News & Commentary

The U.N. Ocean Conference in Lisbon offers the promise of ramped up U.S. ambition to combat IUU fishing and forced labor at sea.

A new wind project offshore New York will include added protections for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

More than a dozen City Hall leaders violate California's water reporting requirements.

In a victory for monarchs, ecosystems, and the countless people across the country regularly exposed to harmful glyphosate products, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the EPA's reapproval of this common herbicide. 

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has approved Xcel’s plan to accelerate the end of coal in the state.

The Good Neighbor Plan is the latest version of EPA’s federal plan to clean up air pollution that travels from one state to another, as required by the Clean Air Act.

A strategy truly focused on equity should include prioritizing buildings and schools in environmental justice communities like the Southeast Side.

The 2022 session brought about major victories for our health and environment and big opportunities for us to continue to invest in a clean, healthy and fair Colorado for all.

Hurricane Agnes left a lasting legacy on flood protection and disaster policy. Let’s take a closer look at what’s changed—and what hasn’t.

The planned expansion of U.S. LNG exports allows the domestic fossil gas sector to continue growing its profits without shouldering any responsibility for the associated climate and environmental impacts domestically and in importing nations. 

A broad-based coalition of groups representing millions of supporters are running full-page ads urging the public to support EPA action to protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine. 

Funding deadline looms for agreement between Alaska Native village corporation and two land conservation organizations to protect 44,000 acres of salmon habitat in Upper Bristol Bay, blocking access corridor needed for widely condemned mine.

The Southeast Side of Chicago—like many communities of color around the country—has been put on the frontline of the effects of a worsening climate crisis.