Climate Policy
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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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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.
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![Cecil Corbin Mark]()
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He brought ‘good trouble’ to environmental justice
Cecil Corbin-Mark helped push environmental justice into the mainstream.
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![Hurricane Irma slams into Miami]()
![Hurricane Irma slams into Miami]()
Climate change will destroy communities. Let’s help them move now.
Planned relocation will be expensive, but rebuilding in a flood or fire zone is even more so.
