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Communities are using an organizing tool intended for sports stadiums to bargain with energy transition projects for labor standards and affordable housing.
“We’re increasingly finding that it’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.”
As COP29 climate talks approach, developing nations are pushing for a huge boost in decarbonization and disaster funding.
Amid soaring temperatures, Arizona has seen success with utility programs that incentivize people to turn down the AC when the power grid is stressed.
A new study says the plants emit twice as much methane as previously thought.
Climate change means communities along the Mississippi River are experiencing longer and higher floods in springtime, flash flooding from heavy rains, as well as prolonged droughts.
A data-driven disaster tool shows “bias” against rural communities.
In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape.
A new study suggests unregulated “precursor” compounds account for half of total PFAS pollution at sites around the country.
