Climate Policy
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![Drilling Rig On Private Property in Rural Calvert, Pennsylvania]()
![Drilling Rig On Private Property in Rural Calvert, Pennsylvania]()
In the U.S., private landowners can decide where fracking is allowed. It shouldn’t be up to them.
State and local governments have had little luck banning fracking. It’s time to begin restricting property owners' rights to exploit the resources beneath their land.
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![Illustration of a sustainable desert city, with EVs, vegetation, and bikes]()
![Illustration of a sustainable desert city, with EVs, vegetation, and bikes]()
From Paris to Phoenix: Why this U.N. climate expert ran for city council
After helping deliver the Paris Agreement, Yassamin Ansari is bringing its goals to her hometown in the desert.
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![Illustration of coastal residents standing with locked arms, protecting their communities]()
![Illustration of coastal residents standing with locked arms, protecting their communities]()
Gulf Coast communities are solving their own flooding crisis. It could be a model for cities nationwide.
Louisiana entrusted its residents to determine the best response to sea level rise and coastal erosion. Other regions should take note.
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Who’s building the green cities of the future? These 5 people — and a whole lot of others.
They're drafting the blueprints for a city you'd want to live in.
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Tax credits for wind and solar projects are broken. Congress can fix that.
There’s a backlog of renewables projects ready to go, but banks can’t easily finance them.
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![Ryan Pollock and Payton Wilkins]()
![Ryan Pollock and Payton Wilkins]()
What do the labor and climate movement have in common? Everything.
Union leaders Ryan Pollock and Payton Wilkins are sick of the age-old argument that environmental policy is bad for workers. They say it’s just the opposite.
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In Pennsylvania, a bipartisan coalition is pushing to free community solar from bureaucratic red tape
Most states prohibit cooperative solar farms, despite their popularity and cost-saving potential. A diverse coalition in the Keystone State is trying to change that.
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![Julia Jackson and Jojo Mehta]()
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These activists want to stop ecocide. The first step is making it a crime.
Jojo Mehta and Julia Jackson are leading a global campaign to criminalize the large-scale deforestation and extraction that’s fueling the climate crisis.
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![Hands giving back a plot of land illustration]()
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What is heirs’ property? A huge contributor to Black land loss you might not have heard of.
Advocates are working to right a major injustice that has implications for both landowners and the climate.
