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State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.
Amid soaring temperatures, Arizona has seen success with utility programs that incentivize people to turn down the AC when the power grid is stressed.
“We’re increasingly finding that it’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.”
Researchers say the U.N.'s global plastics treaty must reduce production and protect public health.
Biden's green jobs program was never what it seemed. Now it's shutting down before Trump takes office.
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In an exclusive interview, Biden FEMA chief Deanne Criswell discusses her attempts to create a “very different” disaster agency.
An outdated land management ideology with roots in colonialism is keeping California and the West from taking essential steps toward mitigating increasingly destructive wildfires.
Climate priorities and labor standards are colliding, threatening to stall wind energy in a renewable-friendly state.