunity to sell our public lands at rock bottom prices.

Bail Out the American Public, Not Big Oil

Expert BlogJacob Eisenberg
The Interior Department should reject calls to grant royalty relief and other favors to the oil and gas industry in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such a bailout would put corporate profits above the emergency response required to mitigate…

ABA Article Calls for a Federal Flood Protection Standard

Expert BlogJoel Scata
In A Rising Tide Lifts All Damage Costs: The Need for a Federal Flood Protection Standard, a new article in the Spring edition of American Bar Association’s environmental law magazine, the threat to America’s public infrastructure from more frequent and…

MI Governor Leads the Way with Water Reconnection Order

Expert BlogCyndi Roper
For weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sounded the alarm telling us that handwashing is the number one thing we can do to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But as thousands of Michiganders know, you can’t wash your…

Chile Signals Urgency of Climate Action with Updated NDC

Expert BlogInternationalCarolina Herrera
Chile formally submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) yesterday, making it one of the first countries in the world and, to date, the only one in Latin America to submit an updated climate action commitment as required by the…

Keeping Food on the Table in a Pandemic

Expert BlogValerie Baron, Lena Brook, Amy Brown, Lara Bryant
We need to ensure a strong and well-functioning food system, and that the most vulnerable in our food chain are adequately supported.

Taking Stock of China’s Actions to Steer Green Shipping

Expert BlogBarbara Finamore
Air pollution aggravates lung disease and impairs our ability to fight off respiratory infections. It has been linked to higher mortality rates during the Spanish flu and the SARS outbreak, and more recently to the Coronavirus. So, while many of…

India Focus: 5 Key Clean Energy Trends

Expert BlogSameer Kwatra, Anjali Jaiswal
With the economic downturn in India, and around the world, perpetuated by the COVID 19 pandemic, renewable energy markets are facing a challenging time. Reclaiming and growing the momentum on clean energy expansion would need a lot of work. However…