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Urgent action is needed if the world is going to have a chance of staving off the worst impacts of climate change. 

As Americans readjust to life as our communities reopen, we’re unfortunately also seeing more traffic and tailpipe pollution. But Portland, Oregon, is looking to chart a different path forward.

Read about India's new climate target and more at COP26.

Speaking from Glasgow at the international COP-26 climate meeting, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced an executive order to cut Seattle’s greenhouse gas emissions from the city’s two largest sources: transportation and buildings.

India will meet half its energy requirements from renewable energy, and significantly reduce carbon emissions by 2030, Prime Minister Modi announced today at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.

The USPS wants to replace its aging fleet of delivery trucks with more fossil fuel trucks instead of EVs—a huge missed opportunity.

And how President Biden can help to achieve it.

Californians have the opportunity now to make their views known about the proposed regulation—what’s excellent, and what needs improvement.

A new report from NRDC, Nature Canada, Environmental Defence Canada, and Nature Québec illustrates that, through a series of accounting and regulatory loopholes, the Government of Canada has drawn a curtain over the logging industry’s carbon emissions, allowing the sector…

Cities account for an overwhelmingly large percentage of global carbon emissions, primarily through transportation and buildings. But 25 cities, empowered by the Bloomberg Philanthropies American Cities Climate Challenge, found that when they teamed up together, they could make real strides…

In the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), St. Louis is thinking outside the box: On September 30, the city celebrated the launch of the innovative St. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS), an equity-minded program that will provide EV…

Hydrogen has the potential to play a pivotal role in supporting global climate goals; but with an overeager rush to deployment, it could become a climate problem.

House Oversight Committee to Hold CEOs, US Chamber of Commerce, and API to Account for Decades of Misleading the Public

Read about the latest at the Montreal Protocol meetings this week and efforts toward climate friendly cooling in a warming world.

New Mexico's hydrogen hub effort must be accompanied by a more comprehensive climate legislation package, which is New Mexico’s best chance to cut emissions and promote long-term economic stability, as well as policy guardrails to mitigate the risks of hydrogen…

What do the deadly Texas deep freeze in March, Hurricane Ida in August, and the summer’s heatwaves and wildfires have in common? In each case, their worst effects might have been prevented, if we had applied lessons we’d learned from…

The argument that it costs too much to tackle climate change is becoming increasingly absurd as endless disasters rampage across the country and rising temperatures silently steal the lives of our loved ones.