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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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EPA Announces 20 Toxic Chemicals It Won’t Protect Us From

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
EPA just announced the next 20 "high priority" chemicals—including formaldehyde—that it will review under TSCA. Given the Trump EPA's record, there is every reason to believe that the Agency won't protect us from these chemicals, and will limit the ability…

Trump Budget Shortchanges Sustainable Agriculture

Expert BlogAllison Johnson
The Trump Administration’s 2020 budget proposal would cut over $2 billion from federal food and farming programs. It’s a recipe for exacerbating the rural economic crisis and widespread pollution, not a healthy and resilient food system.

Flood Insurance Debate Begins

Expert BlogRob Moore
Congress is having its first hearing on flood insurance of the year. How do the proposed bills stack up on: Helping people move to higher ground? Increasing transparency and requiring disclosure of flood risk? Producing flood maps that reflect future…

A Tale of Two Hearings, Part I

Expert BlogScott Slesinger
Congress is holding two hearings at the same time on infrastructure. Will one be a waste?

It’s Time for Washington to Act on Climate

Expert BlogUnited StatesRhea Suh

As Senate Democrats show unity in the call for climate action, it’s time for others to follow their lead to tackle the greatest environmental crisis we face today.

Can We Talk About Toilet Paper?

Expert BlogUnited StatesAnthony Swift

We’re destroying forest ecosystems—and ancient, sacred First Nations communities—to satisfy the market for this everyday consumer product. We can and must do better.

Missing the Forest for the Toilet Paper

Expert BlogShelley Vinyard
The loss of the world’s remaining intact forests is devastating our efforts to avoid cataclysmic climate change. Yet Procter & Gamble (P&G), whose tissue products take an outsized toll on these intact forests, is ignoring this dynamic.

Create Parks & Affordable Homes, Avoid Green Gentrification

Expert BlogRamya Sivasubramanian
Residents of low-income neighborhoods in Los Angeles face a dire lack of parks and access to open space, and these inequities frequently fall along racial lines. Yet as public and private investment in parks in low-income neighborhoods increase, so does…

CA Must Choose Public Health Over Brain-Harming Pesticide

Expert BlogMiriam Rotkin-Ellman
California is the country’s top user of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children, using close to a million pounds per year mainly on fruits, nuts, and vegetables.

City of Los Angeles Announces Bold Recycled Water Plan

Expert BlogTracy Quinn
Today the City of Los Angeles announced a bold plan to recycled 100 percent of the 260 million gallons of wastewater currently being discharged to the Pacific Ocean through the Hyperion Treatment Plant. The project will improve local climate resilience…

Legislation Improves CA Program to Ensure Safer Products

Expert BlogAvinash Kar
The bill would amend California’s innovative “green chemistry” program to improve its functioning and ensure better oversight of toxic chemicals in consumer products that we all bring into our homes every day.